Sandy Gingras’ new novel, Paradise Girls, got a day in the sun already a week before its release date of July 7. The release was a top story on the social media of its major publisher, along with a photo of the Holgate-based author and businesswoman.

The beachy women’s fiction book is Gingras’ second published novel, but this one has the impressive backing of St. Martin’s Press, whose parent company is MacMillan of the United Kingdom, considered one of the “big five” English-language publishers.