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Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.

Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college--they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now--for reasons they're still not discussing--they don't. They broke up six months ago. And still haven't told their best friends. Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group's yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from...

When a serial killer who leaves a blue ribbon at the site of his victims' last sightings appears in the peaceful town of Cleary, North Carolina, police chief Dutch Burton finds the case complicated by his ex-wife's disappearance during a blizzard.

A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston's most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again, while their respective spouses fight sparks of jealousy. In later years, the four reunite at Wild Dunes, where they grow closer and build a friendship.

A lover's knot quilt becomes the catalyst for saving a troubled marriage when newspaper journalist Kendra Taylor and her husband Isaac come together to solve the mystery of the quilt and of the family he has never known.

At her stepdaughter's wedding day to her pandemic boyfriend--the last gathering at the family's beach house in Cape Cod--Sarah is faced with lovers being revealed as their true selves, misunderstandings, and secrets, ensuring that nothing will ever be the same.

"Some people stay all summer long on the idyllic island of Belle Isle, North Carolina. Some people come only for the weekends-and it's something they look forward to all week long. When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead served with papers informing her that her island home is being foreclosed. To make matters worse, her husband is nowhere to be found. She turns to her island friends...

The little blue cottage waits each year for summer to arrive--and with it, the girl. Through sunny days and stormy weather, the cottage and the girl keep each other company and wile away the long days and nights together. Until one year, and then another, the cottage is left waiting and empty season after season. In this heartfelt story about change, Kelly Jordan's lilting text and Jessica Courtney-Tickle's lush art captures the essence of cherishing...

When Lola Dunne's friend offers the use of her summer home overlooking Lake Haven, the aspiring writer sees the chance to focus on herself for a change. Engineer Harry Westbrook is waiting for his ship to come in... and nursing a heartache... when his pal extends an invite to his lake house in East Beach. When it turns out that their friends are a divorcing, not-on-speaking-terms couple sparring over the same house, the strangers find themselves accidental...

A new mom reinvents herself and finds her happily-ever-after in this heart-filled romance about family, second chances, and growing into your own skin.