Summer on Lilac Island

A witty and heartwarming escape about mothers and daughters, small-town dating, and the surprising ways we find our way home. 

When Gigi Jenkins finds herself broke, unemployed, and out of options, she has no choice but to return to Mackinac Island—the horse-and-buggy hometown she once vowed to leave behind forever. Living under the same roof with her meddling, divorced mother Eloise seems like a recipe for disaster, especially when Eloise hatches a plan to set Gigi up with the island’s charming new doctor. Gigi agrees on one condition: she gets to play matchmaker for Eloise in return. What begins as a battle of wills turns into a summer of small-town antics, unexpected sparks, and plot twists neither woman anticipated. 

But the greatest love story of the summer isn’t about romance—it’s about the evolving bond between mother and daughter as they laugh, forgive, and become confidantes.

“MacMillan’s well-drawn characters and winsome scene-setting save the day; readers are in for a treat.”— Publisher's Weekly