Hallie faces the greatest challenge of her life... Hallie, Ava's best friend, has gone through drastic changes and has come to a happy point in her life. Now, she wants to branch out into being a life coach. However, a routine checkup brings dark news. Suddenly, she's in the fight of her life, but she has her best friends by her side the entire time. Charlotte, Ava's daughter, is facing a crisis of her own. She has a newborn, and her husband wants a divorce. She needs to learn to stand on her own two feet, and she does. However, a medical emergency regarding Siobhan brings everything into ...

Ava comes face to face with the shock of her life - her ex-husband Christopher is back! Two years ago, Christopher, Ava's husband, hightailed it to parts unknown, cleaning out their joint bank account on his way out the door. Now, heeeeee's back! Needless to say, Ava wants nothing to do with him. But he's paid her back, plus an additional $500,000, and he wants a second chance. Ava still wants nothing to do with him, but she's willing to hear him out. But he tells her a shocking story. One that was DEFINITELY not on her bingo card. Will Ava take him back? Sarah is bored with her life, and ...

Sarah is experiencing several crises on multiple fronts. Max, the man she loves, is dying. She has to help him die with the assistance of a doctor in Los Angeles. The two decide to drive out to the West Coast together with Julia, Max’s young daughter, because Max wants to have one last road trip with Julia and wants Sarah to bond with the young girl. They’re going to go the long way through to see the country - camping out under the Smoky Mountain stars; going to Disney World; visiting Helen, Georgia, where they’ll be meeting Quinn; swimming with the dolphins in Miami; going to New ...

Ninety years ago, Millie Sullivan's great-grandmother was a guest at oil tycoon Howard Dawkins' palatial estate on the shore of St. Simons Island, Georgia. Now, Millie plays a 1920s-era guest during tours of the same manor. But when her grandmother suggests there is a lost diary containing the location of a hidden treasure on the estate, along with the true identity of Millie's great-grandfather, Millie sets out to find the truth of her heritage - and the fortune that might be hers.

"Fans of Debbie Macomber, The Chesapeake Bay series and Elin Hilderbrand will love this series..." Kindle Reader "A story about friendship, sisterhood, mother-daughter relationships, finding your inner strength in the face of adversity, starting over, and the pursuit of true love..." Andi's Books "Best book of the year. I know it's only March, but it is....Ms. Keaton's storytelling is brilliant..." Harlie's Books She's 54, broken-hearted, and starting over.... High-powered New York attorney Ava Flynn finds herself without a job or a future. Unemployable at her age, and broken-hearted by a ...

Ava is nursing an uncomfortable crush on her stepbrother, Elijah. When Elijah invites Ava to the Hamptons to spend a month with his ailing mother and two half-sisters, Rachel and Deborah, Ava eagerly accepts. There, she finds out more about her birth father and his family, which excites Ava, who is desperate to know about her heritage. But a romance with Elijah seems forbidden to her. Will she give into her attraction?

Piper Kate McKenzie, mayor of Honey Creek, won't let a major scandal rip her quirky hometown apart, or jeopardize her dream of one day running for higher office. So she calls for reinforcements to find the source of corruption in the sheriff's office - two men recommended by her Texas Ranger brothers....

When an injury forces K-9 officer Trey Harrison onto the sidelines, his only thought is getting back to the police force where he belongs. And he’ll do anything to make that happen - even volunteer in a small waterfront community, just to please his boss. But no one ever said Trey had to enjoy it...Since the surgery that destroyed her dreams of having children, schoolteacher Erica Rowe has grown even more dedicated to her work with at-risk teens. So she doesn't need some cop with a chip on his shoulder putting the program's future in jeopardy.

Join the gang as they start a new life in Los Angeles! Willow is working on the screenplay for Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of famed writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. While she's working on it, she finds herself getting closer and closer to Jackson Flynn, Ava's son. Then fate steps in and bonds the two in a way that Willow never imagined or wanted. Ava has finally met her stepbrother, Elijah, who she finds uncomfortably attractive. She also finds a new opening to religion, something that has always been missing in her life, as she learns a bit about Judaism when she accompanies Sarah to some Jewish...

Preservationist Meri Hollis loves her latest project, restoring one of Newport's forgotten Gilded Age mansions. And with summer approaching, she'll be able to spend more time with her Gran on the Rhode Island shore. She has a great job, a loving family and she's pretty sure her boyfriend is going to propose on her thirtieth birthday. But everything Meri believes about family, happiness, truth, and love is shattered when her family's darkest secret is exposed.

After surviving a devastating tragedy, combat reporter Nate Garrison returns to the only place that ever felt like home: Starfish Bay on the Northern California coast. But his reunion with childhood friend Lindsey Collier is nothing like he’d imagined. The wary widow who runs Starfish Bay Mercantile was once the girl who made young Nate dream—of a future, of family ties, of deep roots. Now Lindsey avoids love, loss … and Nate. Yet when they join forces to save a beloved town landmark and help a hurting little boy, might they also find healing, hope—and love?

The town of St. Caroline had never felt like home to Sterling Matthew. Even though the Matthew family could date their residence back nearly 100 years, Sterling had grown up in boarding schools - and promptly decamped for the ski slopes of Europe after college. When his father falls ill, his mother calls him home to run the family business, the renowned Chesapeake Inn. What Sterling finds, though, is a business on shaky financial footing and a staff resistant to the radical changes he has to make. No matter. He'll do what needs to be done...and then leave St. Caroline for good.

Ava is reunited, in a way, with a part of her past when James Bloch's granddaughter comes to stay at the inn... Jessica Bennett, James Bloch's granddaughter, is now on the island. She's battling an addiction to painkillers and is haunted by visions of a woman and child. Who are they, and what do they have to do with her? In the meantime, Andrew Jameson, the hot pop singer of the moment, is hiding out on the island. He needs to get a record finished and he needs some time away. He has something to do with Jessica's visions, but neither know that at the time. They strike up a friendship, but ...

*This box set includes the first two full-length novels of the series plus one of the novellas. There is no ending in this box set as the series is ongoing! When stagnation threatens the future of her beloved island, 30-year-old mayor Holly Baxter goes head-to-head with the community’s elderly retirees. With secrets swirling, family drama brewing, and an ex-boyfriend hanging around, can Holly find a way to save her slice of paradise? Her best bet is to allow a reality show to film on the island, but not everyone is thrilled to have cameras and prying eyes on Christmas Key. In fact, one of...

Spring has arrived on Christmas Key—bringing sunshine, pranks, and more surprises than the island’s ready for. April Fool’s Day is in full swing, and Mayor Holly Baxter is busy wrangling yet another group of colorful visitors: a family of redheads best known for their stint on reality TV. Between planning events, keeping the peace, and dodging pranks, Holly barely has time to think… which is probably a good thing, because change is coming fast. She and Miguel are still going strong—spending more time together than apart—and the promise of an island wedding has everyone talking ...