This was a very easy and breezy summer read and was perfect for picking up and putting down. The characters were very well drawn out and the romance aspect to the story was nicely paced. My only criticism was that the chapters tended to end in the an odd place, i.e. mid-way through a particular story. Other that that, I would highly recommend this book.

This is a great read for any woman as it is about empowerment whether in your personal life or your employment. Amy and Hayley are young women on the cusp of life, unfortunely Hayley’s family life is a disaster as her father cannot hold down a job and through drinking and gambling has lost countless jobs whilst her brother, Brandon is emulating her dad’s worse traits. Amy on the other hand comes. From a single parent home where her loving mother Leda has worked at her needlework projects to give them both a good life. All changes when the girls get summer nanny jobs, one with an academic who has twin girls and the other who is a major player in the world of finance and though she has two children it is rather as her protege that she sees Amy. How the girls see their worlds changing by their experiences and how they are empowered by them and also how the other women in the novel are empowered to change their lives is profound, whether it is Leda winning an art competition with her needle raft or Hayley’s Mum standing up against her abusive husband. This is a book every woman should read.

The Summer Nanny by Holly Chamberlin. Not what I expected but still a good book but it dragged a little at times. Likable characters and good storyline. I look forward to checking out more by this author in the future.

The Summer Nanny tells the story of two best friends, Amy and Hayley, and their mutual decision to apply for nannying jobs over the summer in the beautiful coast of Maine. Inseparable since birth, both girls are about to embark on journeys that will take them in different directions when the summer season comes to an end. Needing money for their new beginnings, Amy and Hayley apply for nannying positions in hopes of an easy summer job that will give them both the opportunity to put away some money for their new adventures. What they didn’t know was that the nannying experience totally and completely depends on the family you work for. Amy and Hayley also had no idea that during these busy, breezy Maine summer months, they’d experience valuable life lessons, love and growth along the way.

An easy, light summer read that describes the importance of growth and the coast of Maine like a dream.

Amy & Hayley are both young women who took jobs as summer nannies to help them earn money for the next steps in their lives. Amy ends up in a peculiar job where she is more of a companion to the woman who hired her, and Hayley finds herself watching twin girls for a loving family. The story follows their experiences, their personal battles, and growth throughout the summer. The story got to be fairly monotonous for me as not much happened to pull me through to the end of the book.

Holly Chamberlain writes the perfect beach read novels. I enjoy returning to her writing every summer. The author has a talent for transporting the reader into the coastal areas she writes about.
In this book we are following the story of two young 21 year old girls who are nannies . They are each very different and fast friends.
Set in coastal Maine during the summer season the location is wonderfully described as if you can smell the sea air and feel the pull of the ocean waves.

Hayley is working with difficult two-year-old twins who are part of a very loving family and Amy works for a woman who is driven and hard to deal with. Each girl has very different working experiences. Each girl is drawn into the family dynamics.

She writes her characters so well so you know them right away. The location is done to perfection. The supporting charcters and the back stories are interesting and add depth to the story .The Summer Nannies is going to make a perfect summer read. Thank you for the ARC that does not influence my review. Cross posted to Good Reads and Amazon. A pleasant read for a summer day in your beach chair.

This is your typical Holly Chamberlin read, fast and perfect for the beach! Her writing allowed me to be able to visualize the setting and connect with the characters. Amy and Hayley were the nannies, but the book had so many other interesting characters. I enjoyed the journey of Amy and Hayley and the differences in their assignments. It was very realistic to have one friend work for a family that they loved and one to work for one they loathed, If you are looking for something to take to the beach or pool, this would be a great one!

The Summer Nanny is the perfect beach read. The story takes place on the coast of Maine, following two young girls that are summer nannies. They are both very different girls with very different families that they work for. The story is well written and descriptive that you could close your eyes and see everything vividly. It's a story of mothers and daughters and many family dynamics.

My favorite character was, Hayley. So down to earth and just wants things better for her and her mom. I so disliked Cressida, Amy's boss. So in to her self and tries to push them on to Amy.

I highly recommend this fast paced story for your perfect beach read this summer.

An absolutely riveting story. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and will be recommending it to customers in our store!

The Summer Nanny by Holly Chamberlin is another novel in the Yorktide, Maine Novels. While the books are not identified as a series, they are labeled as books from Yorktide, Maine. I have always thought they were about York, Maine and not just because of the name of the town.

