Five Island Cove

After the death of a childhood loved one, 5 best friends reunite in the small coastal town of Five Island Cove. One doesn't expect to find love with a high school crush. Another isn't prepared to find the strength she needs to take control of her life. And none of them are ready for the secrets they'll uncover at the lighthouse... As the truth comes to light, these five best friends will learn what really matters: friendship, family, and faith. When Joel Shields dies, Robin Grover's only goal is to get her four best friends back to Five Island Cove to celebrate the life of Kristen's husband. She alone has stayed in the cove while everyone else couldn't wait to get away. Alice Keller comes instantly, because her mansion in the Hamptons and her husband's infidelity is smothering her. Not only that, but Kristen has always been like a mother to her, and she wants to support her. Eloise Hall comes quickly too, because she's not teaching at the university this summer, and she might as well visit her mother-and the house she secretly bought years ago. Her first night on the island, she runs into an old high school crush, and a flame ignites that hasn't been there before. But Kelli Thompson and AJ Proctor are more resistant, and as Robin, Alice, and Eloise uncover secret after secret in the books, journals, and files in Joel's office, Robin becomes more determined to reunite them all. When Kelli and AJ finally arrive in the cove, the women are embroiled in secrets the lighthouse has hidden for decades. Robin tries to hold them all together, but she too breaks down and admits that her perfect-on-the-outside life isn't so perfect. As these 5 best friends work together to find the truth, they must learn to let go of what doesn't matter and cling to what does: faith, family, and most of all, friendship.

These five best friends made a Summer Sand Pact as teens and have only kept it once or twice-until they reunite decades later and renew their agreement to meet in Five Island Cove every summer. Alice Kelton's marriage is in shambles, and while she's always thought she'd stay with her husband, after her last visit to the cove, she went back to the Hamptons and filed for divorce. She and her twins are moving to Rocky Ridge in Five Island Cove permanently, but she's not telling anyone. Robin's husband is in Alaska for the summer, and she's pretending she's okay. Eloise comes back to the cove every couple of weeks so she can see her new boyfriend, though she's growing tired of the distance between them. AJ broke up with her non-committal boyfriend, and she's happier, freer, and open to another relationship, even though she lives in Atlanta. Kelli brings her son to the cove this time, knowing her relationship with her husband is on the rocks and desperate to fix it. She plans to get some help from her sisterhood during the two weeks in the cove. When she's followed to the beach house where the other women and their children have gathered, Kelli learns a dangerous secret thirty years in the making that could completely undo all the progress she's made... Get ready for more secrets to come to light in Five Island Cove, and for these five women to show each other what it means to love and support someone through thick and thin.

Spend another month in Five Island Cove and experience an amazing adventure between five best friends, the challenges they face, the secrets threatening to come between them, and their undying support of each other. Eloise Hall has reached a turning point: she either wants to marry Aaron or break up. Her scientific mind gets clouded by her heart, and she decides to quit her job at Boston University and move back to Five Island Cove to fix up and open The Cliffside Inn, a building she purchased decades ago on the rocky cliffs of Sanctuary Island. She thinks that'll show Aaron she's ready to wear a diamond and say I-do. Robin and Alice are dealing with their teenage children who've started dating when Alice learns that her ex-husband has lost his high-paying job and is having financial problems. All of the payments she's been getting...won't be coming anymore. With her husband back from Alaska, Robin struggles to learn how to balance home and family with her full-time job as well as her friends. When she has to make a difficult choice between her husband and helping Eloise with the inn, Robin doesn't know which to support. AJ has met a great guy -- or so she says. She's been texting her friends about a man named Peterson, but when they're supposed to come to the cove to help Eloise with the inn, only AJ shows up. Kelli brings her son to the cove for another extended vacation after learning her husband has started another relationship in New Jersey. He's asked her to consider an open relationship where they stay married, and he can still see and date this other woman. With their different personalities and in their different states of mind, none of these best friends are prepared for the secret contained within the walls of The Cliffside Inn. They've survived tough situations before, but this might be the thing that tears them apart for good...

Your next trip to Five Island Cove...this time to face a fresh future and leave all the secrets and fears in the past. Kelli is ready to make memories with her son in the house where she grew up. It needs a lot of work, but with the sunlight coming through the colorful stained glass windows, she's confident she can do it. When she gets way over her head, she calls the people who she can rely on for anything. Eloise is only a week away from tying the knot, but she shows up at the house on Seabreeze Shore with sandpaper and her fiancé's power tools. They get to work, only to find Kelli's father's will underneath a floorboard. What's really in the will changes everything for Kelli and her mother. Laurel, Alice, Robin, and AJ arrive just in time to help Kelli and Eloise decide what to do next. At least until the storm warning comes, and they all have to hunker down in a house that has very little food and not enough beds for everyone. As they worry about their loved ones, their bonds of friendship will be tested one more time, when one more devastating secret comes to light... ...all within the walls of the house on Seabreeze Shore. Join best friends, old and new, Robin, Alice, Eloise, Kelli, Laurel, and AJ as they learn about themselves, strengthen their bonds of friendship, and learn what it truly means to thrive.

