When Lily Bishop's husband walks out, desperation drives Lily to take a job as the resident hairdresser at Safe Harbor Village, an active living community. What's supposed to be nothing more than a way to support herself as she figures out her next move quickly turns into more as she gets to know the village residents, including the prickly owner, Rose Carrigan. Rose runs a tight ship, keeping watch over the village, ensuring all rules are followed, and staying at arm's length from the other residents. She lets her guard down for two people: her nephew Rawlins, who works in the family shrimping business, and his five-year-old daughter, Hazel. As the summer days stretch out with no word from Lily's husband, Worth, Lily tentatively allows her own longings and hopes to stretch in the sunlight, just as down the road, Rose works to overcome years of isolation and regret by opening herself up to possibility and maybe even love.

After her husband leaves her, hair stylist Lily Bishop accepts a position at the local retirement community where she, while contemplating her next steps, forms an unlikely friendship with Rose, the community's owner, that brings about new beginnings and unexpected romance.

When her husband asks for a divorce, Lily Bishop takes a position as a hair stylist in a local retirement community while she contemplates her next steps. Rose Carrigan built the small retirement village of Safe Harbor years ago--just before her husband ran off with his assistant. Lily and Rose form an unlikely friendship, and Lily's salon becomes the place where residents share town gossip, as well as a few secrets. Lily soon finds herself drawn to Rose's nephew, Rawlins--a single dad and shrimper--and one of the residents may be carrying a torch for Rose as well.

"Written in Lauren Denton's signature Southern style, The Summer House tells the story of two women who must face the pain of the past to embrace the future and learn who they truly are"--