Chamberlain, Diane

Maya, having been convinced by her sister Rebecca and husband Adam to help with a relief effort after a devastating hurricane in North Carolina, is the victim of a helicopter crash, and while she struggles to stay alive in the wilderness, Rebecca and Adam, believing Maya is dead, find comfort in the arms of one another.

Gina Higgins travels to the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the hopes of escaping a painful secret, but she soon learns that her secrets will remain tied to her all through her life.

Travis Brown decided to raise his daughter on his own at the age of nineteen and he has been able to make ends meet until he loses his construction job. He and Bella move to Raleigh, North Carolina, with the promise of a job, but when he gets there he only finds a chance to make quick money with the risk of loses Bella.

Laura Brandon's father makes a dying request, asking Laura to visit Sarah Tolley, an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer's, and Laura is shocked when the request leads her husband to a desperate act that changes Laura's life, as well as her young daughter Emma's, and is forced to turn to Emma's biological father for support and help in solving the mystery of Sarah Tolley's life.

Daria Cato, having found an abandoned newborn twenty years ago on the beachside that was adopted by her family, finds her life and community unsettled by television producer and childhood friend Rory Taylor's questions about her sister's birth which bring to light secrets from that summer.

When eight-year-old Sophie vanishes during a weekend camping trip, a desperate search is launched to find the child, but Sophie has found refuge in a remote cabin inhabited by a reclusive woman who has her own secrets to hide.

Tara and Emerson are shocked when their best friend Noelle, a midwife with a zest for life, commits suicide, and an unfinished note she leaves behind sends them on an emotional journey that changes everyone's life.

Janine finds herself in the midst of a mother's worst nightmare when her eight-year-old daughter Sophie, a child who suffers from kidney disease, disappears in the woods of West Virginia while on a scouting trip.