Cynthia Ellingsen Books in Order

Longtime friends Jackie, Cheryl, and Doris are all reeling from personal setbacks when they decide to open a restaurant for women. Building the business means facing debt, betrayal, grief, and the hard work of keeping a decades-long friendship intact.

When Chloe, her mother Kristine, and grandmother June all catch the bouquet at the same wedding, each begins reconsidering her love life. Their overlapping romances bring humor, conflict, and plenty of family advice as they move toward a shared celebration.

Dawn Conners returns to Starlight Cove to clear her family name after an old shipwreck scandal resurfaces. Restoring a rundown lighthouse leads her toward buried clues, wary locals, and an unexpected connection with a nautical researcher.

Emma Laurent is struggling to save her late father’s candy shop when strangers offer a fortune for an old painting on its wall. Her search for the painting’s history uncovers family secrets and challenges her to make room for new love.

Four very different girls share Firefly Cabin during eight weeks at summer camp. As Lauren, Isla, Archer, and Jade face private fears, grief, and family pressures, they learn how friendship can make a difficult summer feel like a fresh start.

After priceless wine vanishes from her family vineyard, Abby Harrington sets out to find the thief and protect the business. A devastating accident, threatening messages, and painful family truths turn the investigation into a fight for her future.

When Julie returns to her parents’ Wisconsin resort after her mother falls ill, she hopes to repair her strained marriage. A runaway teen, a former love, and long-held family secrets force her to reconsider the future she wants.

Estranged sisters Jayne and Charlotte inherit their grandmother’s North Carolina beach house and must renovate it together. As old memories and hidden letters surface, they get one fragile chance to face the past and rebuild their bond.

Newly divorced Lily Kimura returns to Starlight Cove with her daughter and helps revive the town’s long-shuttered theater. Threatening messages and the mystery of an old fire make the reopening dangerous, forcing Lily to confront both the past and her future.

Rainey travels to Ireland when her grandmother asks to return to the estate she fled after World War II. There, a trunk of long-lost letters opens a path into a young woman’s past, revealing courage, love, and family secrets.

Jewelry designer Lindsey McKenna discovers an old diary while working at an exhibit in the restored Wind Thorne estate. Its pages lead back to 1925, a missing engagement ring, and dangerous secrets that still shadow the family a century later.