This novel focuses on Amy and Hayley. Two friends since forever, they both embark on summer jobs as nannies for summer people. Hayley knows life is hard and has struggled her entire life to make her way. Her lack of support from her family has caused her to leave college and help support her parents. She scores a great job with Jon and Marisa Whitby and their 2 year old twins. She loves the girls, but is desperate to find a way out of her life and then she meets Ethan, the son by a previous marriage. Is this her way out?

Amy Latimer is the daughter of Leda Latimer. Leda is a weaver who has recently been growing in reputation, while struggling with her choices to grow. Amy lands a job with Cressida Prior. Amy is immediately smitten with her dynamic employer, but she seems to spend all her time waiting on Cressida and not on her children. Despite the growing signs, Amy continues to find Cressida a role model, which seems to grow a wedge between Amy and her mother, Leda and her best friend Hayley.

I very much enjoyed the novel, especially with how the story unfolded, as the summer progressed. I enjoyed the setting (one of my favorite places on earth) and how the characters interacted with each other. I like how the growth of the characters was self reflective and allowed them to be supportive of each other. One note of caution, the beginning of the book reads like a very similar book by the same author (Last Summer), but once you meet the characters and read beyond the first few chapters, you realize that it is the tone that is similar, not the story (although there are some parallels).

Summer Nanny by Holly Chamberlin is a good read, especially for the summer!

The Summer Nanny was a fun summer read. It takes you through the summer of two girls who decide to make some extra money by being nannies for wealthy families. There are a lot of books out there that are based on nanny stories, and it seems a lot of them follow similar plot lines. This book does not follow those same plots, and it's refreshing.
I like that we get involved in Amy and Hayley's family lives, especially with their mothers. The reader gets to watch the girls getting ready to head into adulthood, while dealing with the messy business of figuring out who they really are. There is a nice balance between the employers as well, you get one nut job, and one sweet and normal.
The Summer Nanny is not really about being a nanny, but rather the complicated bonds of family and friendship.
Copy provided by the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Amy and Hayley have been best friends since grade school. Now twenty-one, they face their last summer together on the island. Amy plans to move to Boston, while Hayley is stuck--truly stuck--as a caretaker of sorts for her mother, largely to protect her from Hayley's alcoholic father.

As the summer people prepare to descend on the girls' quaint coastal Maine town, they also prepare to hire nannies for the summer. Hayley is brought on to help the Whitbys, who have toddler twin girls. They also have Ethan, a son from Mr. Whitby's first marriage, who is in his mid-twenties. Hayley initially views him as a means to an end: a union with Ethan could yield escape from the stresses of her family life.

Amy, meanwhile, is hired by Cressida Prior, although it quickly becomes apparent that working for Cressida is an entirely different experience than Hayley's working for the Whitbys. Cressida is a predator in the worst way. There are times you want to reach into this book, shake Amy, and beg her to see what's going on around her. You have to trust that Holly Chamberlin will save her, though, and do it in a way that teaches Amy some lessons.

The third narrator is Leda, Amy's mother, and, honestly, I could not get into her sections. They felt repetitive, and they did not advance the plot the way that Amy's and Hayley's did. Basically, Leda is worried about Amy, and she also needs to believe in her artistic, craft-making skills.

I really enjoyed Hayley's story. At one point, she had me sobbing as I turned the pages. I so dearly wanted her to have her happiness and peace. Sometimes she frustrated me, but I always understood why she made the decisions she did, misguided though they were on occasion. I had less patience with Amy, yet Holly Chamberlin did a solid job of showing why Amy is so eager to follow Cressida.

This is a good summer book, and I'd say that teens could read it, too. They may be able to relate to Amy and Hayley.

This is great summer read, and takes us on Amy and Hayley’s journey to find themselves and growing up. The town each summer has all these wealthy people who come and need help with their children. And a summer nanny job is just they both need. Plenty of drama ensued, and things did’t quite turn out like they expected it would.

There are a lot of characters introduced and at first I got a little confused with them all, the voices be ace more clear as the story progressed which I certainly happy about. Each of them had their own stories, and they intertwine in some way or another. I have to say, I really enjoyed Amy and Hayley and their friendship, a closeness like sisters would have.

