Kate gets the surprise of her life when her ex-husband, Brandon, wants to reconnect with his daughter, but what's his motive? Mia and Travis work toward having a relationship again, but will someone try to get in their way? Evie tries to build a new relationship with her father, but can she ever forgive him? Jack comes to town and is keeping a life-changing secret from his daughters. What will they do when they find out what it is? 

No one knows why Dixie’s son is standing there, on Christmas Day, no less. And he doesn’t look happy. Dixie is keeping a big secret that will shake up everyone around her. Julie’s daughter Colleen is coming home for a visit, but she’s not alone. Janine makes a new friend, but nobody is thrilled about it. Julie and Dawson question their budding relationship. Will they move forward or decide that being friends is the best way to go?

She’s 43 years old...and starting over from scratch. How did this happen? She had it all together. A stable marriage of two decades. Two grown daughters. And now, she and her husband, empty nesters, were moving to a beach house. Until he showed up late one night and tore their marriage apart. A secret life. A different woman. Another family. Left alone, she has to begin again. And then, her estranged sister and mother get thrown into the mix.

It's time for Christmas in Seagrove! Are you ready to catch up with your favorite characters on the tiny lowcountry island of Seagrove, SC? When we last left off, there was a big wedding and an addition to the family. But, what happens when a new resident moves to town and shakes things up? And what will everyone do when a familiar face shows up and creates chaos during the holidays?

Jill Conroy is tricked by her sister into becoming the housekeeper and cook for the summer at Seashell Cottage where Greg Campbell and his nephew, Brody, have been hired to do maintenance projects on the house. Annoyed at first, Jill soon realizes how wonderful it is to be away from her home in New York and the memories of her deceased, emotionally abusive husband. Soon the magic of the beach heals Jill enough for her to decide to move to Florida permanently to make a new life for herself.

Nantucket's famous Christmas Stroll is always the first week of December and this year, sisters Mandy and Emma and Paul, the executive chef want to do something extra special for Mimi's Place, the restaurant that they co-own. It will be Emma and Paul's first Christmas together as a couple and Mandy's first holiday as a newly single and divorced mother of two. Although Mandy does have a promising new relationship, she wants to take things very slow. 

The Seaside Manor Bed & Breakfast has been an institution in Emerald Cove for as long as anyone can remember. But things are changing and Diana is nervous about what the future might hold for her and her husband, not to mention the historic business. With no experience to back him up, Ethan Flannigan moves back home to the Cove and takes on the bed and breakfast as a part-owner. Diana’s niece, Emily, agrees to help her aunt and uncle, but the charming man they sold half of the business to does nothing but get under her skin, even if the spark between them is hard to ignore. 

When she opens the door on one of the worst days of her life, she never expects to see him. In the picturesque beach town of January Cove, family matters and love is always in bloom. But Kyle Parker is having none of it, focusing instead on his work and staying as far as possible from relationships.

Sarah Flannigan is moving home to the small, beachside hamlet of Emerald Cove. After years in the city building a career as an editor at one of the top publishing houses in the country, she’s uprooting her life to help her mother run the family cafe after the divorce. Cindy Flannigan never thought she’d find herself single and alone in her sixties, but when her husband runs off with a younger woman, she uncovers secret debts he’s accumulated that will leave her in dire financial straits for the first time in her life. 

When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they decide to open their historic beach house to the residents of Summer Beach. From a Gingerbread Bake-off and a Santa Sprint on the beach to a mysterious guest who has an unusual effect on those around him, the Seabreeze Inn is the place to be this holiday season.

In book two of the January Cove series, we meet one of the Parker brothers, Aaron. The youngest of the five Parker children, Aaron was all set to marry his girlfriend of three years until she broke his heart by cheating on him. Now, he's sworn off women and can't seem to get his head on straight. Tessa Reeves is on the run from something. With her dog and three-year-old son in tow, Tessa lands in January Cove with dark secrets that she wants to hide from everyone.

In the third book of the January Cove series, we meet Jackson Parker, the oldest sibling in his family. After spending his whole life taking care of his brothers and sister, Jackson is hard-headed, stubborn and uninterested in true love. He takes the first opportunity he has to make something of himself in the big city, but when he comes home to January Cove for a visit, he wonders if he can ever bring himself to leave again.

When Gretchen Roberts graduated from college, she planned on a brief stay in her hometown of Candle Beach. Ten years later, she's still working for her parents and wondering how her life got so off track. Luckily, she's got a plan for the future, which hinges on being hired for the lead sales job at a luxury housing development south of town. With a referral from her best friend Maggie, she's a shoo-in for the job.

Reeling from the fallout of her late mother's estate, Amelia Hannigan and her sisters thought they had put family secrets behind them. But settling the matriarch's affairs was just the beginning. When Amelia unearths a cryptic diary entry, a new mystery takes shape: the whereabouts of the women's long-lost father. 

It was love at first sight. Will his arrival ruin it all? The first time Maura saw the historic Candle Beach Hotel, she knew it was the perfect future site for the local historical society's museum. Now that it's on the market, she just needs enough money to buy it before some greedy developer swoops in and demolishes the crumbling building.