Five years ago Laura Dalton waited on the bleak Nantucket shore for her husband's return, only to learn that his ship was lost at sea. Now she is married to his closest friend and has borne a child, but her life is thrown into further turmoil when the missing sailor returns.

A skeleton is discovered on a bone-chillingly cold Siasconset beach by two children playing on the windswept sands. Is the dead woman the latest victim of a killer who has already preyed upon five women in Massachusetts? Or could the half-buried corpse be the beautiful Harvard-educated psychiatrist whose disappearance baffled Nantucket police? And if so, how is that mystery linked to the sensational disappearance of the flamboyant sculptor Ian Markham,...

While cleaning out her father's home, Nic uncovers a box of old secrets revealing that her happily-ever-after parents had actually separated after high school, and that her mother had a secret bohemian life on Nantucket one summer. Serendipitously, Nic is invited to Nantucket Island with new boyfriend, Cade Swain, for a big family wedding at Galley Beach. Divorced mom of two college kids, Nic is both excited and anxious about staying with the Swains...

"As the calendar counts down to Christmas, Felicia heads to Nantucket to marry the love of her life, Archie. The twinkling lights that beckon from every window, the snow dusting the beautiful streets, the gorgeous red and white satin dress -- every detail is picture-perfect for a dream wedding. The only problem is, this is not Felicia's dream. Happier hiking in shorts than tending to hearth and home like her more traditional sister Lauren, Felicia...

"Wedding bells are ringing, a family is reunited, and new love is blooming--for better or worse--in this captivating novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Island House and Secrets in Summer. A few years after losing her beloved husband, Alison is doing something she never thought she would do again: getting married. While placing the finishing touches on her summer nuptials, Alison is anxious to introduce her fiance, David, to her...