Hilderbrand, Elin

Birdie Cousins planned trip to Tuckernuck Island off the coast of Nantucket with her daughter Chess before her upcoming marriage takes a different turn when Chess suddenly breaks her engagement and her fiance dies in a rock-climbing accident.

A summer at the exclusive Nantucket Beach Club plays a part in changing the lives of the guests who stay there.

The true feelings and secret relationships of four prominent Nantucket couples, who call themselves the Castaways, come to light after two of them drown when their boat mysteriously capsizes.

Adrienne Dealey, broke and single, decides to spend the summer working at a popular Nantucket restaurant, despite her lack of experience, but as she works to get her footing in her new career, Adrienne is intrigued by the owner, Thatcher Smith, and his relationship to Fiona, the chef.

A summer at the exclusive Nantucket Beach Club plays a part in changing the lives of the guests who stay there.

Twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn knows instinctively that his life is about to change when he sees three women, along with two young children, arrive at Nantucket airport, and as the summer progresses, he becomes the glue that holds things together as Vicki struggles with cancer, her sister Brenda deals with a career-ending scandal, and their friend Melanie comes to grips with a cheating husband and an unexpected pregnancy.

A dysfunctional family comes together to celebrate Christmas at the inn owned by family patriarch Kelley Quinn and his second wife Mitzi. When chaos (in the form of an affair, a love triangle, a crime, and an unplanned pregnancy) ensues, Quinn's ex-wife Margaret arrives to save the family members from themselves.

Gathering on Nantucket for a wedding planned to the letter by the bride's late mother, the Carmichaels and the Grahams hide their scandal-ridden, crumbling lives from the blissfully unaware, happy couple.

"Three women - burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues - tumble onto the Nantucket airport tarmac one hot June day. Vicki is trying to sort through the news that she has a serious illness. Her sister, Brenda, has just left her job after being caught in an affair with a student. And their friend Melanie, after seven failed in vitro attempts, is pregnant at last - but only after learning that her husband is having an affair. They have come to escape, enjoy the sun, and relax in Nantucket's calming air. But into the house, into their world, steps twenty-two-year-old Josh Flynn."--back cover.

Facing homelessness and a loss of social standing after her husband cheats rich investors out of billions of dollars, Meredith and her best friend, Connie, who has troubles of her own, escape to Nantucket to heal.