Read the generational saga about three sisters and their grandmother and her friends in the beachside town of Hideaway Bay.Always the rebel and the oldest of the Monroe sisters, Isabelle returns to Hideaway Bay for surgery and recuperation. But she’s never stayed in any one place long enough and soon grows restless. She decides to look for the father that abandoned them, threatening the fragile peace the sisters have forged since their grandmother’s death.

Present DayMaureen Peterson is the eldest of the Cook sisters, a role that often comes with its own set of expectations and responsibilities. To the outside world, Maureen's life appears perfect: she is happily married, is the proud mother of three children, and has a successful career.However, behind closed doors, her family is confronted by a challenging reality. But Maureen's relentless need to present a perfect ideal to the outside world begins to take ...

"It's a house that takes in strays."Nadine Eberhardt's seemingly idyllic life is shattered when an unexpected visitor arrives on her doorstep, unraveling the threads of her carefully woven existence. As the revelation of her husband's secret love child emerges, Nadine is thrust into a world of emotional turmoil, forcing her to confront the fractures in her seemingly perfect marriage.In the wake of this revelation, Nadine makes a poignant decision t...

Present Day: Angie Cook is wholly devoted to her business, Coffee Girl, investing every ounce of her energy into its success. The only distraction in her otherwise single-minded focus is Java Joe, the rival coffee shop across the street, though Angie considers it and the guy who owns it as more of an irritation. With no time to spare for a personal life, she keeps her head down and works tirelessly, controlling every aspect of her business. However, Angie's world is turned...

Alice, the youngest of three Monroe sisters, still holds out hope that the uneasy relationship with her two sisters can be mended, an improbable wish since they live in different parts of the world. After her grandmother’s funeral, Alice returns home to Chicago and her high-powered career but thoughts of Hideaway Bay and the house her grandmother left to the three sisters are never far from her mind.When it seems that her career comes at too great a price, namely her personal life,...

When Lily Ford returns to her lakeside hometown of Hideaway Bay for her grandmother’s funeral, the reunion with her estranged sisters is anything but easy as old wounds surface quickly. Recently widowed and still reeling from the secrets her late husband left behind, Lily finds herself at a crossroad, questioning everything about herself and the people she thought she knew.Hideaway Bay was the childhood summer playground and eventual home of her late grandmother, Junie, and her bes...

JohannaJo Mueller quits her awful job to accompany her grandmother to Ireland to visit her lifelong friend. Although money is tight, her grandmother's friend comes up with a solution: work as a paid companion for her grandson, Ian, while she's in Ireland. Jo's remit: get Ian out of his house and, more importantly, out of his rut, without letting Ian know of the scheme. Surly on the best of days, Ian proves to be a challenge, and at first it seems like mission impos...

Maggie might almost think Jake was perfect, except that he wants to tear down her home to build a golf course.Maggie Moran is an eighth-generation Moran to live in the cottage by the sea. She arrived from Dublin as a teenager to live with her grandparents and, since then, has carved out a perfect life for herself. The sentimental attachment to her home is strong, and she vows that she will not sell. Easier said than done when the pressure is put on by the handsome,...

Two broken hearts and one dilapidated property that might just bring them together.Nothing is going right for Caroline Egan. Her partner has left her, and she’s lost her job. The only thing that remains is a piece of property three thousand miles away. Her plan is to sell the place and use the money to move on with her life. But the house needs some work, and she ends up staying in Ireland much longer than she anticipated. Soon, she’s torn between the plans she has...

Have you ever wanted to press the escape button on your life?Ruth Davenport writes about romance and happily ever after. But not from experience. After a heartbreaking rejection, she decides a change of scenery is needed. On a whim, she thinks Ireland is the place to go to write her next book. But when she arrives, everything that can go wrong does. In the middle of the night, she lands on the doorstep of an Irish pub in the middle of nowhere that belongs to an eni...

Carrie gets the shock of her life when the matchmaker she's to interview turns out to be her long-lost husband.Journalist Carrie Fields is sent to a small village in Ireland to cover its annual matchmaking festival. It turns out the town’s elusive matchmaker is the man she married years ago in Boston in a youthful indiscretion that was both foolish and illegal. Initially, she ignores any of his attempts to ‘catch up.’ But feelings she had thought were long dead soo...

It's a marriage of convenience for three months. But will it turn into something more?Rachel Parker is a problem solver for Bixby International. There is no problem that is too big or too small that she can’t solve. Unfortunately, she can’t seem to tackle the problems in her own personal life. Or lack of one. But when a unique problem lands on her desk, she quickly comes up with a solution that will make everyone happy. Or so she thinks.Thomas Yate...