Sweet Island Inn

Nantucket was her paradise-until reality came barging in. Mae Benson was happy-a beloved wife, beloved mother, beloved neighbor. But even she wasn't ready for the tragedy looming around the corner. The accident that claims her husband's life rocks the whole family. And it's not the only thing stirring up trouble. Mae's oldest, Eliza, is facing an unexpected pregnancy with a fiancé she no longer wants to be with. Her daughter Holly is caught in a marriage on the rocks. Headstrong daughter Sara is reeling in the throes of a forbidden work-place romance. And her youngest son, Brent, is drowning in sorrow and guilt after his father's passing. Take a trip to Nantucket's Sweet Island Inn and follow along as Mae Benson and her children face the hardest summer of their lives. Love, loss, heartbreak, hope-it's all here and more. Can Mae find a way to bring herself and her family to the light at the end of the tunnel? Or will her grief be too much to overcome?

The Benson family needs a fresh start. Can they find peace and happiness on the beaches of Nantucket? Last summer, a storm blew the Benson family's lives to bits. It's been almost a year since that fateful day, since they learned that life at the beach isn't all sunshine and rainbows. They are doing their best to pick up the pieces. Widow Mae Benson is running the Sweet Island Inn. Her daughter Eliza is learning what it means to be a mother. Sara is rediscovering her passion in the wake of heartbreak. Holly is searching for stability in her marriage. And her son Brent is-well, Brent isn't doing so great. Despite these challenges, they just might make it, if they can stick together. But right when it seems like they're going to be okay, terrible news strikes. A call from Aunt Toni changes everything. And suddenly, Nantucket doesn't feel quite like home any more. Come book your stay at Nantucket's Sweet Island Inn, where the water is warm, the sun is shining, and everyone welcomes you like family, in this heartwarming, inspirational women's fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.

The wedding of the year versus the storm of the century. Who will win? Things are finally looking up for the Benson family. After a year of tough choices and big leaps of faith, it seems like love, success, and happiness are right in their grasp. But with a wedding on the horizon and a successful new restaurant growing faster than anyone ever expected, everyone certainly has their hands full. In fact, it's starting to cause problems. Little cracks are appearing in the surface. And the historic storm brewing offshore might turn those cracks into craters. Can the Bensons and their loved ones band together in time to make this summer their best yet? Or will jealousy and uncertainty spoil the big day? Welcome back to another summer at Nantucket's Sweet Island Inn! It's the happiest time of the year, so sit down, stay awhile, and fall in love in this heartwarming, inspirational women's fiction beach read from author Grace Palmer.

She built the Sweet Island Inn. But can Toni Benson build a life of happiness for herself? Toni Benson's life has been a roller coaster. Years ago, the heartbreak caused by a cheating ex-husband left her in tatters. Then she discovered the run-down fixer-upper that would become the Sweet Island Inn. For a while, things were good. But when her brother Henry's tragic death sends her reeling all over again, she is back to square one. So, she sets off on an overseas journey, in hopes of learning from scratch what kind of woman she is meant to be. She wasn't looking for love. But it found her anyway. Follow Toni's journey as the Nantucket native navigates an explosive romance, an unbearable tragedy, and the prospect of starting life anew in her late fifties. In the end, only one thing is certain: there is no love like her love for Nantucket.

A secret bundle in a dusty corner sends the Benson family reeling. It wasn't meant to be uncovered. But when her son Brent stumbles across something curious hidden in the workshop, innkeeper Mae Benson must relive events she thought she had left thirty years in the past. Her boyfriend Dominic is doing his best to help. But the arrival of a movie crew on Nantucket to film the adaptation of his latest novel has upended everything at the Sweet Island Inn. And Mae's children are just as preoccupied. Eliza, eight months pregnant, can't be reached, and Mae is terrified that something is going wrong with the baby. Holly is dealing with an unexpected house guest with a grim and mysterious past. And Sara is struggling to answer a thorny question: who is stealing from her restaurant? Follow along with the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the Benson family in this sweet, wholesome women's-fiction novel.

If Mae loses the Inn, she'll lose everything. Mae Benson was born to run the Sweet Island Inn. She cooks, she cleans, she laughs, she makes a mean pot of coffee, and she always knows which beach to recommend to her guests. But suddenly, that way of life looks very much in danger. On what was supposed to be a happy day, the day her boyfriend Dominic gets down on one knee and asks her to marry him, Mae discovers that a collective of out-of-towners with bad motives intends to usurp her business by building a competing hotel right down the street. And she's not the only one floundering. Other mysterious out-of-towners are bringing troubles of their own for the Benson clan, including an anonymous offer to buy out Sara's ownership of Little Bull restaurant, with some very strange strings attached. Holly's childhood friends arrive back on Nantucket for a tumultuous high school reunion with plenty of baggage in tow. And Eliza, meanwhile, is doing her best to keep her head above water, even as the anxieties she thought she had left behind threaten to drag her beneath the stormy waves. Catch up with the Benson family in this sweet women's-fiction novel.