Böcker av Winters Katie Winters

It's spring in Bar Harbor, and Brittany Keating is on top of the world.After twenty years of emotional abuse, Brittany has finally set a restraining order against her husband, Conner.With the divorce proceedings in motion, Brittany uses her newfound inner power to flourish in the antique industry. She plans a redesign for her beautiful shop, Bar Harbor Antiques, and drives across New England with her daughter, Valerie-- purchasing gorgeous pieces like the Federico Munari Velvet Curved Sofa, a nineteenth-century French commode, and a Chinese Chippendale, to name a few.Without her husband to hold her back, Brittany is already better than ever before-- richer, stronger, healthier, and happier.But her entire future crumbles when, in the dark of the night, someone breaks into her warehouse and steals nearly thousands and thousands of dollars worth of inventory.The robbery sets Brittany off on a hunt to catch the thief. Together with her cousins, the Harvey Sisters, Luke, her daughter, and a handsome police officer named Brad, Brittany fights for her newfound freedom.Throughout the trauma and very real pain of being wronged, Brittany finds solace in family and laughter, in gorgeous dinners at the Keating House, and silly conversations with her daughter.Dive into this new women's fiction series, Mount Desert Island-- an unfolding family drama of heartache, longing, and secrets on a beautiful island off the coast of Maine.

Christine Sheridan faces the life she never knew she wanted: one of motherhood, companionship, and everlasting love on Martha's Vineyard. She just never imagined there'd be such heartache along the way.Audrey gives birth at the end of February. Although she's young, healthy, one of the most vibrant people on the Vineyard, the birth is a troubling one -- and the baby's health is cast into doubt.This adds even more stress to an already stressful situation. After all: Christine planned to help Audrey raise her baby, to allow her to return to school and get the degree she so desperately wants.As Christine, Audrey, Lola, and Zach wade the waters of this new, delicate family plan, and grapple with the fears surrounding a very sick baby, they find new strength together.There's nothing like spring on the Vineyard to bring them together. There's something magical about that gorgeous sun over the Vineyard Sound. Something that assures them that, just maybe, everything will be okay, as long as they're there for each other.Join Amanda, Susan, Lola, Christine, and Audrey as they move forward in life, in love, in family, and in friendship. Nothing is ever as it seems or as they planned. But maybe that's never a bad thing. It's just how time goes on the Vineyard.Dive into this new women's fiction series by heading to Martha's Vineyard-- a backdrop of white sand and crystal blue waters that follow the stories of the Sheridan family. A heartwarming journey of friendship, loss, and love that will have you wanting the next book.For fans of Pamela Kelley, Caroline Brown, Debbie Macomber, and Jan Moran.

The youngest Sheridan sister discovers a powerful love, one that changes her mind forever. A widow seeks refuge in community theater after the death of her husband. And a blizzard blankets Martha's Vineyard with more snow than any of them know. For the past twenty years, Lola Sheridan has worked tirelessly as a single mother to Audrey and a renowned journalist across the eastern seaboard. Now, she finds herself in a particularly strange and beautiful scenario. She's fallen in love with the handsome Italian sailor, Tommy Gasbarro, and made a home with him on the Vineyard.But life circumstances are ever-shifting. And when Tommy pops a question Lola never imagined anyone would ask her, she is shocked.For over twenty-five years, multi-talented married couple Victor and Cora celebrated all things theater with the Martha's Vineyard community troupe. Together, they starred in productions like The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, and West Side Story, amongst so many others. Days after last year's performance, Victor passed away suddenly and left Cora terribly alone, unsure if she could ever step back onstage again.At the end of February, the most tremendous Vineyard Blizzard in years threatens to rip through both Cora and Lola's best-laid plans-- but winds up leaving them with numerous surprises and beautiful human connections that could change their lives forever.Dive into this twelfth book of the Vineyard Sunset women's fiction series by heading to Martha's Vineyard-- a backdrop of white sand and crystal blue waters that follow the stories of the Sheridan sisters. A heartwarming journey of friendship, loss, and love that will have you wanting the next book.

A dream wedding with an unexpected twist takes Susan Sheridan and Amanda on a wild rollercoaster of emotions - one that brings them closer than ever as mother and daughter.If there's anything Susan Sheridan understands, it's that things don't always go as planned.From her divorce, to her move from Newark, to her cancer diagnosis, finally to Scott popping the question at the Sunrise Cove Inn's New Year's Party in front of all her closest family and friends.She never thought she'd find her way back to a love like this.Amanda prepares herself for the ride of her life as she plans a dream-wedding to Chris, a man she's loved desperately for years.But there's something off about him. Something that rears its ugly head as the January wedding date rolls near. Something that proves to Amanda what her mother has already learned-- things don't always go as planned.Add to this turbulent world-win of the Sheridan clan: Lola falls deeper in love with her boyfriend, Tommy; Audrey, as she continues to grapple with her pregnancy at the age of nineteen; and Christine, as she prepares to take on the responsibility of motherhood, in a way she never imagined.Beyond this, their father dips evermore toward darkness as his dementia worsens. It's a cloud over everything, even as their love for him grows. Can the Sheridan clan survive this rollercoaster ride?Join Amanda, Susan, Lola, Christine, and Audrey as they move forward in life, in love, in family, and in friendship. Nothing is ever as it seems or as they planned. But maybe that's never a bad thing. It's just how time goes on the Vineyard.Dive into this new women's fiction series by heading to Martha's Vineyard-- a backdrop of white sand and crystal blue waters that follow the stories of the Sheridan family. A heartwarming journey of friendship, loss, and love that will have you wanting the next book.For fans of Pamela Kelley, Caroline Brown, Debbie Macomber, and Jan Moran.

