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Eleanor Whitfield's life is falling apart with perfect posture. Her elite Atlanta etiquette academy is circling the drain—because apparently, nobody needs to know which fork to use anymore. When her eccentric Great Aunt Mavis dies and leaves her a mysterious inheritance in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Eleanor expects a lifeline. Maybe a trust fund. Perhaps some valuable antiques.

Dixie has a boyfriend, and she's hiding him from everybody. William gets a job offer and has a big decision to make. Dawson has a huge announcement. Colleen gets the shock of her life. Julie adjusts to being a grandmother. Meg and Christian start building a life together. Someone unexpected comes to town and decides not to leave.

Savannah Greene enters The Baking Games with a clear goal: win the $200,000 prize and secure her sister’s future. But her plan quickly crumbles when she discovers the competition includes her ex-boyfriend, Connor, who still harbors a grudge, and Rhett Jennings, her biggest rival from culinary school. Thrown together in a luxurious mansion under the constant gaze of cameras, Savannah finds herself part of an unexpected plot twist—a fake relationship with Rhett to boost their popularity with viewers. As they navigate this pretend romance, the lines between reality and performance blur.

She’s 43 years old…and starting over from scratch. How did this happen? She had it all together. A stable marriage of two decades. Two grown daughters. And now she and her husband, empty nesters, were moving to a beach house. Until he showed up late one night and tore their marriage apart. A secret life. A different woman. Another family. Left alone, she has to begin again. And then her estranged sister and mother get thrown into the mix. When she buys a house on a small South Carolina island, will she learn what life is really about?

When we last left off, there was a big wedding and an addition to the family. But, what happens when a new resident moves to town and shakes things up? And what will everyone do when a familiar face shows up and creates chaos during the holidays?

When therapist Luna Mason uses her grandmother's inheritance to build a wellness center in coastal Seagrove, she's determined to create a haven for healing minds and bodies. At Serenity, she offers a sanctuary where breathing comes easier and new beginnings feel possible. Everything unfolds perfectly until she encounters Archer Hawk, a former golf champion whose career-ending injury has left him bitter and resistant to her methods.

When Meg shows up at her mother's door, she has no idea how to break the news to her. She's come home from France, pregnant. At just nineteen years old, this wasn't where she saw her life going. Now, trying to hide her growing belly and figure out her next decision, she moves in with her mother, sister and aunt on Seabreeze Island. But, how long can she keep her pregnancy a secret, and what happens if another surprising person shows up at the front door of Julie's house?

Isabella Montgomery has spent her career making other people's hotels successful. At 55, she's finally ready to create something of her own. When the historic Wexley Inn on South Carolina's exclusive Wexley Island goes up for sale, she sees it as fate—the perfect opportunity to fulfill her lifelong dream of owning a charming bed and breakfast in the Lowcountry.

In this fifth book of the South Carolina Sunsets series, there's a wedding happening! Which of our couples is walking down the aisle, and will everything go off as planned? Or, is there always just a little bit of drama threatening to throw everyone for a loop? If you love Southern women's fiction, this is the series for you!

He’s standing in front of her...after 10 long years. No one knows why Dixie’s son is standing there, on Christmas Day, no less. And he doesn’t look happy. Dixie is keeping a big secret that will shake up everyone around her. Julie’s daughter, Colleen, is coming home for a visit, but she’s not alone. Janine makes a new friend, but nobody is thrilled about it. Julie and Dawson question their budding relationship. Will they move forward or decide that being friends is the best way to go?

Meg needs to make a decision about her upcoming wedding, but will her choice shock her mother, Julie? William makes a life-changing decision, but then everything keeps falling apart. How will it affect his relationship with Janine?

At 40, Tara Lawson's world falls apart. A painful divorce and the loss of her job as a journalist leave her reeling. But it's the news of her beloved grandmother's passing that draws her back to her childhood home in Seagrove, South Carolina, to settle the estate. In the midst of her grief, Tara unexpectedly reconnects with Noah, her childhood best friend. Now a successful sea glass artist, Noah's steadfast presence becomes a comforting anchor. Together, they revive their old tradition of hunting for sea glass, a simple joy that begins to heal Tara's emotional wounds.

Called back to her hometown to get her eccentric mother under control at the retirement home, Emmy just wants to get in and out of Whiskey Ridge as fast as possible. And then there he is. The one man she never thought she’d see again. And he needs her.

They told her he was dead. It was the worst day of her life. Unable to bear the memories of her late fiance, Paige moves far away and tries to start her life over. And then there was a cowboy. He shows her that maybe life is still worth living. Maybe, just maybe, she has a future. And then she gets the shock of her life.

Indy Stone is a well regarded professional therapist with her life all planned out. She's spent her life trying to escape her dysfunctional upbringing in Peach Valley. But when fate intervenes and causes her to return to her hometown with a huge responsibility on her shoulders, she never expects it to change her entire life. Through all of her hard times, there was always one bright spot in Peach Valley, but he disappeared years ago. Or did he?

Mia's high school sweetheart breezes back into town, but will she let him stay at her B&B and risk her heart again? Kate tries to expand the business, but will she and Mia butt heads over the future of their mother's beloved bed and breakfast? As usual, Evie is up to no good. Will this little prank get her in hot water? A woman arrives to stay at the B&B who has some secrets of her own.

He’s always been the funny one…but there’s nothing funny going on in his life right now. When a new opportunity arises, he thinks things are turning around. And then she shows up. She doesn’t like him a bit, and the feeling is mutual. But he needs this job. And she needs an escape from her own problems back home. Will sparks fly or will secrets come back and haunt them both?

Mia's high school sweetheart breezes back into town, but will she let him stay at her B&B and risk her heart again? Kate tries to expand the business, but will she and Mia butt heads over the future of their mother's beloved bed and breakfast? As usual, Evie is up to no good. Will this little prank get her in hot water? A woman arrives to stay at the B&B who has some secrets of her own.

In Beneath The Willow Tree, the eighth book in the South Carolina Sunsets series, listeners are introduced to two women who have inherited a beachfront home in Seagrove. These two women were raised by the same foster mother but despised each other. The twist is that the foster mother's will states that the two women must work together and use the home for a good cause to inherit it. They must then decide whether to keep the home and live there together or sell it and split the proceeds.

He’s trying to start over in a new town, and they don’t like each other one bit. But when he steps in to save her unexpectedly, they both start to regret it. She’s used to being an in-charge attorney, and he’s a Southern guy through and through. When she has to rely on him to save her self-respect, will they be able to work together?