Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves independence and has a world to conquer. But notions of travel, graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be postponed. Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Surrounded by the shimmering blue waters of the Atlantic, the white clapboards, silver tin roof, and confessional porch have seen and heard generations of Hamiltons. But will...

When Miriam Elizabeth Swanson's husband leaves her for a very young lingerie model, and her new tenant, Liz comes with troubles of her own. Miriam also meets a man who makes her laugh, cry and feel like a brand new woman. It is too much for Miriam to handle - so off to the enchanted and mysterious land of Sullivans Island, deep in the low country of South Carolina, where she can get her head on straight. And perhaps figure out that pride is not what's...