DISTANT SHORES
Elizabeth and Jackson Shore married young, raised two daughters, and
weathered the storms of youth as they built a future together. But after
the children leave home, they quietly drift apart. When Jack accepts a
wonderful new job offer, Elizabeth puts her needs aside to follow him
across the country. Until the sudden death of her father changes
everything. Grieving and alone, she retreats to an isolated beach house
where she packs away the last remnants of her parents' lives. There, the
pieces of a past she never knew unfold to reveal a tender story of
lasting devotion, the kind of steadfast commitment that Elizabeth admits
is missing from her own marriage. Faced with her own disillusionment,
she makes a terrifying decision, risking everything she has for a second
chance at happiness.
ON MYSTIC LAKE
On the day her daughter leaves for college, Anne Colwater's husband of
twenty years announces he wants a divorce. Her roles of wife and mother
suddenly gone, Annie retreats to her childhood home of Mystic,
Washington, to heal. There she finds her old friend Nick, suddenly
widowed and unable to cope with his emotionally scarred young daughter,
Izzie. Annie agrees to look after Izzie, and soon finds herself caring
for both father and daughter with a joy and passion she never expected -
and she finds her love returned with a fervor she had never even hoped
for. But love is never simple, and it is not until Annie learns a hard
lesson from her own grown daughter that she finds the strength to claim
the happiness she has earned.
