Henry Carter Hull

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she grew up, trading her glamorous Manhattan lifestyle for a harsh winter on a wind-whipped New England island. Her marriage has crumbled in the wake of a tragic accident. Now she has returned to the home on Salt Whistle Raod that has always meant shelter, security, family, and love. When she awakens one snowy night to a fire that roars through the old house, Anne escapes-but runs back into the blaze to save...

Years ago, Lyra Davis left behind a world of wealth and privilege and the people she loved most in the world, unable to reconcile the expectations of her celebrated family with the longings of her own wild heart. Now she lives quietly among a community of expatriates on the isle of Capri--until her daughter Pell travels across an ocean to find the mother she remembers and the deeper truths they all need so desperately.

Dianne Robbins, deserted by her husband, Tim, after giving birth to a daughter with severe birth defects, devotes herself totally to her child for nearly twelve years before she opens herself up to love again with her ex-husband's brother, Alan.

A painter and art instructor has made a peaceful life for herself with her three daughters at the Star of the Sea Academy, until the wedding of her eldest daughter brings her former love--and the girl's father--back into her life from his self-imposed exile and sets in motion a life-changing series of events.