Name: The Shark Club
ISBN: 9780735221475

Ann Kidd Taylor

"On a summer day on the Gulf of Mexico in 1988, two extraordinary things happen to twelve-year-old Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then, she is attacked by a blacktip shark. Eighteen years later, Maeve is a world-traveling marine biologist studying and swimming with the very animals that once threatened her life. Known among her peers as the 'shark whisperer,' Maeve is fearless in the water. On land, however, Maeve is dogged by unresolved wounds and indecisive about the path her life will take"

The Shark Club

Patricia Nelson

I enjoyed this book! It was on my summer list and I'm glad I was able to finish it. It's a light story with some good themes. I enjoyed the strong female characters in it quite a bit.

Nadine 

A novel about love, loss, and sharks by the New York Times bestselling coauthor of the memoir Traveling with Pomegranates On a summer day on the Gulf of Mexico in 1988, two extraordinary things happen to twelve-year-old Maeve Donnelly. First, she is kissed by Daniel, the boy of her dreams. Then, she is attacked by a blacktip shark. Eighteen years later, Maeve is a world-traveling marine biologist studying and swimming with the very animals that once threatened her life. Known among her peers as the "shark whisperer," Maeve is fearless in the water. On land, however, Maeve is dogged by unresolved wounds and indecisive about the path her life will take. After a particularly inspiring assignment abroad, Maeve returns to the small island off Florida's coast where she grew up and to her childhood home--the legendarily charming and eccentric Hotel of the Muses, where she was raised by her grandmother. There, she is greeted by troubling news. An illegal shark-finning operation has moved into town, and hundreds of sharks are dying. As Maeve fights to protect the fate of the animals so dear to her heart, she finds that her twin brother may be about to make it big as a novelist, using her love life as his jumping-off point. Will she confront her feelings about her brother's betrayal--and forgive her childhood sweetheart, Daniel, the missteps of their youth? Or will she dive headlong back into her work and open her heart to Nicholas, her colleague who shares her passion for the ocean? Set against the intoxicating backdrop of palm trees, blood orange sunsets, calypso bands, and key lime pies, The Shark Club is a love story, an environmental mystery, and an exploration of a woman's mysterious kinship with the sea and the sharks that inhabit it.

Neva Davies

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from The Shark Club. but I enjoyed it even while the background story was heartwrenching. I encourage anyone and everyone to read it.

b.andherbooks

After being bitten by a shark while having her first kiss, young Maeve becomes enchanted with the elusive creatures and becomes a marine biologist. Taking her across the globe, Maeve's burgeoning career causes tension with her first love (and first kiss) Daniel, ending their engagment after he cheats on her while she is on her first expedition away from home.

Years later, Maeve returns to her home town only to find her aunt, the owner of a boutique hotel, has hired Daniel on as the head chef. Maeve soon finds herself falling for Daniel again despite a new relationship with a colleague while also trying to stop a wave of illegal shark-finning. Maeve will find herself falling into old rythems while trying to figure out what she truly wants.

An excellent summer beach read, with enough weight to make it more than just a romance.

I also LOVE this cover! So eye-catching and summery.

The Shark Club

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