<b>A "captivating and bittersweet" novel by the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Summer of &apos;69</i>: Their secret love affair has lasted for decades—but this could be the summer that changes everything (<i>People</i>).</b><br /><br /> When Mallory Blessing&apos;s son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he&apos;s not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It&apos;s the late spring of 2020 and Jake&apos;s wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election.<br /><br /> There must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other?<br /><br /> Flash back to the sweet summer of 1993: Mallory has just inherited a beachfront cottage on Nantucket from her aunt, and she agrees to host her brother&apos;s bachelor party. Cooper&apos;s friend from college, Jake McCloud, attends, and Jake and Mallory form a bond that will persevere—through marriage, children, and Ursula&apos;s stratospheric political rise—until Mallory learns she&apos;s dying.<br /><br /> Based on the classic film <i>Same Time Next Year </i>(which Mallory and Jake watch every summer), <i>28 Summers</i> explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.