Two gorgeous weddings. A monstrous accident that destroys the world they once knew. A betrayal, countless changes, and fear of the unknown.The five Sisters of Edgartown join together for another -- yet very different -- Christmas on the cozy island of Martha's Vineyard. Times have changed. Romance, heartache, second chances, hurricanes, move-ins, break-ups -- they've followed the Sisters of Edgartown around the previous year and led them to the holiday season yet again. To encounter all these changes, the five Sisters of Edgartown plan to meet for a round of gossip and non-stop Black Friday shopping. But one of their own is late, then later, then later than late -- Until the four other Sisters of Edgartown receive a phone call that rocks them to their core. Hospitals. Wheelchairs. Heart-wrenching cries.The Sisters of Edgartown are only forty-one going on forty-two. They've already lost a member of their group at the age of seventeen and aren't sure they can handle it all over again. But together, and armed with strength and hope and love, they fight to retain their powerful friendship and their link to one another, as one of their own strains to keep living. In the meantime, they encounter a terribly lonely older woman, alone for yet another Christmas and frightened to live out the rest of her days without any love in her life. Dive into book seven of the Sisters of Edgartown: A heartwarming journey of friendship, loss, and love, and one that will make you fall in love with the Sisters of Edgartown and want the next book.

Unanswered questions. A sailing adventure gone wrong. The Sheridan sisters face the end of the season that changed their lives forever.Lola Sheridan is the youngest Sheridan sister: a whip-smart journalist with a flair for the dramatic. As her older sisters settle into new lives on the Vineyard, Lola demands more out of the summer season with a fantastical sailing expedition up from the Florida Keys to Martha's Vineyard. The sailor who takes her? The mysterious, dark-eyed loner, Tommy Gasbarro--the ex-stepson of the Sheridan sisters' greatest enemy. He represents so much of what went wrong in Lola's life--and knows secrets about her mother that she was never allowed to learn.Susan continues on with her chemotherapy, and her illness remains on the forefront of the sisters' minds. Wes Sheridan grapples with his dementia, as Christine continues to find new ways to push beyond her traditional gloomy behavior. All the while, Lola's only daughter, the nineteen-year-old Audrey, inches through her pregnancy, and comprehends the depths of her mistake and what second-chances are really all about.August on Martha's Vineyard is a last grasp at the beauty of summer. As the tourist season comes to a close, the Sheridan sisters find opportunity for rest, for renewal, for strength, and for acceptance. Surrounded by crystal blue waters and white sandy beaches, they turn inward--toward one another and the memories they've kept within them for many years--to find peace, to be better lovers, to accept what came before and build something new for the future. If this season has taught them anything, it's that together, anything is possible. Come to the Vineyard, to the last of the Vineyard Sunset Series--and find out what happens to Lola, Susan, Christine, and everyone else they hold dear.

Christine Sheridan is the middle sister of the Sheridan clan: lost between her older sister, Susan, a successful criminal lawyer and her whip-smart little sister, Lola. Over twenty years apart, she and her sisters have just learned the secret that their dead mother has kept from them all these years, of their mother's true fate. Now, Christine returns to New York City, to her boyfriend Frank, to a life she once loved. But the prestige's restaurant they own is no more, and Christine is left once again without solid ground. At forty-one, unable to have children, and with nowhere to go--she knows only to return home to the Vineyard and her family. Martha's Vineyard is in full summer bloom. After over twenty years away, Christine falls in love again with the water, with boating, the people, and with carefree days that meander and pop with bright conversations with Lola and Susan and long afternoon swims through crystal waters. Unfortunately, her high school rival, the ever-handsome Zach Walters, seems to lurk everywhere she goes--even offering her a pastry chef position at the Sunrise Inn Bistro. Almost reluctantly, she takes it--and soon becomes the most championed pastry chef on the island. Zach doesn't seem so bad, either, although he does seem to harbor his own secrets. Still, the Sheridan clan is never far from heartbreak. As the Sheridan sisters grow closer, their father loses even more of his memory; their mother's real killer remains on the loose, as does Scott's brother, who stole an obscene amount of money from the Sunrise Cove Inn. Secrets swirl through the family--and drama escalates when Lola's daughter, Audrey, calls with shocking news that sends ripples through the entire Sheridan family. Every day, the Sheridan sisters find new ways to support, enrage, love, and surprise one another. At forty-one, Christine feels caught between her old life and her new one--poised on the brink of either collapse or the greatest love she's ever known. Will she find happiness on the island? Come and find out! Dive into book two of this new women's fiction series: a backdrop of white sand and crystal blue waters, following the Sheridan sisters' heartwarming journey of friendship, loss, and love. For fans of Pamela Kelley, Caroline Brown, Debbie Macomber, and Jan Moran.