Ruby Hudson thought she knew how to handle grief. Until she lost someone who held a piece of her soul.

At fifty, Ruby’s no stranger to life’s heartbreaks. She’s been a mother, a First Lady, and a widow. She’s weathered public scandals, private betrayals, and the messy, beautiful business of starting over. But nothing prepares her for this latest loss—unexpected, intimate, and earth-shifting.

As she works through her grief, Ruby finds herself facing an uncomfortable truth: there was so much she didn’t know about the person she loved. Secrets. Stories. Sides of them she somehow never saw. Was she too distracted by her role in the world—wife, mother, public figure—to notice what was right in front of her?

And if that’s true… what else has she missed?

Shipwreck Key has taught Ruby how to slow down, how to live for herself, and how to open her heart again. But now it’s asking her to look back—with honesty, compassion, and the kind of courage that only comes with loss.

Because loving someone deeply doesn’t always mean knowing them completely. And sometimes, the greatest gift comes in the questions they leave behind.


The Shipwreck Key Series

The women of Shipwreck Key are strong and resilient, and they all want the same things: happiness, friendship, and love. They bond through their book club meetings and their shared love of sisterhood, supporting one another through thick and thin, and honoring each other’s unique stories and personalities.

The Shipwreck Key series will be eight books long and will have intertwining stories and characters, both sad and hopeful moments, beautiful friendships, romances involving women of all ages, and plenty of laughter.

The series is available in digital, audio, and paperback formats.

This Women's Fiction series is all about love, life, and found friendship on a tropical island. For fans of Jan Moran, Hope Holloway, Rachel Hanna, Danielle Steel, Elin Hilderbrand, and Maggie Miller.