Four weddings and a baby are on their way to Five Island Cove! Eloise has been waiting for her dream wedding for months. When the Cove Chronicles calls it "the wedding of the year" and literally the whole town is invited, she wants everything to be perfect. Burst pipes don't make for perfect wedding dresses, though. Laurel Baker has just been promoted to detective in the narcotics unit, and her first case is one that's gone unsolved for a year now. She's desperate to find out who's bringing drugs into the cove, but each clue she uncovers leads to one of the women she's grown to love. She has to juggle her friendship with Alice, who's started a new relationship with her children's guidance counselor. And Kelli, who finds herself with a new boyfriend...who happens to live right next door to her. Laurel doesn't want to hurt AJ, who is off her pregnancy bed-rest now, but her new challenge is meeting her fiancé's grown children–and the reception isn't all rainbows and sunshine. AJ's determined to go through with the wedding, even if not everyone is thrilled it's happening. Laurel can always rely on Robin, as she's planning Laurel's end-of-summer wedding. But Robin's busier than ever as she's taken on dozens of clients to pay for her husband's new fishing boat and Duke is off to Alaska again. Kristen is usually there to pick up any pieces that fall, but this summer finds her moving into a new house for the first time in fifty years. When Laurel finally uncovers the truth, fingers are pointed in every direction, friendships are threatened, and romantic relationships strained. And who will be the ones standing at the altar for that fourth wedding? Join Alice, AJ, Kelli, Robin, Kristen, Eloise, and Laurel as they learn how strong they really are, and the great power they hold as women, and as friends, in any circumstance.

Journey to Five Island Cove for a roaring good time with friends old and new, their sons and daughters, and all their new husbands as they navigate the heartaches and celebrations of life and love. Jean Shields is devastated when the adoption she and her husband were set to complete falls through. Besides her solid-as-a-rock husband, her only solace is her two dogs, her sewing students, and her new friends in the women's group her mother-in-law has introduced her to. Alice and Robin want to help Jean, but they don't know how. Alice is dealing with a pregnancy scare, and Robin is trying to help her oldest daughter navigate collegiate options. AJ has the best advice, as she's lived most of her life childless too. But her own baby is requiring more from her than she ever imagined. Eloise provides food and offers Jean a job at her inn though she's drowning to keep her head above water there. Kelli brings her son to Jean as much as possible, but it's not until Kristen convinces Jean to spearhead the new Seafaring Girls program in Five Island Cove that Jean starts to find some purpose to her life. Kristen is consulting on the program, as she ran it successfully many years ago, and her heart is happy as she watches a new generation of girls learn to love the sea while staying safe on it. But when someone returns to the Cove no one ever expected to see again, old wounds open just as they'd started to heal. This group of women will be tested again, both on land and at sea, just as they once were as teens.

Clara Tanner has lost it all. Her husband is accused in one of the biggest heists on the East Coast, and she relocates her family to Five Island Cove–the hometown she hates. Her mother and brother live there, though Clara never dreamed she'd be returning to the cove. Not only does she find them waiting for her with open arms, but all of the women in her mother's circle are welcoming too. Clara and Scott have bought Friendship Inn, a hulking, close-to-condemned building with one hundred fifteen rooms. Neither of them want to run an inn, but with limited options, Clara rolls up her sleeves and digs in. Alice and Robin are dealing with their oldest children going off to college while AJ is celebrating her son's first birthday. Jean enjoys her Seafaring Girls, and Eloise is having the summer of a lifetime with her new family and busy season at the inn. As Laurel's due date for her first baby approaches, Kelli learns something she never thought would happen to her, all while Kristen is becoming friendlier and friendlier with a new gentleman in her fifty-five-plus community. Clara needs all of their help and support in order to rebuild Friendship Inn, and as all the women pitch in, there's so much more getting fixed up, put in place, and restored. Then a single phone call changes everything. Will these women in Five Island Cove rally around one another as they've been doing? Or will this finally be the thing that breaks them?

