Malibu Rising

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Because, just as it is in Malibu’s nature to burn, so was it in one particular person’s nature to set fire and walk away.

She would let the ocean heal her like she always had. She may have been in a house she never would have chosen. She may have been left by a man she could not even remember why she’d married. But the Pacific was her ocean. Malibu was her home.

And anyway, there was no good way to cancel a party that never had any invitations. People were coming, whether she wanted them there or not.

And Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.