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Alex Pierce wandered into Sophie's Treasures, a unique antique shop, owned by Sophie Reynolds. She had no idea why she'd chosen the small Massachusetts town to become her home and to launch her distinctive antique store. Alex couldn't explain why he was even in Sophie's Treasures. Neither she nor he could understand the magnetic pull of the town, the building, or the attraction they had for one another.

Windward Reach was a parcel of land once associated with Windward Manor's crop producing years which began in 1830 subsequent to the marriage of Thomas Mitchell Savage to Elizabeth. In the later years it was divided among descendants of the Savage family. The manor had remained cloaked in mystery for many years until the secret room had been discovered. To have faith the undisclosed from many years ago about the family and property had been resolved, only to encounter a new occurrence. It's now believed this prevalence to be more problematic than what was thought to have been put to rest for Kristen Kendal Savage and Kent Mitchell (Mitch) Savage the 2nd.

Ivy Carter found a new road to travel from what she'd once thought was her future. College was over, life was to begin anew.Was it really? Will she ever be able to forget the past?The wedding had been planned.It would be perfect.Thoughts took her back to a place she was left to stand alone.Life was different.Until...

Bailey had not only felt the loss of her grandfather but reached the age when romance could be painful. Why did she let Trey Sutton's righteous good looks and his obnoxious personality bother her? She needed to dismiss him from her life and what better way than to become involved with Zane Ramsey the hottest new movie idol.Little did she know her life would become as tumultuous as the ocean she so loved.

Abducted at fifteen, Cathy Amos was removed from the life she'd known. A man who called himself Boone kidnapped and introduced her to an unspeakable future. A daughter was born. June, was taught what she needed to know about the life beyond the cave and the clearing in the woods. When June turned fourteen, Cathy became aware her daughter must leave or become abused by Boone. June ran... being told by her mother not to look back, but to send help before she, and her brother would be harmed. Although June was safe, she'd learned Boone had slayed her family and swore one day to gain her revenge on him. In protective custody June was made to change her name... she'd chosen Justine... she was out for justice.She found herself on a crusade to become the best FBI agent, to apprehend Boone for her mother, and brother's demise. She led a group of men through the hills of West Virginia to capture one of America's Most Wanted. Along the way she fell in love with Pratt Hamilton, they were a team in work and marriage.Justine was totally confused when the CIA came to her home and handcuffed Pratt. As an FBI agent, she not only promised herself to get to the bottom of this... she'd also promised her husband. Now, he was in trouble, she would not standby, and wait for answers... she intended to find them.

After the death of both Liz Carlson's parents, she takes a sabbatical from her job as a lawyer. Liz looked for comfort in her favorite place. Dewey Beach brings back many fond memories of her youth which includes the remembrance of none other than Nick Wilson. He continues to pass through her mind as she remembers her seventeen-year crush on the boy next door. Alone with only her thoughts, she recalls the infatuation of a wide eyed ten-year-old for a seventeen-year-old neighbor. Mr. Wilson also sought solace at the beach to continue his life without his wife. Their lives entwine when his four-year-old granddaughter Bailey is left in his care for the summer. Liz envisions this summer to be perfect until Nick returns for a visit with his daughter.

My life was devoted to the truth.There was no one who was sworn to find it more than I. As a criminal justice lawyer and a family filled with law officers, I looked for the truth. It was a big part of who I was.There was but one truth... I never wanted to expose, but the time was now.

Michaela Vicente's chosen profession would see the morally wrong imprisoned. Her own miscalculation of Ryan O'Riley was her first mistake and could have been fatal if it weren't for Dominic Valente. Her tenacity to keep shame and humiliation from her family out of a court of law was thought to be her best choice... but was it...?

In the small bay-town of Claiborne, Windward Manor held a certain aura and mystery. Set alone... with windows shuttered for thirty-five years... the mystery... seized, and utterly captivated Kristen Kendal. She had returned to her home along the shore of the Chesapeake Bay determined to solve what her extensive research and curiosity could not appease. The inquisitive Kristen meets the fifth- generation of Savage men to occupy the manor house. Will she and the handsome Mitch Savage ever see eye to eye on the strange events... which encompass the manor and its mystery?