About this Event
If you’re looking for the kind of book that pulls you in slowly, wraps you up in a place you don’t want to leave, and then quietly wrecks you in the best possible way—The Summer Place to Be is it.
Set in the charming, nostalgia-soaked town of Lainey Springs, this story follows Charlie Taylor at a moment that feels all too real: 44 years old, freshly divorced, and standing at the edge of a life she thought she had all figured out. She returns home for what’s supposed to be a reset—a quiet summer spent helping her sister prepare for a baby, getting her interior design career back on track, and maybe catching her breath after everything fell apart.
But life, as it tends to do, has other plans.
Enter Jameson Clover—a former country music star who traded sold-out crowds for the familiarity of his family’s bar and the weight of responsibilities he never fully chose. He’s grounded, guarded, and carrying more than his fair share of “what ifs.”
When Charlie and Jameson quite literally collide, what starts as sharp, playful banter quickly deepens into something neither of them expected—or feels entirely ready for. As they work together to prepare his mother’s home for sale, their connection grows in those quiet, in-between moments: late conversations, shared memories, unspoken understanding. It’s the kind of love story that doesn’t shout—it unfolds, layer by layer, grounded in real life, real fears, and real second chances.
But just as things begin to feel possible, reality comes rushing back in. Charlie is offered an opportunity that could redefine her career and pull her away from everything she’s just started to rebuild. Jameson is forced to confront the dreams he abandoned and the guilt that’s kept him from moving forward. And with summer slipping away, they’re left with the question so many of us face at some point: do you choose the life you planned, or the one you didn’t see coming?
It’s a story about reinvention. About timing. About the courage it takes to start over when the world thinks you’re already settled. And about the kind of love that shows up when you least expect it—and asks you to be brave enough to take it.
And now—you get to step inside that world in a whole new way.
Join us for “The Summer Place to Be – A Night with Author Melissa Trombetta” on May 14 at 6pm at Sing Sing K*ll Brewery for an evening that brings the story to life. This isn’t just a book event—it’s an experience.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sing Sing Kill Brewery, 75 Spring Street, Ossining, United States
USD 44.52
