Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood

Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood

The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be golden-all bonfires, barbeques, and spending time with her best friends. For once, she will just get to be. No summer classes, none of Granddad's intense expectations to live up to the family name. For generations, the Milbourn women have lead extraordinary lives-and died young and tragically. Granddad calls it a legacy, but Ivy considers it a curse. Why else would her mother have run off and abandoned her as a child?

But when her mother unexpectedly returns home with two young daughters in tow, all of the stories Ivy wove to protect her heart start to unravel. The very people she once trusted now speak in lies. And all of Ivy's ambition and determination cannot defend her against the secrets of the Milbourn past.

Jessica Spotswood is a playwright who lives in Washington, D.C., with her playwright husband and a lovable cat named Monkey. She's never happier than when she's engrossed in a good novel, and she especially enjoys swoony kissing sequences.