Cliffside Point Series

It’s been five years since Evelyn’s beloved husband passed, but the 55-year-old is stuck in the past. Evelyn’s sister has had enough, so she buys her a trip to their old summer getaway, Martha’s Vineyard, where Evelyn learns she’s not alone after meeting Wanda, a divorcee with a secret, and Bitty, a sassy widow. As the three women make fast friends, they help each other learn how to move forward and start living again. So when Evelyn sees that her longtime dream home is on the market, she doesn’t hesitate.

When Renee’s husband walks out, she leaves the city for a new life. Heartbroken, jobless, and three months pregnant, she seeks help from her loving mother, Evelyn, at her new beach house in Martha’s Vineyard. But Renee doesn’t just want to survive her divorce. She wants to come out stronger and more independent, for herself and her unborn child.

Samantha’s ex is getting married and it hurts. As if that isn’t bad enough, an embarrassing mistake brings her dream career as a travel writer to an abrupt end. So, after hitting rock bottom, Samantha decides to recover with her sister and her mother, Evelyn, at Evelyn’s beach house in Martha’s Vineyard.

Harper is single, and her career is in the slumps, so she isn’t looking forward to her high school reunion. But when a friend convinces her to go, her life suddenly takes a turn when the dream guy from high school hits on her after all these years. She’s flattered at first, but as the days go on, this dream guy’s story doesn’t check out, creating suspicion that he may actually be a nightmare.

After a humiliating breakup with her fiancé, Lilah has lost her Christmas spirit, along with any hope of ever finding love. Bitty, her grandfather’s nurse, has always been willing to lend an ear, even as she mends her own broken relationship with her son, Drake. As a single dad from a failed marriage, Drake has made caring for his son his number one priority. But when sparks ignite between Lilah and Drake, they both need to decide whether to give happiness another chance or risk passing up a Christmas miracle.

Sonja finally found the courage to leave her toxic relationship. But she doesn’t just want to get away from him—she wants to get away from all of it. Now in her 50s, she doesn’t like who she’s become, so she escapes to a lakeside cabin in the mountains to find some solitude and rediscover herself.

When Camilla got the call that her confused mother had been found wandering around church in her pajamas, she had no choice but to return to Martha’s Vineyard to help out. With her job back in the city now in jeopardy, Camilla finds herself in over her head as she tries to navigate her mother’s complicated illness, preserve her childhood beach house, and bring their dysfunctional family back together.

Angelina fled from Martha’s Vineyard as a teen and tried to leave her painful past behind. But when she comes back to help her mother, she’s forced to deal with her ex, the father of her daughter, who after all these years, suddenly wants to be in Penny’s life. The only thing worse than her ex is his family. His mother had ruined Angelina's life as a teen, and now she’s out to do it again.

Summer is here, but it’s bittersweet for Carol, who’s saddened that her youngest is heading off to college. At least she still has her husband…or so she thought. On the night of her daughter’s graduation, she catches him having an affair with her friend, tearing her heart in two and flipping her life upside down. Unsure what to do, she keeps her summer plans to visit her sister, Evelyn, on Martha’s Vineyard, where her two kids have summer jobs awaiting.