"When Rhett O'Donnell roars into Burnt Boot on a hot July evening, the first thing he sees is a beautiful blonde..." (From back cover).

When innkeeper Linnie Wayfair's brother Freddie returns to town after running off with most of the family money, local lawyer Daniel Kettering, who has been pining for Linnie for years, steps in to mediate between the siblings.

Two young women come to Maine looking for family and find more love, heartbreak, and friendship than they ever imagined one little fishing town could hold.

Handyman Avery Dean asks visiting hairstylist Sophia Gordon to pose as his girlfriend for his sister's wedding, in which his ex is the maid of honor, and must convince her to stay when their make-believe fling shows signs of real passion.

"Wounded in combat, Leif Brevik is haunted by survivor's guilt. For the first time in his life--unsure if he still has a military career in his future--he feels completely lost. So when a war buddy calls for help with the restoration of their fallen brother's house, he jumps at the chance to regain a sense of purpose. Zoe Phillips is assigned to monitor Leif's physical therapy while he's in town. But she's a former military nurse, and she senses...

When Trixie Matkowski agrees to take over her aunt's diner, she pictures lakeside views and delicious comfort food in the small town where she spent summers as a child. But the sweet scene turns sour when someone puts murder on the menu. Trixie is in need of a fresh start away from her cheating ex-husband, but she may be biting off more than she can chew when she moves to upstate New York to run her family's famed Silver Bullet Diner. Not only is...

A local scientist turns up dead in Lake Superior. A radical environmental group blames a mysterious lab for the dead fish found in a remote stream. Then an Alzheimer's patient goes missing and his home is ransacked. A canine search-and-rescue team must help unravel the secrets of an enchanting wilderness.

A tale inspired by "The Great Gatsby" is set in the contemporary South and follows the difficulties endured by an extended black family with colliding visions of the American dream.

"Life is crazy. A sense of humor helps us get through it. This novel explores the humor and meaning of some of life's struggles--both big and small. Melvin Scott is a family man, determined to become rich. Without a plan, he leaves the military and moves to a small town near Savannah to make it on his own. In his new home, Mel encounters nonstop chaos. Finally, his opportunity to get rich arrives but a bully from his childhood gets in the way. Outside...