P-town Summer Lisa Stocker Paperback - 288 pages (1 June, 2004) Kensington Publishing Corporation; ISBN: 0758202970

THE ROMANTIC LOCATION FOR A COUPLE'S BREAK IS MORE LIKE TEMPTATION ISLAND AND A BREAK-UP IS ON THE CARDS...
Lisa Stocker probes that age-old question: can four lesbians survive the tempests and temptations of a week - among the beautiful and the butch - in Provincetown?
In this engaging debut novel, Lisa Stocker follows the adventures of two lesbian couples who escape to the fun and sun of Provincetown, only to find that a week among the beautiful and the butch, the needy and the needling, brings more drama and trauma than any of them bargained for.
Princetown is an oasis of lazy days, ocean air and frosty summer drinks - the perfect place to relax and bond while soaking up the summer sun. At least that's the plan when long-time couple Claire and Rita initiate newcomers Kit and Sabi to the pleasures of Provincetown. But from the first flat tire to the constant delays on the road to the Cape, it's clear that this is one ride that will be anything but smooth.

Claire may be in a relationship with Rita, but that doesn't mean she doesn't notice the attractive and extremely available Dara, who seems to bump into Claire at every available opportunity...

Rita is no fool—and she is anything but happy about Dara's unwelcome attentions to Claire. Of course, two can play that game, and Dara's ex, Becca, seems to need a shoulder to cry on, too...

Kit is having second thoughts about inviting her friend Diane along for the ride. Too many friends at one time can get to be a little too much. Especially when their other houseguest, Grant, forgets her manners—and that Diane isn't"family"—and makes the world's biggest faux pas of a pass.

Sabi would be happy if the foursome could dump the obnoxious Pat, who seems to have something to say about everything and everyone—and likes to say it to Kit. P-Town was supposed to be a romantic getaway, but now Sabi's not sure exactly who is getting away with what...

Before anyone can say, "another Jack Daniels please," the girls' idyllic week is spinning wildly out of control, prompting accusations, rejections, attractions, and a whole lot of questions. Can four females - and their respective relationships - survive the tempests and temptations of a week among the beautiful and the butch, the maddening and the manipulative, the needy and the needling?
Like an episode of I Love Lucy (if Lucy and Ethel were a couple), Lisa Stocker's outrageously entertaining debut novel is great fun in the sun - a book as sassy, seductive, and real as a P-town Summer.

Praise for the novels of Lisa Stocker: "As with so many books, the joy is in the journey, so don't deny readers the guily pleasure of this light but perfect evocation of P-Town, its crowded Commercial Street, and its lovely sunsets." - Booklist

Paperback, good condition