Invisible follows the lives of four characters in a small town in Mendocino Valley, California, as they interact with each other and work through difficulties. The struggle to feel worthy is a running theme, and readers may find it hitting home in unexpected ways.
In the series’ previous books, the plight of loggerhead sea turtles is highlighted. In On Ocean Boulevard, a new educational angle about destructive microplastics emerges.
In Beach House Reunion, fifty-three-year-old Cara Rutledge returns to the Isle of Palms with a new career, deeper inner strength, and a surprising special someone–but her brother and his family find themselves in a situation that is spiraling out of control.
In Beach House for Rent, the series’ pillar, Cara Rutledge, rents out her quaint beach house on Isle of Palms to new resident Heather Wyatt. But just when Cara is turning fifty years old, tragedy strikes.
The Words Between Us follows a reclusive bookstore owner, Robin Windsor, who hopes she has permanently buried her family’s violent, high-profile past. But when the novels she once shared with a high-school crush begin returning to her, it appears that her true identity is about to be revealed, threatening the new life she has painstakingly built.
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett is a fascinating study of the influence of home.
Nicholas Sparks’s The Return is a gratifying story of how we become stronger through adversity—and the critical, though often subtle, role that others’ confidence in us plays.
The complexities of sisterhood are artfully woven into this story. Grief and loss are given their moments. More than one scene brought tears to my eyes.
In Becoming Mrs. Lewis, author Patti Callahan, brings us the story of the woman C. S. Lewis called “my whole world.”
In Where The Forest Meets The Stars, Glendy Vanderah presents characters to readers as clearly as if we were meeting each other in person. The author does not skirt around the griefs of this world, but effectively uses them as a backdrop to spotlight human resiliency.