When her fiancé postpones their wedding for the third time, passive protagonist Sunny Alvarez slips off her pink diamond engagement ring and sneaks away to the Monte Carlo coast. Her betrothed, an ambitious detective, follows close behind. Restoring their relationship is his immediate goal, but news of robberies committed by three Marilyn Monroe-masked women command his attention. An implausible, Champagne-soaked romp across Europe ensues. Rating: ? ? To buy the book go to Amazon.com.

A Nantucket house becomes a battleground for the motherless Fox sisters, who cozy up to the island’s affluent summer population but bicker with each other over clothes, grocery shopping and sharing the family truck. Thayer glides over serious topics like adultery and gives this annoyingly upbeat novel a requisite happy ending. Rating: ? To buy the book go to Amazon.com. CLICK HERE FOR A ROUNDUP OF WARM WEATHER COOKBOOKS.