Summer is upon Five Island Cove, and that means beach days with friends and family, an explosion of tourism, and summer reading programs! Tessa Simmons has just taken a job as the Assistant Director at the library in the cove, and she's been charged with all of the adult programming. Her ideas are big, and she brings in her new friends for focus groups to truly expand the reach of literature in the cove. Robin and AJ have ideas and plenty of opinions, as do all of the other women. They don't always line up, and some voices are louder than others. But as Eloise has taken a step back to spend more time with her family, she becomes instrumental in helping Tessa establish smaller library branches on all five islands in the cove. Kelli is busy with her yoga studio and her job as a new mother, but she also brings the idea of more books and better literature to both Pearl and Bell Island. Jean suggests a "lighthouse little library," and Tessa takes in all the ideas, trying to find the right things that will reach everyone from 18 to 80. Robin's daughter and Alice then come up with a brilliant idea to unite generations throughout the cove: a bicycle book club. Maddy, Julia, and Clara quickly jump on the idea, and it takes shape like nothing else has. Then Tessa decides to look into the past to help shape the future, what she finds in the Five Island Cove library archives could bring them closer together…or splinter them forever. Escape to the beach this summer with your new best friends! Join the women in Five Island Cove as they navigate friendships old and new, romantic relationships past and present, and bring new ideas that could last generations to the quaint island town you'll want to visit over and over again!

In the picturesque setting of Five Island Cove, the bonds of friendship are as enduring as the tides. This summer, the cove is abuzz with wedding bells as Mandie and Charlie, Ginny and Bob, and Julia and Liam prepare to say their vows! As the joyous beach wedding season unfolds, unexpected challenges arise, testing the strength of their relationships and the resilience of their friendships. And Robin really has her work cut out for her in planning and pulling off three very different weddings in such a short time frame–especially when they're each so meaningful to her. But she's not alone. She's got her friends, old and new, at her side–and her husband, who opts not to go to Alaska to fish for the first time in years. However, amidst the celebrations, secrets and past misunderstandings surface between Kelli, AJ, Alice, Eloise, Laurel, and Jean, threatening to overshadow the happiness they've all been working towards… Join the beloved women of Five Island Cove as they navigate the complexities of love, loyalty, and the unbreakable bonds of friendship!

Revisit Five Island Cove at Christmastime! Join the women in the cove as they come together for an unforgettable holiday getaway, and new ideals to what it means to be a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. As Christmas approaches, the close-knit group of friends-Robin, Alice, AJ, Kelli, and Eloise-decide to take a break from their usual routines and rent a luxurious, sprawling house on Rocky Ridge. With breathtaking views and all the comforts they could wish for, it's the perfect place to escape the hustle and bustle of their everyday lives. Amidst the twinkling lights and holiday cheer, there's plenty of time for making cherished memories and embracing old traditions. But not everything goes as smoothly as planned. While the house becomes a hub of laughter and celebration, the close quarters also reveal underlying tensions and the tiny fissures in their friend group begin to surface, threatening to overshadow the holiday spirit. Romances are blooming, with Mandie and Charlie preparing to take the next step in their young relationship, Julia and Liam deepening their connection, and Tessa and Dave navigating the early stages of their relationship. But when a mystery arises about the centuries-old happenings in the holiday house, it tests their bonds and forces them to confront their differences. Will the magic of the season be enough to bring everyone closer together, or will it highlight the cracks that could pull them apart? As they navigate the complexities of friendship, love, and family, they'll discover that sometimes, the greatest gift of all is the strength to overcome challenges and come out stronger on the other side. Join the women of Five Island Cove in The Holiday House, where the beauty of the season and the strength of their relationships shine through, proving that home is truly where the heart is.

Take a vacation any time of year in the seaside town of Five Island Cove! Meet five best friends as they reunite after years apart and rekindle their strong bond with one another, weather storms, and uncover secrets that have been lying dormant for decades... This set includes the first 3 novels in the series from USA Today bestselling and Kindle All-Star Author Jessie Newton. 1. The Lighthouse: After the death of a childhood loved one, 5 best friends reunite in the small coastal town of Five Island Cove. One doesn't expect to find love with a high school crush. Another isn't prepared to find the strength she needs to take control of her life. And none of them are ready for the secrets they'll uncover at the lighthouse... As the truth comes to light, these five best friends will learn what really matters: friendship, family, and faith. 2. The Summer Sand Pact: These five best friends made a Summer Sand Pact as teens and have only kept it once or twice-until they reunite decades later and renew their agreement to meet in Five Island Cove every summer. Get ready for more secrets to come to light in Five Island Cove, and for these five women to show each other what it means to love and support someone through thick and thin. 3. The Cliffside Inn: Spend another month in Five Island Cove and experience an amazing adventure between five best friends, the challenges they face, the secrets threatening to come between them, and their undying support of each other.