One summer can change everything. Brooklyn-based Hannah is a bestselling author struggling to write her second book after personal losses. Her older sister, Sara, still lives in Chatham, Cape Cod, where they grew up, and is married with four children. Once a dedicated librarian, Sara dreams of reviving her love affair with literature, but instead, she is stuck with too many family responsibilities and a fizzling marriage. When Hannah gets the chance to retreat to her aunt's oceanfront house in Chatham for the summer, it seems like just the thing to get her creative juices flowing. And she’ll be able to spend more time with Sara, who is eager to find her way back into the workforce, to do something rewarding and book-related. The pair will spend the summer making friends, rekindling romance— especially Spencer, an old acquaintance from high school-turned very hot grump— and opening themselves up to the magic of books and the beach. Perfect for fans of Mary Kay Andrews, Susan Mallery and Brenda Novak, The Seaside Sisters will delight and charm you as easily as an ocean breeze.
Returning to her Nantucket childhood home in the wake of personal and professional setbacks, novelist Keely Green is forced to face her estranged best friend, Isabelle, and when she begins to fall for Isabelle's brother, things become complicated.
Secrets and lies…at Nantucket’s most exclusive and glamorous, family-owned hotel. The Whitley is Nantucket’s most exclusive waterfront hotel – a sprawling collection of pristine white cottages and an elegant main building on a long stretch of private white sandy beach. It’s a family owned business – brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, all work there in various capacities. Paula is happy in her back-office accounting position. But changes are in store when her grandfather promotes her and fires her cousin – who then blames Paula. Meanwhile, a blond romantic-comedy superstar is hiding out at the hotel for a few months. She meets Paula’s brother, a chef – who has no idea who she is – and she likes it that way. Paula’s grandfather also hires a consultant to help her settle into her new role. But she isn’t sure what to think of David, who grew up on Nantucket but now lives in Manhattan. He’s a brilliant consultant and will be assessing Paula’s suitability for the role. He’s also home for another reason, a difficult family issue that makes Manhattan seem very far away. A new family saga from the Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of The Nantucket Inn and The Restaurant.
This book introduces a new character, Taylor, who is Abby's best friend and former college roommate. She has just accepted a job on Nantucket as a junior reporter for the local paper. She finds herself both impressed by and attracted to her new boss, Blake, whose family owns the paper. Of course she can't act on that attraction and tells herself it's just a harmless crush. Meanwhile, Rhett thinks there may be a thief at his restaurant. Abby is dealing with an issue she didn't expect. Marley's ex-husband announced he wants her back, now that she's moved on. And Taylor's co-worker, another newish reporter has heard a rumor about celebrities filming on the island and is chasing a story that doesn't want to be caught.
From the #1 New York Times author of Before We Were Yours! Elizabeth Gallagher has been balancing on the ragged edge for a while now. Then a rough case on the boards of her 911 operator’s job collides with a family conflict at home, and Elizabeth finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip—trapped in a car with her mother—is the last thing she needs. Their destination may be beautiful Hatteras Island, but the reason for going is anything by pleasant. After one disastrous hurricane, and with a second one working its way up the coast, it’s time to convince Aunt Sandy to abandon her little seaside store on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and return to the family fold in Michigan. But when the storm sweeps through, the three women will discover that sisterhood and the sea can change hearts, lives, and futures . . . often in the most unpredictable of ways.
What secrets is this seaside town hiding? Izzy's world is shattered when her sister Amy is killed in a tragic accident. She's forced to come home from abroad, back to the small village she worked so hard to escape and a past she wanted to forget. Soon her family demands more than she is ready to give, and Izzy must reconsider her choices - sacrificing the dream life she built for herself on the other side of the world. But was Amy's death an accident or something more sinister? When Izzy sets out to determine what happened, she realises how little she knew her sister and how deep the mystery runs in this quaint seaside village. Can she uncover the truth while confronting the secrets that drove her away in the first place - before her life is put in danger, too?
“A haunting, magical, modern-day fairytale. A feast for the senses.” —Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times–bestselling author of First Frost With echoes of the alchemy of Practical Magic, the lushness of Saving CeeCee Honeycutt, and the darkly joyful wickedness of the Witches of Eastwick, Ellen Herrick’s debut novel spins an enchanting love story about a place where magic whispers just beneath the surface and almost anything is possible, if you aren’t afraid to listen. The Sparrow Sisters are as tightly woven into the seaside New England town of Granite Point as the wild sweet peas that climb the stone walls along the harbor. Sorrel, Nettie and Patience are as colorful as the beach plums on the dunes and as mysterious as the fog that rolls into town at dusk. Patience is the town healer and when a new doctor settles into Granite Point he brings with him a mystery so compelling that Patience is drawn to love him, even as she struggles to mend him. But when Patience Sparrow’s herbs and tinctures are believed to be implicated in a local tragedy, Granite Point is consumed by a long-buried fear—and its three hundred year old history resurfaces as a modern day witch-hunt threatens. The plants and flowers, fruit trees and high hedges begin to wither and die, and the entire town begins to fail; fishermen return to the harbor empty-handed, and blight descends on the old elms that line the lanes. It seems as if Patience and her town are lost until the women of Granite Point band together to save the Sparrow. As they gather, drawing strength from each other, will they be able to turn the tide and return life to Granite Point? The Sparrow Sisters is a beautiful, haunting, and thoroughly mesmerizing novel that will capture your imagination.
