Summer Resort

The Summer Resort is a place where people go to relax and unwind. Some families pass through once and move on. Others make it a regular holiday on their family calendar. Whether you're a family that has been coming to The Resort for over 25 years, a first time couple with young children needing a break, or an adventurous waitress looking for a summer of fun, everyone has a story to tell. This season, things are changing. How will family tensions affect the dynamic of the LaPointe family vacation? Will the staff be able to hold it together and make it through the week, let alone the whole summer? And, will Stanley, the kind, hard-working owner, be tempted to sell the only home he's ever really known?

One summer, two sisters and a chance to start over... Before the burglary that shattered her confidence, Phoenix Rose had a fiancé, a successful store and a busy, happy existence. After months spent adrift, she takes a job at the lakeside resort of Cooper's Charm. Surrounded by beautiful scenery, friendly colleagues and a charismatic, widowed boss, Phoenix is slowly inching her way back into the world. Visiting Cooper's Charm to check up on her little sister, Ridley Rose impulsively agrees to fill in as housekeeper. Still reeling from an ego-bruising divorce, she finds satisfaction in a job well done-and in the attention of the resort's handsome scuba instructor. For Phoenix and Ridley, Cooper's Charm is supposed to be merely temporary. But this detour may lead to the place they most need to be, where the future is as satisfying as it is surprising...

So much can change in a year. For some of the guests and staff of The Resort, adjusting to those changes is much more difficult than for others. Has Stanley, the beloved owner, made a decision about holding onto the Resort or moving on to other things? How has a new addition to the LaPointe family changed the already tense dynamics of a weeklong family vacation? With many new faces on staff, can Michelle and Dave keep control over the dining room and kitchen? It's never a dull week at The Resort.

As the summer ends, friendship begins... When single mom Joy Lee abandoned her old life to take a job at a lakeside resort, she found something that her family's wealth and influence could never buy: peace of mind. Not easy to come by for the once-burned divorcée who keeps everyone at a distance. But when her new friend, Maris, dares her to take a chance with the drive-in's charismatic new owner, everything changes for Joy and her young son. A difficult childhood has left Maris Kennedy with definite priorities. Her job running Summer's End, the camp store and café, comes first. Always. Nothing could ever make her risk that hard-won security-especially not her free-spirited colleague. But the more she encourages Joy to open herself up to new experiences, the more Maris begins to wonder what she, too, might be missing. Learning how to trust will bring Joy and Maris together. And soon they form a friendship that leaves them as close as sisters-and open to love where they least expect it...in Summer's End.