Barbara Josselsohn Books in Order

Former journalist Iliana hopes to revive her career by profiling the television star she adored as a teenager. As their relationship grows closer, her old fantasy begins to challenge the marriage and family she built.

After her divorce, Jenna takes her daughter to Lake Summers to spend time with her mother, whose memory is fading. An encounter with her first love forces Jenna to revisit a painful shared past.

Widowed Anna brings her children to the lakeside house where she hopes to rebuild their lives. An unexpected attraction offers hope, but secrets surrounding her new companion and her husband’s death complicate that fresh start.

Laurel returns with her son for Christmas and finds the family inn deteriorating and her father missing. A childhood friend helps her restore it, while a hidden message threatens their growing closeness and her plans.

Caroline returns to Lake Summers to save the garden her mother created. As she grows close to a local historian, revelations about her mother’s death and his motives challenge her hopes of finding a future there.

A letter leads grieving Mia to an Italian island where her grandmother once lived. With a local guide, she investigates a ruined castle and uncovers wartime secrets that threaten her understanding of her family.

Learning her mother was adopted sends Tori to an Italian island to investigate a mysterious wedding dress. Evidence of her grandmother’s wartime choices complicates the search and Tori’s own uncertainty about marriage and belonging.

An old restaurant menu sends Callie to Italy to investigate her grandmother’s wartime past. A local café owner helps uncover a rescue operation, but a dangerous mistake threatens her newfound connection to the town.

In occupied France, widowed Celina discovers children hiding in her late husband’s childhood home. Joining forces with their protector, Remy, she works to keep them safe as Nazi danger approaches and a baby’s arrival changes everything.

Kayla returns to her great-aunt’s island stationery shop, once known for letters addressed to absent loved ones. Reopening its doors offers a chance to rebuild her life, provided she can confront the memories waiting inside.