Second Chances Series

Escape to Lilac Island to discover second chances and first loves.

Phoebe Harlow’s life is over. Fired after twenty-five years of starring in a soap opera on TV, divorcing her cheating husband after thirty years of marriage, and having alienated every friend she ever had, she simply wants to get away from it all.

The ad for a quaint inn on an island sounds perfect – until she gets there only to discover she’s been scammed. The house is not an inn and the homeowner, being a meditating mystery woman with secrets galore, doesn’t want company. But when a curmudgeonly author with writer’s block and two yippy-skippy newlyweds show up, also scammed with no place to go as a storm brews, this quirky crew has no option other than to figure out how to get along.

Once the weather clears and an intriguing neighbor appears, Phoebe’s armor begins to chink. She has to dig deep into her heart and soul to decide what she really wants out of life. Maybe being stranded on an island isn’t so bad. And maybe – just maybe – there’s new life waiting for her, after all.

Escape to Lilac Island to discover second chances and first loves.

Phoebe Harlow’s life is over. Fired after twenty-five years of starring in a soap opera on TV, divorcing her cheating husband after thirty years of marriage, and having alienated every friend she ever had, she simply wants to get away from it all.

The ad for a quaint inn on an island sounds perfect – until she gets there only to discover she’s been scammed. The house is not an inn and the homeowner, being a meditating mystery woman with secrets galore, doesn’t want company. But when a curmudgeonly author with writer’s block and two yippy-skippy newlyweds show up, also scammed with no place to go as a storm brews, this quirky crew has no option other than to figure out how to get along.

Once the weather clears and an intriguing neighbor appears, Phoebe’s armor begins to chink. She has to dig deep into her heart and soul to decide what she really wants out of life. Maybe being stranded on an island isn’t so bad. And maybe – just maybe – there’s new life waiting for her, after all.

Family secrets. Hidden treasures. Healing hearts.

When Florence Withers and her husband inherit a long-forgotten building on Mackinac Island, they discover a sealed-off bookshop — and a trove of diaries that date back to the Gilded Age.

The journals tell a story too scandalous to believe: a woman committed to an asylum in 1905, her sister stealing both her husband and her child, and a lifetime of silence buried under polite society.

As Florence begins searching for the descendants of the women in those pages, long-buried truths shake the island’s history — and stir up secrets of her own. Especially when her estranged mother-in-law unexpectedly arrives, dragging emotional baggage Florence thought had been packed away for good.

Heartfelt and layered, this Real-world Women’s Fiction novel blends past and present in an emotional story of women’s strength, second chances, and the healing power of truth.

Perfect for fans of Robyn Carr, Debbie Macomber, and Elin Hilderbrand.