The Lake Club

"A fast-paced, twisty, delicious debut, The Lake Club explores long-buried secrets, burgeoning romance, and the gossip that fuels small towns and exclusive clubs." --KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY, New York Times bestselling author of Beach House Rules

Two women in a wealthy lakeside suburb clash over a cute male nanny, pulling the town's darker secrets to the surface.

DRAMA LOVES A DEEP END

When Danika Crawley attends events at the Aldon Lakes Country Club, heads turn. Danika has it all--beauty, money, a successful husband, and two perfect children. She plans on making this summer her best season yet and has a secret weapon to secure the envy of her neighbors.

Augie Elling has lost it all. Reeling from a post-grad scandal amidst her now-former life in New York, she returns to Aldon Lakes with her tail between her legs. Augie wants to keep her head down, save money, and find a way to leave her hometown for good, but someone keeps distracting her.

Danika and Augie have one thing in common: they are both a little obsessed with Chat, the male nanny Danika hired for the summer. But, unbeknownst to either woman, Chat's appearance in town sets off a chain reaction that threatens Aldon Lakes' carefully maintained ecosystem. As the heat rises between the three of them, the truth behind a long-buried scandal comes to light, and everyone at the club must reckon with the consequences.

The Lake Club is both an addictive, rollicking beach read, and a stylish, deft exploration of a lesser-known region of American wealth.

"I'm a sucker for lakes, rich people behaving badly, outsiders to an insular world, summer parties... The Lake Club has all of this and more--its twisty, propulsive plot hooked me early and kept me turning the pages until I reached the unpredictable end." - MEG MITCHELL MOORE, author of Mansion Beach

Lina Patton is a writer, illustrator, and teacher. Originally from Maine, she moved to Minnesota at thirteen, trading the ocean for 10,000 lakes. She holds a BA from Elon University and an MFA from George Mason University. Her work has appeared in ELLE, The Cut, Narrative Magazine, and Driftwood Press, among others. After seven years living abroad, she and her husband currently reside in Washington, DC, with their two very good, very bad dogs. The Lake Club is her first novel.