Lucy Skye

After years of raising her children alone, Enid has made peace with a quiet life in the river village of Crescent Cove. She has her shop, her garden, her friendships — and no intention of wanting anything more.

Then the new dockmaster arrives.

Armin has spent thirty years as a soldier, following orders and asking for nothing. Crescent Cove was...

At forty-one, Joy has nothing left. Her parents are gone, her brothers have given her thirty days to vacate the only home she has ever known, and a lifetime of caring for others has left her with no experience the world considers useful. Desperate, she answers a small advertisement in the back of the paper — a newly appointed mayor in a river...

Vivian had no plan but to escape when she and her daughter Lillian climbed onto a raft in the dark and pushed away from everything they had ever known. With a ruthless guardian threatening Lillian's future and no good options left, the river was their only way out.

They didn't expect to lose their oars. They didn't expect to land at the feet of a...