Finished: Malibu Rising (Reid) Loved this book! The story of the Riva siblings, children of world famous crooner, Mick Riva, who have basically been raised by the oldest sibling, Nina, since their devoted mother, June, died when Nina was just seventeen. Mick, though he loved June, had long been absent from their lives, having chosen a philandering, whirlwind, life on the road, touring the world and marrying and divorcing woman after woman. Having barely squeaked by monetarily, Nina had made sure that her brothers, Jay and Hud, fifteen when their mother died, finished high school, as well as her little sister, Kit, who was just 12 at the time. All four siblings have an extremely tight bond, and all four are drawn to the ocean and surfing. Growing up in Malibu, theirs was the Malibu of old beach houses and working day and night to make ends meet, i.e., before Malibu became the coastline playground for the rich it is now. By 1983, Jay has become a world champion surfer, and Hud the photographer that has put Jay's surfing prowess in all the magazines. The beautiful Nina has made enough money modeling for them all to be comfortable. And...she's married a very wealthy tennis champion. As we start the story, it is the day of the annual Riva end-of-summer party, and each of them is entering into it with less joy and more trepidation than they would like to admit. Nina, who has always taken care of everyone is shattered because her husband has left her for his female counterpart on the tennis world circuit. Jay has been informed at the age of twenty-three that he's got a serious health problem and may have to stop surfing. Hud has fallen in love with Jay's ex-girlfriend, and she with him, and he doesn't know how to tell Jay, who he has been extremely close with all his life. And Kit, the baby, at the age of twenty, has never yet kissed a boy and she's determined to change that at the party that night. As much as the world watches every move of the Riva siblings, they relish their private time together just being ordinary, eating sandwiches on the beach, ribbing each other, and, of course, all surfing together. The party starts, the famous guests arrive, the night gets wild, Nina's tennis husband comes home and begs for her to take him back, Jay finds out about Hud and his ex, and Kit discovers what she really wants. To top it all off, Mick Riva has chosen tonight to show back up in all their lives now that he's fifty and in his "waning" years in terms of the popularity of his kind of music. It's a fascinating story about how close the foursome are, how welcoming they are to another who may also be a sibling, how they stand strong and rally with each other, no matter how mad one may be at another. I loved the book, loved the ending and would love to read another story that catches up with Nina, Jay, Jud and Kit in a few years time! :-)