num_pages: 369
description: Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours their lives will change forever. Malibu: August 1983. Its the day of Nina Rivas annual end-of-summer party and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud one a championship surfer the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world overespecially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva.The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself who never wanted to be the center of attention and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh and maybe Hudbecause it is long past time to confess something to the brother from whom hes been inseparable since birth.Jay on the other hand is counting the minutes until nightfall when the girl he cant stop thinking about promised shell be there.And Kit has a couple secrets of her ownincluding a guest she invited without consulting anyone.By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn the alcohol will flow the music will play and the loves and secrets that shaped this familys generations will all come bubbling to the surface.Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.
language: English
title: Malibu Rising
publisher: Ballantine Books