Elizabeth M Harbison

At twenty-one, Ashley Barton was on her way to the alter to marry Burke Morrison, her high school sweetheart, when something derailed her. Rather, someone derailed her--another man who begged her right up to the last minute to reconsider the marriage, because he loved her more. Besides, the other man told her, Burke had been cheating on her. For a long time. His argument was compelling, and Ashley wrestled with the obligation of fulfilling her guests'...

Remembering their misfit teen years and the summer they lashed out at rich and spoiled Lexi, Holly and Nicola struggle to overcome insecurities to safeguard their ambitions and are shocked to re-encounter a down-on-her-luck Lexi, who harbors painful memories.

Their friendship ruined by a vicious rumor twenty years earlier, Allie and Olivia prepare for a high school reunion while acknowledging disparities between their youth and adult realities, circumstances that cause them to wonder if they can put aside past demons.

Three women forms bonds that go beyond their cookbook club get-togethers.

Willa has never fully recovered from the sudden death of her husband, Ben. She became an absent mother to her young son, Jamie, unable to comfort him while reeling from her own grief. Now, years after Ben's death, Willa finally decides to return to the beach house where he passed. It's time to move on and put the Ocean City, Maryland house on the market. When Willa arrives, the house is in worse shape than she could have imagined, and the memories...

Loreen struggles to recover from her ill-advised hire of a Las Vegas male prostitute, while minister's wife Abbey hides the truth about how she is being blackmailed for her secret past, and Tiffany finds herself in crippling debt after an impulsive shopping spree.