The Last Carolina Summer

Karen White

Hardcover | 384 pages | Publication Date: July 22, 2025

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The new southern-set standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author Karen White, about a woman with the gift of premonition, who is plagued by mysterious visions of a tragic accident, the truth of which comes to light when she returns home to care for her estranged mother--for fans of Mary Alice Monroe and Kristy Woodson Harvey.

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Karen White returns with a brand new contemporary standalone novel about sisterhood, secrets, and one woman’s reckoning with the past

As a child, Phoebe Manigault developed the gift of premonition after she was struck by lightning in the creeks near her Charleston home. Plagued throughout her life by mysterious dreams, and always living in the shadow of her beautiful sister, Addie, Phoebe eventually moves to the west coast, as far from her family as possible. Now, years later, she is summoned back to South Carolina, to help Addie care for their ailing mother.

As Phoebe’s return lures her back into deep-rooted tensions and conflicts, she is drawn toward Celeste, whose granddaughter years ago went missing. Their connection, woven through shared losses and hope, brings comfort to Phoebe, while Celeste’s adult grandson Liam resurrects complicated emotions tied to Phoebe’s past.

But the longer Phoebe spends in her childhood home, the more her recurring nightmares intensify—bringing her closer to the shocking truth that will irrevocably change everything. Unfolding against the lush backdrop of the South Carolina Lowcountry, That Last Carolina Summer is an unforgettable family drama and mystery about the unbreakable bonds of family and the gift of second chances.