From the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Bittersweet  comes a novel of suspense and passion about a terrible mistake made sixty years ago that threatens to change a modern family forever.  Twenty-five-year-old Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family’s crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the woman who raised her—her grandmother, June. But a knock on the door forces her out of isolation. Cassie has been named the sole heir to legendary matinee idol Jack Montgomery's vast fortune. How did Jack Montgomery know her name? Could he have crossed paths with her grandmother all those years ago? What other shocking secrets could June’s once-stately mansion hold? Soon Jack’s famous daughters come knocking, determined to wrestle Cassie away from the inheritance they feel is their due. Together, they all come to discover the true reasons for June’s silence about that long-ago summer, when Hollywood came to town, and June and Jack’s lives were forever altered by murder, blackmail, and betrayal. As this page-turner shifts deftly between the past and present, Cassie and her guests will be forced to reexamine their legacies, their definition of family, and what it truly means to love someone, steadfastly, across the ages.  – PopSugar, included on holiday gift list Praise for June : New York Post Summer's Hottest Reads Kirkus  11 Excellent Summer Reads for Your Book Club Daily Elite  5 Books You'll Regret Not Reading This Summer “Intrigue? Yes, please. Scandals and surprise inheritances? All the yesses! ...[S]avor every page of this twisty novel.” – Cosmopolitan "Cinematic." – Vanity Fair "[A]n enthralling story of Hollywood glamour, first love and shifting loyalties...  June invites readers to sink into its narrative the way Cassie sinks into the embrace of Two Oaks: with a thirst for a good story and a tall glass of lemonade." – Shelf Awareness "[It's] the perfect kind of literary love story, a thrilling Hollywood plot of murder and blackmail commingled with the steady, capacious Midwest. Best read with a glass of cold lemonade." – Andrew Unger (BookCourt), New York Post “From Castle Otranto to Wuthering Heights, houses have inhabited our fictions for centuries, shaping the narrative and characters. In Miranda Beverly-Whittemore’s absorbing Gothic mystery, June , Two Oaks, a mansion in rural Ohio, influences the dreams and desires of the two generations of unyielding women… [A] bittersweet love story hidden beneath blackmail and murder.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune “This one was the perfect book at the perfect time, a real page-turner... Masterfully handled dual timelines transition back and forth seamlessly. There is a bit of a gothic mystery, multiple love stories and heartbreak, blackmail, murder and even some dirty politics.” – Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star "The glamour of old Hollywood and the haze of family secrets come to life in June .” – BookPage "A sweeping novel about small-town secrets and Hollywood drama." – PopSugar “ June , delivers deliciously satisfying suspense… packed with family secrets, illicit romance, loyal friends, endearing celebrities, and mysterious tragedies. From the opening line, you can’t help but rubberneck your way through, craning to read one more page, sentence, word, before being forced to re-enter the real world again.” – The Week “[ June ] has everything: an opulent house in a quaint small town in the Midwest, a surprise inheritance, the possibility of a s ecret love child, Hollywood melodrama, betrayal, family conflict, and so much more. It is just the book to take the mind off quotidian troubles.” – Sarah Weinman, The Crime Lady "A crumbling family home, a shockingly large inheritance, a small-town mystery, and a high-wattage Hollywood star: June is atmospheric, ambitious, and filled with enough intrigue, betrayal, passion, and heartbreak to keep you reading all the way to the explosively satisfying end." – CHRISTINA  BAKER KLINE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train "A delicious and delightful tale about what happens when small-town secrets and family bonds collide with the intrigue and romance of Hollywood. Beverly-Whittemore draws a rich and detailed portrait of two parallel summers that will draw you in from the beginning and keep you guessing until the end." – J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and Commencement "At turns lush and tender, harrowing and poignant, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore’s  June  is historical fiction at its most masterful, and a love story rich in complication and heartbreak." – MEGAN ABBOTT, award-winning author of  Dare Me  and  The Fever   “When Miranda Beverly-Whittemore crosses small-town Ohio with Hollywood glamour, both come alive, breaking stereotypes and zooming in on their flawed, complicated denizens. Brilliantly weaving past and present, JUNE is elegant and suspenseful, but refreshingly raw and