Nantucket was her paradiseâuntil reality came barging in.
Mae Benson was happyâa beloved wife, beloved mother, beloved neighbor. But even she wasnât ready for the tragedy looming around the corner. The accident that claims her husbandâs life rocks the whole family. And itâs not the only thing stirring up trouble.
Maeâs oldest, Eliza, is facing an unexpected pregnancy with a fiancÊ she no longer wants to be with. Her daughter Holly is caught in a marriage on the rocks. Headstrong daughter Sara is reeling in the throes of a forbidden work-place romance. And her youngest son, Brent, is drowning in sorrow and guilt after his fatherâs passing.
Take a trip to Nantucketâs Sweet Island Inn and follow along as Mae Benson and her children face the hardest summer of their lives. Love, loss, heartbreak, hopeâitâs all here and more. Can Mae find a way to bring herself and her family to the light at the end of the tunnel? Or will her grief be too much to overcome?
Grace Palmer is the author of small-town womenâs fiction and romance, including her beloved Sweet Island Inn series, set on the gorgeous island of Nantucket. Her novels paint heart-wrenching portraits of love and loss against an emotional backdrop of family, friendship, motherhood, and marriage.
Susan Boyce is an award-winning audiobook narrator. She has recorded over ninety audiobooks in a variety of categories, and her talents have been put to work by industry giants such as Amica, Hasbro, and Mattel. She earned a bachelor of fine arts from the University of Rhode Island in 1979 and has worked on-stage at Trinity Repertory Theatre, Worcester Foothills Theatre, The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, and every major Ragtime and Traditional Jazz Festival in the United States.