For a hundred years, the Nantucket Hotel had been in disrepair—until the day it was purchased by London millionaire Xavier Darling. Ahead was the tourist season, but can a chandelier in the shape of a whaling ship, “blue hydrangea” towels, and the signature cocktail “Heartbreaker” improve the hotel’s bad reputation that came with the building? This is just the challenge for Lizbeth Crichton. The job as manager is a great fresh start, just what she needs after a difficult breakup.
“The Nantucket Hotel” is a new book by Elin Hilderbrand (“28 Summers,” “Summer of ’69“) about the tourist season at a hotel on Nantucket Island, where even a ghost has found a place.
