Retreating to the British seaside resort she loved as a child, burned out professional Sasha meets Finn, who’s just as exhausted a she is, and forced together by curious messages addressed to them, talk about everything, including the simmering attraction between them.

Another season begins in the seaside resort town of Winslow, Rhode Island, and Rosa Capoletti's life takes an unexpected turn when her childhood sweetheart arrives back in town. Now Rosa learns that in love, as in life, there are second chances.

"With its promise of escape from the strains of everyday life, the beach has a hold on the popular imagination as the ultimate paradise. In The Last Resort, Sarah Stodola dives into the psyche of the beachgoer and gets to the heart of what drives humans to seek out the sand. At the same time, she grapples with the darker realities of resort culture: strangleholds on local economies, reckless construction, erosion of beaches, weighty carbon footprints,...