"It's been a long, hot summer in Stony Point. As temperatures rise on the Connecticut coast, so do the secrets. Everyone's got one. Jason and Maris, Celia and lobsterman Shane, the beach commissioner, and especially innkeeper Elsa. With the passing summer days, each secret--sad, shocking, and sweet--unfurls like a breaking wave." --Goodreads.

Every summer has a story. That couldn't be more true for Jason and Maris Barlow, the Bradford brothers, soon-to-be innkeepers Elsa and Celia, and the rest of The Seaside Saga cast. But this particular summer is leaving its mark on the New England beach town of Stony Point. As lone lobsterman Shane settles in for another week at his rented bungalow by the sea, emotional tides turn. Relationships come unmoored; secret love affairs surface; family bonds...

Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi. When the Chicago police come for him, LeRoy must decide if he is going to risk his life testifying.

En gammel fisker i den mexikanske havbugt får sit livs største fisk på krogen. Det bliver en kamp på liv og død, som symboliserer menneskets kamp mod naturkræfterne.

"Joe, Miles, and Harry are growing up on the remote southern coast of Tasmania--a stark, untamed landscape swathed by crystal blue waters. The rhythm of their days is dictated by the natural world, and by their father's moods. Like the ocean he battles daily to make a living as a fisherman, he is wild and volatile--a hard drinker warped by a devastating secret. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to move out, and so they attempt to stay as invisible...

A fisherman finds a green moss that holds magical powers and soon all the townspeople are after the moss which leaves the fisherman wondering what to do.

Piper Bellinger jest ikoną mody i influencerką, ma opinię dzikiego dziecka, a paparazzi nieustannie depczą jej po piętach. Zwariowana i nieobliczalna. Po jednej z szalonych imprez na dachu wieżowca w Los Angeles ojczym odcina ją od funduszy i wysyła do Westport, by wraz z siostrą poprowadziła portowy bar ich zmarłego ojca. Zaraz po przyjeździe na miejsce Piper poznaje rosłego, brodatego kapitana Brendana, który nie daje jej nawet tygodnia...