Tobias "Slim" Jackson has the perfect life as a pilot on Gansett Island in the summer and in Florida in the winter. He's happiest when he's in the air, or at least that was the case before last summer when he met Erin Barton, Gansett Island's newest lighthouse keeper. Now he can't seem to find his usual enthusiasm for flying, winter in the sunny South, or anything that doesn't include her.

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.

Paul Martinez is run ragged by the demands of managing his family's landscaping business and his mother's battle with dementia, and it's been so long since he had sex - he can't remember the last time. The arrival of nurse Hope Russell brings some much needed help to Paul and his brother, Alex, in taking care of their ill mother, but Hope's presence sparks a whole new problem for Paul - lusting after one of his employees, something his late father would never condone.

Gansett Island midwife Victoria Stevens loves taking care of people, in her job and in her personal life, especially when it comes to her boyfriend of one year, sexy Irishman Shannon O'Grady. Fueled by combustible chemistry, her relationship with Shannon has been H-O-T from the first night they met. But she's begun to wonder whether theirs is destined to be a short-term fling or possibly the love of a lifetime.

A year after his 31-year marriage imploded, Dr. Kevin McCarthy is enjoying life on Gansett Island. He's opened a small practice, goes fishing with his older brothers any time he wants, and has his sons, nieces, and nephews close by. Best of all is his all-consuming relationship with sexy bartender, Chelsea Rose. What started as a one-night stand a year ago, has turned into something much more significant for Kevin and for Chelsea. The 16-year age difference between them has never mattered, until they realize they may have differing plans for the future.

Finn McCarthy is at a crossroads. As the lease on his Gansett Island rental comes to an end, he's making plans to return to his “real” life on the mainland. He’s enjoyed the nearly two years on Gansett with his boisterous fun-loving family, but it’s time to get back to the life he put on hold. With renovations to the Wayfarer, the family’s latest business endeavor, all but completed and the grand opening slated for Memorial Day weekend, the time is right to make a move. That is, until he stops by the local salon for a quick trim that turns his life plan upside down.

She's avoided men all her life. Growing up with an abusive father, Katie Lawry learned a thing or two about men and has made a conscious choice to stay far away from them. Until the day of her brother Owen's wedding when she's rescued from nearly drowning by Shane McCarthy. With everyone who matters to Katie assuring her that Shane is one of the good guys, she feels safe to give in to the attraction that simmers between them.

Deacon Taylor stepped up for a friend and got himself thrown in jail, and when he’s given a choice of felony charges or leaving town with his police chief brother Blaine, he chooses the latter, consigning himself to a summer under his annoying older brother’s supervision. Julia Lawry used the last of her resources to come to Gansett for her sister Katie’s wedding and has no idea how she’s going to get back to Texas to clean up the mess she left behind.

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.…

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.

Ein weiterer wunderbar romantischer Roman um die beliebten Charaktere der Gansett-Island-Reihe. Nach einer Kindheit mit einem brutalen Vater hat Katie Lawry sich geschworen, alle Männer auf Abstand zu halten. Bis Shane McCarthy sie am Hochzeitstag ihres Bruders Owen vor dem Ertrinken bewahrt. Der charmante Lebensretter ist ihr sofort sympathisch, und da Shane nach Meinung aller ein guter Mann ist, geht sie das Risiko ein, der Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen nachzugeben. Mehr als zwei Jahre nach seiner schmerzhaften Scheidung führt Shane, umgeben von seiner geliebten Familie, ein zufriedenes, wenn auch nicht restlos glückliches Leben.

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.

It's been 12 years since Jenny Wilks lost her fiancé in the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Since then she's been floundering, trying to find her way. Taking the job as lighthouse keeper on Gansett Island was the best thing she could've done for herself. On the island she's found amazing friends and a wonderful new life. There's only one thing missing and that's romance. She's recently asked her new friends to fix her up with some of the island's more eligible men. While her friends are busy arranging dates for her, Alex Martinez comes to cut the grass at the lighthouse.

Als Tiffany Sturgil auf Gansett Island eine Boutique für Dessous und Erotikspielzeug eröffnet, weiß sie, dass das unter den Inselbewohnern für einiges Aufsehen sorgen wird. Ganz und gar nicht vorbereitet ist sie allerdings auf den attraktiven Polizeichef Blaine Taylor, der auf der Insel für Recht und Ordnung sorgt. Blaine seinerseits, der nach schlechten Erfahrungen mit der Liebe eigentlich nur noch an unverbindlichem Sex interessiert ist, kann nicht verhindern, dass ihm die verführerische Geschäftsfrau unter die Haut geht, auch wenn sie es mit dem Gesetz nicht so genau nimmt.

Owen Lawrys Definition von "dauerhaft" passt in den VW-Bus, der ihn von einem Gig zum nächsten bringt. Er verdient sein Geld als tourender Singer-Songwriter und genießt seinen Lebensstil als Single ohne Verpflichtungen in vollen Zügen. Aber als er Laura McCarthy kennenlernt und sie mit seiner Hilfe einen Job als Managerin des Hotels seiner Großeltern auf Gansett Island bekommt, erkennt er, dass auch ein Dach über dem Kopf und eine schöne Frau in seinem Bett durchaus etwas für sich haben.