Sparks, Nicholas

Katie arrives in the small town of Southport, North Carolina, hoping to hide from her past and avoid raising suspicions, but when she reluctantly begins a relationship with Alex, a widowed store owner with two young children, and befriends her neighbor Jo, Katie is forced to confront the dark secret she is hiding if she wants to put down roots and find true love.

Four years after her dying husband gave her one last gift, a Great Dane puppy, and promised to always keep her safe, twenty-nine-year-old Julie Barenson is finally ready to love again, but danger lurks as she tries to decide which of two men will make her happy.

U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman in the sands of Iraq. It appears that the photograph has brought him luck winning poker games, and surviving deadly fighting that kills his closest soldier friends. But when he returns home, he never dreams that he will encounter the photographic woman in North Carolina who is divorced and has a young son.

Still reeling from her parent's divorce, seventeen-year-old Veronica Miller is less than enthusiastic about visiting her father in North Carolina for the summer. Refusing her father's attempts to get close to her, Veronica finally opens her heart after she meets the town's local heartthrob and begins to fall in love with him.

After John Tyree enlists in the Army after high school, he meets Savannah Lynn Curtis in North Carolina where she works with Habitat for Humanity. But when she promises to wait for John after his tour of duty, both of them are unaware of the tragedy of 9/11 and how it will impact both of their lives. Savannah sends John a "Dear John" letter because she wants a lasting commitment and not a "one night stand" that he seems to favor.

Small-town veterinarian Travis Parker pursues his new neighbor, Gabby Holland, who seems to have a grudge against him. Both Gabby and Travis must make choices that will affect their future together until finally, Travis is faced with a life and death decision after a tragic car accident.

After losing his wife in a car accident, a distraught Miles Ryan is able to find love again with his son's teacher, but they soon realize they are linked by a shocking secret.

Noah Calhoun, recently returned from World War II in 1946, buys an old plantation home in rural North Carolina, where he contents himself with memories of his first love, a girl he met fourteen years earlier, but then she unexpectedly arrives at his door.

John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long separation Savannah falls in love and marries someone else.