A JOVE BOOK

Published by Berkley

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Copyright © 2020 by Emily Henry

Readers Guide copyright © 2020 by Emily Henry

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Henry, Emily, author.

Title: Beach read / Emily Henry.

Description: First edition. | Berkley : Jove, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019044690 (print) | LCCN 2019044691 (ebook) | ISBN 9781984806734 (paperback) | ISBN 9781984806741 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3608.E5715 B43 2020 (print) | LCC PS3608.E5715 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044690

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044691

First Edition: May 2020

Cover design and illustration by Sandra Chiu

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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