I've been enjoying a summer beach read all week as our (hopefully LAST) winter snow melts and imagining warmer locales.

Claire Cook, author of the popular Must Love Dogs, is back to doing what she does best -- writing about 40-something women's lives, romances, friendships and families.

In Life's a Beach,Ginger Walsh is 41 years old and she still hasn't figured out what to do with her life. She makes jewelry and lives above her parent's garage. When a horror movie comes to town to film a shark attack on the beach, Ginger ends up babysitting her nephew on the set after he is cast in a small role as a shark victim. Although Ginger might be a little old for a coming-of-age story, that is exactly what she needs and what she gets in this delightful story.