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Carly Holbrook and Brian Westbury are weeks away from their high school graduation. The young couple plans to marry before they head to college, and their future seems bright with promise. Everything changes one spring night when their six closest friends, including Brian's younger brother, are killed in a fiery car accident that Carly and Brian witness. The trauma leaves Carly unable to speak, and Brian is forced to make unimaginable decisions about a future that once seemed so certain. With Carly incapable of going forward with their plans, Brian leaves home - and Carly - for good.

Since Georgie Quinn's mother died, the highlight of her life has become "jogger stalking" every morning with her roommates, Tess and Cat. Stuck running the senior center her mother founded in Newport, RI, until a replacement director is found, Georgie dreams of returning to her glamorous life in Atlanta. As that life begins to unravel, she discovers a whole new one in Newport where the jogger turns out to be sexy detective and tree hugger Nathan Caldwell.

Billionaire Jared James has everything a man could ever want - except for the one thing money can’t buy.… After 40 days holed up in his house on Gansett Island nursing a broken heart, Jared James decides enough is enough. Determined to snap out of the funk he slipped into after his girlfriend refused his marriage proposal, Jared organizes a party for the friends who’ve seen him through the worst of his heartache. Now if only he could stop thinking about the love of his life and how he will survive the rest of his days without her.…

Natalie und Flynn sind Hollywoods neues Traumpaar. Die Medien lieben Flynn Godfreys schöne junge Frau und seine Familie ist überglücklich über die Verbindung. Doch kurz nach der Hochzeit muss Natalie ausgerechnet von Flynns Exfrau Valerie die Wahrheit über die geheimen Bedürfnisse ihres Mannes erfahren. Sie ist zunächst tief verletzt, dass er sie belogen hat und steht vor einer lebensverändernden Entscheidung. Soll Natalie für ihre Liebe kämpfen und für Flynn die Frau sein, die er braucht - mit allen Konsequenzen, die der Lebensstil mit sich bringt?

After a devastating loss at work, he leaves for Newport where he meets his friend's new girlfriend, Caroline. Over that first weekend, Ted and Caroline fall in love. When they later act on their feelings, shock and disbelief ricochet through his tight-knit group of friends and family. A highly respected doctor, a beloved son and grandson, a loyal friend, Ted is stunned by his sudden free fall from grace.

Mallory Vaughn is at a crossroads in her life. A year after learning that Big Mac McCarthy is her father, she's spending more and more time on Gansett Island, surrounded by the large and boisterous McCarthy family. When she's laid off from her longtime job, Mallory goes to visit her family on Gansett and tries to figure out the next chapter. An unexpected job offer will have her packing up her home in Providence to move to the island for at least the summer, if not longer.

Grayson Coleman has just moved home to Butler, Vermont after spending years working for a high-powered law firm in Boston. He's looking for a simpler, less stressful existence in the sleepy little mountain town where he grew up with his siblings and Abbott cousins. Once the holidays are over, he plans to hang out a shingle and open a new general law practice. After helping to raise his seven younger siblings, the last thing on Grayson's mind is a family of his own.

The first time Travis North lays eyes on Liana McDermott, she's wearing the most hideous bridesmaid dress he's ever seen. He doesn't immediately recognize the world-famous super model who is attending her cousin Enid's wedding at the country club he owns. Thanks to Enid's shameless matchmaking, Travis and Liana become acquainted and later embark on a two-week fling intended to be free of emotion. As Liana's return to work gets closer, however, Travis wonders how he'll ever let her go when the time comes while Liana considers whether he might be her true north.

Owen Lawry is days away from leaving Gansett Island to attend the trial of his father, who is charged with assaulting his mother almost a year ago. He has spent his entire adult life trying to outrun his violent past, but the upcoming showdown with the father he hasn't seen in more than a decade has him spending far more time in the past than in the present. His biggest challenge is convincing his pregnant fiancée, Laura McCarthy, to sit out the trip.

Mary enjoys her predictable, satisfying life in Butler. If it's a little lacking in excitement, that's okay with her. But after meeting Patrick and getting to know him better at his daughter's wedding, Mary is intrigued by the well-known, sexy billionaire businessman. Patrick is equally intrigued. For the first time since he lost his wife 30 years ago, he has met a woman who makes him feel less lonely, and all he wants is more of his Sweet Mary from Vermont. Flirty phone calls become a weekend away together that takes his relationship with Mary to the next level.

Adam McCarthy needs a few days at home on Gansett Island to soothe his battered soul. On the ferry ride home, he runs into an old family friend. Abby Callahan has come home to Gansett after two epic failures in the game of love. Before too long, Adam has appointed himself her guardian and is determined that the only sleeping around she's doing is with him. That is unless his brother Grant is willing to risk his newfound happiness to keep Adam from rebounding with his ex.

