In Summer's Child: Mara Jameson was eight months pregnant when she vanished without a trace. As years pass, everyone has given up hope that Mara will ever be found ... everyone, that is, except her grandmother and a persistent police officer, unable to forget the sweet girl who disappeared. Years later we find Lily Malone in Nova Scotia, struggling to raise her daughter, Rose, away from painful memories of the past.

Summer of Roses: Lily and Rose work to build a happier future as they make a new home with a man who will do anything to protect them. Meanwhile, Marisa struggles to build a new life for herself and her daughter. But after years of searching, a man from New England arrives in Cape Hawk-a man bearing secrets from the past and news of an uncertain future ... Filled with heartbreak, hope, despair, and renewal, these two books bind the characters together as they face the forces of the past. Bonds will be reshaped and renewed as the once-broken women learn the extraordinary results of everyday miracles of love.