The seasonaires

For a twentysomething there is no better summer job than being a seasonaire: no responsibilities, no thought of college, and nothing around you but glamorous, beautiful people. An idyllic Nantucket summer begins like a dream for scrappy Mia from South Boston; Presley, a southern beauty queen; Cole, a handsome introvert; Jade, the daughter of a model and a music mogul; J.P., an energetic young designer; and Grant, the party boy.

The six are influential brand ambassadors for the clothing line Lyndon Wyld, and Lyndon Wyld herself — the chic British tigress who owns the company — curates their every move, all of it dutifully posted to their growing throngs of followers. Beneath the catalog-perfect images, corporate greed, professional rivalries and personal conflict mix with sex, drugs and the naivete of youth, and the results are explosive: a murder that stains the whole picture.

Screenwriter Janna King's debut novel is the first book in the Seasonaires series.