It's another beautiful day at Cloudberry Inn for the Roberts sisters, unless you're Vera. Will she ever be able to let go of the mistakes from her past to embrace a new future? Maybe if Drew North has a hand in it... Vera Roberts knew she didn’t have it all. In fact, she was quite certain that she had the exact opposite of having it all and was left wondering if her turn would ever come. She’d spent her life living out everyone else’s dreams and was running on fumes while attempting to keep the Cloudberry Inn afloat. She felt life passing her by as her other sisters seemed so certain about their roles in the world. When Vera’s sister Samantha finally reappears at Cloudberry Inn with her own dreams seemingly fulfilled, it makes Vera begin to wonder what could have been if Vera was the one who’d left the Inn and Samantha stayed. It didn’t help that Vera’s childhood love suddenly reappeared in her life. Well, not him exactly—but his family. It was all she could do to forget that Drew North existed in the first place and now his family was busy renting out Cloudberry Inn for wedding engagements and festivities that reminded her she was alone, and he was nowhere to be found. When tragedy strikes, Vera realizes the only way to realize her own dreams is to be brave, but she knows her family needs her now more than ever, and she’s always done what’s right. Even if that means giving up on her own dreams, whatever they might have been. Drew North never understood his brothers’ fascination with happily-ever-after. He knew it wasn’t for him. He had plenty to keep him busy running the Silver Ridge Resort. Everything was fine. He was fine. Until he saw her. Vera Roberts. The girl he’d had a crush on. The girl who broke his heart and shaped the rest of his world when it came to love or the lack thereof. He was totally over her. So, why did he have second thoughts about ignoring her message?

Meet the Roberts sisters of Cloudberry Inn where family secrets are uncovered and a chance at love might mend their broken family. Samantha Roberts never expects to hear from her sisters asking her to return home to Cloudberry Inn, especially since her sisters stopped speaking to her several years ago. She has learned to make a life of her own by throwing herself into her solitary work as a bestselling author. Yet, she secretly hopes returning to Cloudberry Inn will give her the answers she needs. However, when Garrett Mason shows up at the inn, she wonders if maybe her fictional characters are springing to life. Between his rugged good looks and heart of gold, she can’t help but fall for him. But as family secrets unravel all around her, she realizes that if she can’t mend her relationship with her sisters, there is no point in attempting anything with the man who’s stolen her heart. After all, coming home doesn’t mean you’re staying home, and she can’t afford to let herself fall in love with a man she’ll never see again. Samantha has spent most of her life creating worlds she wished she lived in and maybe now it’s time to make her dreams a reality.

Charlotte has kept her life exactly the way it had been handed to her. She inherited her mom’s bookstore and has been busy running it ever since. She also became an expert at keeping secrets and fitting into the small town where everyone knows everyone’s business. Charlotte realizes as she sees her secret sisters having a blast in town, friends and families gathering at the holidays, and lives flourishing all around her that the secrets she’s kept close to her heart are eating her alive and keeping her from truly having a life. When she finally decides to reveal the truth, she knows people could be hurt, but that’s not her intention. She just never expects the news to rock the entire town. Zach is looking forward to an escape to Washington. His client is having a signing at one of the local bookstores and staying at the local inn sounds like the perfect vacation he needs. He’s looking forward to the moment the signing is over, his client is on the way to the airport, and he can try to forget what his life in New York is all about. It isn’t until he runs into the owner of the quaint little bookstore when he realizes he might just want to extend his stay. But as he watches the world slowly implode around Charlotte, he learns the secrets that she’s been keeping might stop her from ever finding love.

Hannah has managed to put the horrors of the past behind her. To most, it looks as if Hannah Walker is living her dream. About to graduate from nursing school with honors and several job prospects in front of her, everything in life is exactly as she planned. She hopes that taking a job abroad will give her that final boost of courage to finally put behind her the fantasy of the man she once loved. Luke Fletcher has been on the hunt for people who don’t want to be found, and with every passing day away from his old life, the longing inside of him grows to reclaim the woman he let slip away. But he knows that’s not possible. Not unless he’s able to redeem himself to the woman and life he left behind will he find peace again. But is it too late for redemption?

When Claire Swanson’s life crumbles around her, she knows she needs a change and prays that Fireweed island will give her exactly what she needs. A refuge and a place to start over with her son. What she doesn’t expect is to run into Dwayne Wilson, a sexy sheriff who makes her blush and remember what falling in love feels like. After a bitter marriage and an even worse divorce, Claire is exhausted and wants nothing more than to dive into her waitressing job and come home to her tiny apartment she shares with her son. Claire doesn’t have the energy to even think about a relationship, let alone be in one. But as Claire’s secrets from her past begin to reveal themselves in her new town, Claire’s only hope is that she can stop running from a past she’s tried so hard to forget. And Dwayne Wilson might be the only person who can help her. All books in the Island County Series can be read as standalones.

Nina Bailey nearly crashed and burned upon arrival to Buttercup Lake. Still, from all outward appearances, she’s got her life together…Or at least as together as a single, bohemian artist nearing forty possibly could have. Oh, and she just moved in with her grandma. But what she hasn’t told her sisters is that her life is falling apart all around her, and Buttercup Lake is her last hope. And then she meets Beckett—the one man who dangles an opportunity in front of her she just can’t resist. Beckett Knox loves living anywhere other than a place no one has ever heard of in a state that regularly turns into the arctic multiple times each winter and where the residents tout cheese curds as a gourmet experience. Plus, everyone is always smiling and happy. It’s like a disease. He just doesn’t get it. So, when his parents invite him to come home to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary, he reluctantly hops on a flight headed to the Midwest. But he hasn’t been home in over five years and never expects to see such drastic changes to his hometown. Or the woman who is annoyingly perky, gorgeous, and smarter than any woman he’s ever met. The problem is that Nina Bailey is about to become his sister-in-law and has no plans for leaving Buttercup Lake. Which is exactly why he promises himself nothing more than a fling because that’s all he ever does. It’s all he’s ever done. Until Nina.

An unforgettable summer at Buttercup Lake where healing and hope fill the days and a little book club mends broken hearts in unexpected ways. Grace Henry thought she knew her husband, but when her life falls down around her, she knows she must stay strong and find out what secrets he left behind. Grace never thought she’d be a single mom at thirty-five, left to raise a teenage daughter who resents her and a job that asks far too much of her. But as summer quickly approaches, the one place that always soothed her soul growing up is calling her home again. The moment she and her daughter arrive at Buttercup Lake, her frantic world stops shaking them apart and a glimmer of hope resurfaces that a new normal can exist. When Jackson Locke left Buttercup Lake at eighteen, he vowed he’d never return. After all, the one and only woman he’d loved broke his heart and ran off with his best friend and fellow camp counselor, Tim Henry. But when his uncle falls ill, he’s the only family member who can look after him. So, he does what any decent human would do and puts his disgust for the simple town of Buttercup Lake aside. Jackson just never expects to discover the one woman who shattered his idea of love also happens to be wandering the streets of Buttercup Lake. It takes everything he has to look Grace in the eyes and see the woman she's become, not the girl he'd left behind.