Water, stone, heart by Will North

A newly divorced architect goes to Cornwall for a stone-building class and comes alive. The place, Cornwall, becomes another well drawn character in this novel. Heartwarming.

The Castaways, by Elin Hilderbrand

Four couples on Nantucket have been friends for years, until one couple dies in a boating accident. Hilderbrand peers under the surface to see what's really been going on between them. Beach read for people who stay on the sand.