Sweeney House

Samantha Parker is picking up the pieces of her life-and a pen to sign divorce papers-after she finds out her husband has been cheating on her and the other woman is expecting his child. While the idea of leaving town and starting over is appealing, Sam's only option is to head back to her childhood home of Cocoa Beach, Florida to help her recently-widowed mother run their family inn. Can she go home and start her whole life over at forty-three? Sam decides to spend the summer living in the beachfront cottage where she was raised, bringing her twenty-four-year-old daughter for moral support and laughter and her teenage son in the hopes that the change will help him heal too. Finding peace on the sun-washed island, Sam finally spreads her wings, gets her first real job, and reconnects with the siblings she's kept at a distance for far too many years. She helps her daughter navigate a new romance, guides her mother through a widow's grief, and supports her sister as she faces an unexpected challenge. But when the pain of the divorce becomes too much for her fragile son to handle, Sam wonders if she can ever really escape her past.

As Samantha Sweeney dives into the renovation of Sweeney House with her mother, she repairs more than the inn-she and Dottie have never been closer. Fueled by a newfound strength and independence, Sam is certain she's up to the task of bringing her family's inn back to life, no matter what unexpected challenges they might encounter. While Sam and Dottie are focused on the inn, the family around them is facing new tests and trials. Sam's daughter has a broken heart that needs mending, her sister is struggling with a daunting new addition to her family, and John, the eldest Sweeney, finds his perfect marriage as rocky as the shell-covered sands of Cocoa Beach. Each branch of the Sweeney family tree is swaying, but their roots run deep. When the newest member of the family threatens to snap one of those branches in half, it will take everything they have to bend and not break.