A secret bundle in a dusty corner sends the Benson family reeling.It wasn’t meant to be uncovered.But when her son Brent stumbles across something curious hidden in the workshop, innkeeper Mae Benson must relive events she thought she left thirty years in the past.Her boyfriend Dominic is doing his best to help. But the arrival of a movie crew on Nantucket to film the adaptation of his latest novel has upended everything at the Sweet Island Inn.And Mae’s chi...

Nantucket was Mae Benson’s paradise—until her beloved husband of forty-one years passes away in a tragic boating accident.In the wake of her loss, Mae is desperate for a fresh start. So when her sister-in-law offers her the chance to run Nantucket’s famed Sweet Island Inn, Mae takes her up on the challenge. Perhaps the Inn can provide the healing she so desperately needs.She’s not the only one hoping for new beginnings.

IF MAE LOSES THE INN, SHE’LL LOSE EVERYTHING.Mae Benson was born to run the Sweet Island Inn. She cooks, she cleans, she laughs, she makes a mean pot of coffee and she always knows which beach to recommend to her guests.But suddenly, that way of life looks very much in danger.On what was supposed to be a happy day—the day her boyfriend Dominic gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him—Mae discovers that a collective of out-of-towners with bad ...

The Benson family needs a fresh start. Can they find peace and happiness on the beaches of Nantucket?Last summer, a storm blew the Benson family’s lives to bits.It’s been almost a year since that fateful day.Since they learned that life at the beach isn’t all sunshine and rainbows.They’re doing their best to pick up the pieces.Mae is running the Sweet Island Inn.Eliza is learning what it means to be a mother.Sara is r...

She built the Sweet Island Inn. But can Toni Benson build a life of happiness for herself?Toni Benson’s life has been a roller coaster.Years ago, the heartbreak caused by a cheating ex-husband left her in tatters.Then she discovered the run-down fixer-upper that would become the Sweet Island Inn.For a while, things were good.But when her brother Henry’s tragic death sends her reeling all over again, she’s back to square one....

The wedding of the year versus the storm of the century. Who will win?Things are finally looking up for the Benson family.After a year of tough choices and big leaps of faith, it seems like love, success, and happiness are right in their grasp.But with a wedding on the horizon and a successful new restaurant growing faster than anyone ever expected, everyone certainly has their hands full.In fact, it’s starting to cause problems.Litt...

Three estranged sisters.Two months to save their family's inn.One secret that changes everything.Warren Townsend’s death brings his three estranged daughters together on Martha's Vineyard for the first time in years.After the funeral, the Townsend women are all desperate to return to their own individual pursuits. But just when they’re ready to leave the island for good, the last line of Warren's will binds ...

The Townsend sisters are learning that love is hard.Jill’s mother has taken a turn for the worse and Caleb has received orders taking him away from Martha’s Vineyard for good.Leslie and Michelle try to be there for their half-sister, but they’ve got storms of their own to navigate. Jealousy, a missing husband who refuses to sign divorce papers, and turbulent relationships with Shane and Isaac make everything harder.Will the three women find their ha...

Elaine Robbins is running out of options.Bills don’t pay themselves, and with her husband John gone, she doesn’t know how she’s going to afford to stay on the island she loves.Renting out her spare rooms to strangers is a scary proposition, but what choice does she have?Besides—after three years of too much quiet in her empty home, maybe a fresh face will help cure her loneliness.But when her first guest, a travel writer named Finn, arrives, she starts to wo...

Charlene Wilson is in over her head.Isle of Palms is supposed to be her little slice of paradise—and for a while, it was. She and her husband, Davy, had a successful house flipping business, a happy family, a bright future.Then it all changed.Davy passed away too soon and left her with massive medical bills.The house Charlene is trying to flip can’t find any buyers and she’s running out of money.And her troubled daughter hasn’t been seen in more than...

Annette Wilson doesn’t know what to do.After ten years, she’s back on the Isle of Palms and reconciled with her older sister Charlene. She thought she’d put her old life—her cheating husband with a second family—behind her.But she thought wrong.Because out of nowhere, Frederick reappears on her doorstep, asking for forgiveness and a second chance.It would be so easy—maybe too easy—to slip right back into the way things once were. But is that the right choice...

The party of the year turns into the disaster of the year when a storm traps the Townsend women inside the Wayfarer Inn—along with some unexpected guests and some unwelcome secrets.Four months after their father’s death brings half-sister Jill to Martha’s Vineyard, Leslie and Michelle Townsend are still adjusting to tumultuous lives.Leslie is reeling as she rediscovers memories of the past that throw everything she thought she knew about her father into dou...