Perfect for fans of Mary Kay Andrews, Susan Mallery and Brenda Novak, The Seaside Sisters will delight and charm you as easily as an ocean breeze... from USA Today bestselling author Pamela Kelley. One summer can change everything. Brooklyn-based Hannah is a bestselling author struggling to write her second book after personal losses. Her older sister, Sara, still lives in Chatham, Cape Cod, where they grew up, and is married with four children. Once a dedicated librarian, Sara dreams of reviving her love affair with literature, but instead, she is stuck with too many family responsibilities and a fizzling marriage. When Hannah gets the chance to retreat to her aunt's oceanfront house in Chatham for the summer, it seems like just the thing to get her creative juices flowing. And she’ll be able to spend more time with Sara, who is eager to find her way back into the workforce, to do something rewarding and book-related. The pair will spend the summer making friends, rekindling romance—especially Spencer, an old acquaintance from high school -turned very hot grump—and opening themselves up to the magic of books and the beach.
When Caroline Marris joins her sisters, Gracie Gold and Sam Carter for a Nantucket Island getaway, she has no idea how it will change her life. The sisters stumble upon Misty Harbor Inn, the place their late mother loved so much, and Caroline talks her sisters into buying the beautiful but dilapidated inn. But can free-spirited Caroline stay focused enough to make opening the inn a reality? Hand-drawn old postcards draw the sisters into the mystery of Hannah Montague, the young widow of the original owner. Can the sisters uncover the fate of this woman who disappeared in 1880? As Caroline and her sisters work together to make their mum's dream a reality, they bond in ways they never expected. Readers will delight in the inviting setting and be enthralled by the adventures of these sisters who reunite to bring their mother's Nantucket Dreams to life.
THE LAST GOODBYE Widower Dominic Dunn isn’t sure what to think of his wife’s pre-planned trip for him a year after her death. It’s her effort to force him from his work desk to the coast and the peacefulness she’d found at the Carolina Cove Inn. Innkeeper Ireland Cohen is a single mom with an impressionable son, and after the kid gets himself into trouble, Dominic offers to lend a hand. It’s the least he can do when Ireland was such a good friend to his wife after her diagnosis. As the hot summer days at the beach turn into breezy evenings, Ireland and Dominic find their shared memories and friendship turning into more. They’re drawn to each other, fighting an attraction neither of them want because of their pasts. He’s only visiting, and Ireland has a strict rule about dating tourists. But as his trip draws to a close, they both wonder—is this their last goodbye? LATTES AND LULLABYES Cooper Bale earned a name for himself as a software engineer and, until a few months ago, lived a life men dream of—until that life exploded with a phone call. Now Cooper struggles to settle into Carolina Cove as a single parent and finds himself envious of his dog when Rocco’s escapes prove to be the canine’s way of visiting the local coffee shop to get some much needed peace. Coming from a close-knit military family, London Cohen learned at an early age to love fast because time is short. People come and go, but each is special. She feels instant attraction when meeting Rocco’s owner, but she doesn’t understand Cooper’s mile-high barriers when it comes to certain things—like the kids in his care or his estranged father, who happens to be one of her favorite customers. London finds herself drawn into the crossfire between Cooper and his family, but can she help them find peace before it’s too late? MAP OF DREAMS Carolina Cohen dreams of traveling the world. She works a multitude of jobs during Carolina Cove’s tourist season to travel the winter months until her cash runs out. Snagging her dream job as an international house sitter to a company catering to the elite would enable her to do so much more. Too bad it’s as likely as winning the lottery. Silas Fletcher is a single dad of an eight-year-old genius daughter who doesn’t have time for games. He works long hours and does all he can to be the dad his daughter deserves. Carolina is a walking disaster. She’s gorgeous and funny, intriguing, but flaky. Still, when he’s in desperate need of childcare, Carolina comes through for him and the animosity felt after a disastrous first meeting ends up turning into something more. Much more. But as school begins and the tourist season draws to a close, Carolina must choose. Does she stay with the sexy, single dad and precocious kid who’ve stolen her heart—or follow her map of dreams? WORTH THE RISK Frankie Cohen can’t believe that some invisible magnet or higher plan has brought Grayson Carter back in her life yet again. But no matter how gorgeous or charming, she isn’t giving Grayson another chance to break her heart. Not after she’d barely survived the last time.... Grayson has made some big mistakes where Frankie is concerned, but he’s not about to let her get away again without telling her everything. He regrets hurting her and wants to make things right, but when they finally get close and he learns the full extent of the pain he’s caused her, he knows the best thing he can do for her is let her go.... Frankie knows Grayson’s guilt is the source of his fear. So how can she convince him love is worth the risk? LOST LOVE FOUND Holland Cohen has a love-hate relationship with her job. It’s a dream profession, traveling the world to value, list and sell items the rich no longer want. She’s seen the best and worst of their private lives, but she wonders if she’ll ever find a love like that described in the love letters hidden in one of her latest assignments... Maximilian Bane is jaded by the attention his family’s wealth brings out in the opposite sex but Holland Cohen seems to be the exception. Time will tell and time is something they have as she works through his grandmother’s estate. Holland’s fascination with the old letters is matched by her growing feelings for Max, but when the truth results in his grandmother’s disappearance, Max and Holland go head-to-head in a battle of wills that could cost them any hope of a future together. Once hearts are broken, can lost love be found again?
