Lina Mariano is living in her hometown on the Jersey Shore. She had hoped to move to Manhattan but after losing her job in NYC, she was hired as a lifestyle reporter for a local website, Shore Life, mainly focusing on area weddings. What was meant to be a short-term job has now lasted six years. Lina's career has stalled and her love life is non-existent. With summer here again, fortunately, her best friend Maren has come back to visit. However, also back in town from Califor

Author Faye Wader's career is starting to wane. Her mystery series about a crime-solving math teacher still has legions of fans, but new writers, like Abby Schuss, who has been organizing fan events, are surpassing her in popularity and sales. In response, Faye plans her own fan weekend in her home state of Massachusetts on the remote Great Misery Island. Her assistant, Jade Smythe, an aspiring writer, organizes a fun weekend for fifty of Faye's most dedicated fans, including

In Redbelly Crossing, south of Sydney, Australia, Chloe Lutz, an aspiring journalist, has been found murdered in a small motel above the rural community's sole pub. Evan Powder, the Senior Sergeant of the area, is eager to tackle a high-profile case that could potentially restore his tarnished reputation. However, he is not happy that his estranged brother Russell, a Sydney-based Detective Inspector, has been sent to help in the investigation. Russell is reluctant to travel

It's 1954 and Cynthia Proctor is finishing her sophomore year at a prestigious college in Maine. Although she is determined to pursue the male-dominated field of economics, her scholarship is not renewed. Her wealthy roommate, Pauline, invites her to spend the summer at her family's sprawling estate on Long Pond in Mount Vernon, Maine. Hoping to earn enough money to return to school, Cynthia finds a summer job working as a chambermaid at Elizabeth Arden's Maine Chance, an exc