Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand lives on Nantucket with her husband and their three young children. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and traveled extensively before settling on Nantucket, which has been the setting for her five previous novels. Hilderbrand is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the graduate fiction workshop at the University of Iowa.

Books Authored

Image of The Five-Star Weekend
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Friendships, Women’s Fiction

The Five-Star Weekend

June 12, 2023
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

Internet blogs have become popular, and Hollis Shaw, living in Wellesley, MA, is amazed by how her food blog, Hungry with Hollis, has taken off.

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Hotel Nantucket
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Families, Friendships, Women’s Fiction

The Hotel Nantucket

June 13, 2022
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

When one thinks about beach reads, Elin Hilderbrand inevitably comes to mind as the author of many satisfying novels that take the reader to Nantucket's historic and well-known island.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Golden Girl
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Families, Women’s Fiction, Families

Golden Girl

June 1, 2021
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

“Complex and moving, this read will get one thinking.”

Read Book Review >>
Image of Troubles in Paradise (Volume 3) (Paradise, 3)
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Women’s Fiction, Families, Series

Troubles in Paradise (Paradise (3))

October 5, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

How many who have been forced to deal with a life crisis can start over—and in a tropical setting, no less? Irene Steele’s life is turned upside down after learning  

Read Book Review >>
Image of 28 Summers
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Families, Women’s Fiction

28 Summers

June 15, 2020
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

It is the summer of 1993 and 23-year-old Mallory Blessing is desperate to get away from her Baltimore childhood home.

Read Book Review >>
Image of What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, 2)
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Families, Women’s Fiction, Contemporary

What Happens in Paradise

October 13, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

A year has passed, and Irene Steele is still trying to understand how her husband Russ could have deceived her.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Summer of '69
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Women’s Fiction, Families, Historical Fiction, Genre Fiction

Summer of '69

June 17, 2019
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

Baby boomers and lovers of the Massachusetts islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket can reminisce over the year of 1969 when the younger generation was feeling their oats through f

Read Book Review >>
Image of Winter in Paradise (Paradise, 1)
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction, Families, Families

Winter in Paradise

October 8, 2018
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

Irene Steele has a close to perfect life, or does she? She loves job, her husband Russ, their Victorian home, and her two grown sons.

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Perfect Couple
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Families, Literary Fiction

The Perfect Couple

June 18, 2018
Reviewed by: 
D. R. Meredith

A suspicious death, two families from the opposite ends of the economic spectrum, each with secrets to keep, and a love story entice the reader to keep turning the pages no matter how late it gets,

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Identicals: A Novel
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Women’s Fiction

The Identicals: A Novel

June 24, 2017
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

Do identical twins share more than the same DNA? Are their temperaments, needs, and desires similar?

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Rumor: A Novel
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Women’s Fiction, Contemporary, Genre Fiction

The Rumor: A Novel

June 15, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

Small towns are known for their residents being privy to everyone's business, and this is especially true in this novel set in Nantucket.

Read Book Review >>
Image of Silver Girl: A Novel
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Literary Fiction

Silver Girl: A Novel

May 9, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

Did you ever wonder what is worse: To possess houses, cars and everything money can buy only to lose it all? Or to watch your husband die then become estranged from your only child?

Read Book Review >>
Image of The Island: A Novel
Author(s):
Elin Hilderbrand
Genre(s):
Women’s Fiction

The Island: A Novel

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Nancy Carty Lepri

The Island, Hilderbrand’s ninth novel, takes place on tiny private Tuckernuck Island, meshing with Nantucket, the setting of her previous books.

Read Book Review >>