The story left unfinished at the end of Marking Time picks up 10 years later when Kate Harrington goes after the man she left behind when she set out to chase her dream of music superstardom. Now she has everything she ever wanted, except for the man she can't live without. What will Reid say when she shows up unannounced in St. Kitts, looking to reclaim their lost love? And what will Jack, Kate's father, have to say when he hears she's gone back to her first love, a man Jack once considered a friend?

Charley ist sportlich, temperamentvoll, und alle finden sie sexy. Dem Abbot-Clan ist es ein Rätsel, warum sie noch nicht den Richtigen gefunden hat. Denn es gibt doch Tyler. Der weiß schon lange, dass Charley die Richtige für ihn ist, weil er spürt, wie liebevoll und feinfühlig sie hinter ihrer kratzbürstigen Fassade ist. Als Charley sich bei ihrem Lauftraining verletzt, ist Tyler für sie da und kümmert sich rührend um sie. Charleys Welt steht Kopf - empfindet sie doch etwas für Tyler?

Eigentlich sucht Grayson Coleman, der Cousin der Abbots, in Butler Ruhe und Abgeschiedenheit. Der junge, attraktive Anwalt hat das Großstadtleben und seine bedeutungslosen Affären satt. Doch mit der Ruhe ist es vorbei, als er Emma Mulvaney kennenlernt. Sie berührt sein Innerstes wie noch keine Frau vor ihr, und Grayson merkt, dass er am liebsten jede Minute mit ihr verbringen würde. Emma erwidert seine Gefühle.

Dr. David Lawrence hat die letzten beiden Jahre damit verbracht, sich von der Trennung von seiner Jugendliebe Janey McCarthy zu erholen. Als einziger Arzt auf Gansett Island hatte er reichlich Gelegenheit, den Inselbewohnern zu zeigen, dass er nicht mehr der Mann ist, der Janey damals so tief enttäuscht hat. Jetzt muss er es nur noch schaffen, sich selbst zu vergeben. Die junge Daisy Babson wurde zur neuen Hausdame im McCarthy's Gansett Island Inn befördert. Nachdem ihre letzte Beziehung in einem Ausbruch von Gewalt zu Ende ging, ist sie mehr als bereit für einen Neuanfang.

Joe Cantrell, der Besitzer der Gansett Island Fährgesellschaft, ist, seit er denken kann, in Janey McCarthy verliebt. Aber Janey war entweder anderweitig vergeben oder verlobt mit dem angehenden Arzt David Lawrence. Als die Beziehung von David und Janey in die Brüche geht, wendet sie sich an ihren "fünften Bruder" Joe, einen der wenigen Menschen in ihrem engsten Freundeskreis, der auf dem Festland lebt.

A wedding on Butler Mountain.... After a whirlwind romance that began suede boot-deep in Vermont mud season, Will Abbott and Cameron Murphy are ready to tie the knot - as long as family, friends, and a love-struck moose don’t get in the way.

Ellie Godfrey has kissed her share of frogs. So many, in fact, that she fears she won’t recognize her prince if and when he finally comes along. Tired of waiting for THE ONE, Ellie decides to have a baby on her own before it’s too late. When Jasper Autry hears about Ellie’s plan, what else can he do but step in and offer to “contribute” to her project. Does that make him an opportunist? Whatever. He wants the perpetually out-of-reach Ellie Godfrey, and when he sees his chance, he takes it. That she’s the sister of his business partner and close friend Flynn gives him pause, but it doesn’t stop him from having what he wants. As Jasper and Ellie embark upon their secret “project,” he makes it clear that for as long as they’re together, he’s in charge—in the bedroom anyway. After the hottest night of her life, Ellie realizes she’s made a deal with the devil himself.

Plötzlich im Rampenlicht! Die ganze Welt interessiert sich für die schöne Frau, mit der Hollywoods Sexsymbol Flynn Godfrey bei den Golden Globes erschienen ist. Mit einem Mal sind Informationen über ihre Identität viel Geld wert. Nach einer unglaublichen Nacht, die Natalie mit Flynn erlebt, erscheint ihre Geschichte am nächsten Tag in allen Medien. Natalie ist am Boden zerstört, doch Flynn gerät in einen nie gekannten Aufruhr der Gefühle: Er kann ihren Kummer kaum ertragen und macht seinen ganzen Einfluss geltend, um denjenigen zu finden, der Natalie an die Boulevardpresse verraten hat.

Wade Abbott is one and done. One look, one conversation, one weekend, and he knows who he wants. Except Mia Simpson is not free to return his affection. In fact he suspects she's in an abusive marriage, but she never confirms that, and he has no choice but to mind his own business where she's concerned.