The family dynamics were just wonderful, the mother/daughter bond especially. When Amy and Hayley decide to get a summer job being a nanny, her mother Leda was skeptical, that might have been because she too was a summer nanny before Amy was born. So, of course she has her reservations when it came to Amy. Secrets come in play with those reservations. Secrets that will test the mother/daughter bond.

With so many characters its hard to tell you about them all, or my review will be extremely long. But I do want to mention Vera, who is best friends with Leda. She did have some drama in her life, but at least it didn’t make her bitter or anything, I felt awful for through it all too. I just adored her so much, so carefree and blunt. I like the blunt people! No questions of how thy think or feel.

The story itself had a way bringing some emotions with it, frustration with a couple of these women beacause of their decision making, some heart ache for others and a few tears along the way. I was all caught up in their stroies and how they seem to entwined together. This was such an enjoyable read for me and I would definitely say pick this one.

The Summer Nanny was a wonderful story of family, friendships and love…

Amy and Hayley are used to the tourists descending on their town of Ogunquit, Maine when summer arrives. Amy, a recent college graduate, and Hayley, who just lost her job from the business closing down, have decided to be nannies for the rich summer people. Amy wants to save her money for her move to Boston but first she wants to buy some pretties she has been eyeing. Hayley hopes to move her mom and her away from her physically and verbally abusive father. Neither girl realized this would be a summer of growing and learning life lessons that change their futures forever.

The Summer Nanny is touted as a beach read and while I agree it is also filled with depth. It is in no way fluffy chic lit. Abuse in many forms play a huge role throughout the entire book. it shows you abuse doesn't care about social class, age, gender or where you live. Mother-daughter relationships are also highlighted from several different aspects.

I found this to be a quick read with the short chapters. Language was appropriate for all ages. Romance was present but nothing more than a heated kissing session. Drugs are present but not prominent. Age appropriate for any reader 16+.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Kensington Books through NetGalley. Any and all opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

The Summer Nanny is a wonderfully crafted story that follows two young women as they work as nannies over a summer. They each have very different experiences but both gain maturity and growth they never expected. The writing is very descriptive making it easy to imagine the sand between your toes. The characters while at times annoying are memorable and well developed. Family dynamics are examined as is what truly makes a family. The story if full of emotion and will definitely have you thinking. This is a great read and one I highly recommend.

Very nice easy summer read. I enjoyed it but not as much as this author's previous work. Still an engaging read though and I loved the Maine scenery!

Thank you to Kensington and Netgalley for letting me read this work of fiction in exchange for an honest review. I like Holly Chamberlain’s work. You always know what you’re going to get when you choose one of her novels. Like the others I’ve read, this one was filled with relationship challenges. Set in coastal Maine during the summer, two 21-year-olds decide to become nannies to make money during their town’s busiest season.

The best friends, Amy and Hayley, couldn’t have had more different experiences. Hayley is charged with two-year-old twins who are part of a very loving family and Amy works for a one-woman dynamo.

Charged with conflict, high and low emotions, separation of families and tons of revelations, Chamberlain works up to the ending in a logical manner. She draws her characters so you feel like you know them. Her plotting is deft. The Summer Nannies, coming out in paperback this month, will make a fine summer read.

This is the first book I've read by this author, and I honestly did enjoy it quite a bit. It was a good flow throughout, and didn't get boring or feel endless like these types of books sometimes can. The book had a "feel good" ending for multiple reasons, and after dealing with the world in the harshness that we sometimes have to view it, this gives us a sigh of relief and a smile.
The book follows 3 main characters, all women, and everything in their everyday lives. The two younger women are best friends, Hayley and Amy, doing summer nanny positions to make some good money while they can. The older woman is Amy's mother Leda. The book focuses on them each individually, as well as how their relationships with each other change throughout the summer.
Again, I really did enjoy this book and I think it would make a nice beach/vacation read.
This ARC was provided to me by Netgalley for my honest review.

An interesting and good summer read. I enjoyed it. I would recommend this one to my friends who like light novels.

This is great summer read,. The book took us us on Amy and Hayley’s journey to find themselves and growing up. The town each summer has all these rich people who come and need help with their children. And a summer nanny job is just they both need. Plenty of drama and things did’t quite turn out like they expected it would. perfect for the summer