Hubbard's Point Books in Order
Part ofLuanne Rice Books in OrderSee all Hubbard's Point / Black Hall novels by Luanne Rice arranged in reading order, with story overviews, series background, and tips on where new readers should begin.
Last updated: December 26, 2025
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Publication Order
7 books
The Night Before
by Luanne Rice
2014
Set on the Connecticut shore, this short tale follows familiar characters through a single charged night, as a woman revisits the choices that shaped her family and realizes how quickly everything can change by morning.
Last Kiss
by Luanne Rice
2008
Nearly a year after her teenage son is killed, Sheridan Rosslare hides in her Hubbard’s Point beach house, unable to move on. Charlie’s girlfriend Nell and old flame Gavin Dawson reopen the investigation, forcing the community to face a long‑shadowed crime and giving Sheridan one last chance at love.
Beach Girls
by Luanne Rice
2004
Years after three inseparable “beach girls” grew up and drifted apart, widower Jack brings his young daughter Nell back to Hubbard’s Point to learn about her late mother. Nell’s search leads to reclusive writer Stevie Moore, reopening an old friendship and a risky new love.
The Perfect Summer
by Luanne Rice
2003
Bay McCabe treasures her seaside home, her three children, and the hard‑won peace in her marriage. When her husband Sean disappears under suspicious circumstances and an old love steps back into her life, one Connecticut summer upends everything she thought she knew.
True Blue
by Luanne Rice
2002
In Hubbard’s Point, veterinarian Rumer Larkin has made peace with the past, including the boy next door who married her sister. When Zeb Mayhew returns after tragedy and years at sea, bringing his troubled teenage son, the three must untangle first love, betrayal, and second chances.
Safe Harbor
by Luanne Rice
2002
Free‑spirited marine artist Dana Underhill comes home to Hubbard’s Point after her sister and brother‑in‑law die mysteriously at sea, suddenly becoming mother to her two nieces. With the help of childhood friend Sam Trevor, she uncovers dangerous secrets and learns to risk her heart again.
Firefly Beach
by Luanne Rice
2001
Caroline Renwick and her sisters return to Firefly Hill, their Connecticut childhood home, determined to leave old pain behind. When Joe Connor, once a grieving boy she comforted by letter, walks back into town, long‑buried truths and a new love collide.
Series background & context
On the page, Hubbard's Point feels like a real place, a little beach town on the Connecticut coast where families return summer after summer. Boats line the harbor, marshes glow at dusk, and nearly everyone has history with everyone else.
The series begins with Firefly Beach, when the Renwick sisters gather at their childhood home, Firefly Hill. Caroline has always been the dependable one, but the arrival of Joe Connor, a man whose father died on their land long ago, pulls old grief and buried secrets into the light. Questions about what really happened on that night shape the choices each sister makes.
In Safe Harbor, painter Dana Underhill comes back to Hubbard's Point after her sister and brother‑in‑law are lost at sea. Suddenly guardian to two young nieces, she tries to give the girls a sense of home while wondering whether the so‑called accident was something darker. An old friend, marine biologist Sam Trevor, offers both practical help and the possibility of love she is not sure she can risk.
True Blue and The Perfect Summer widen the canvas. Childhood friends, first loves, and long marriages all come under pressure as people return to the Point after years away. A boy who once looked at the stars with the Larkin sisters comes back as a man; a seemingly solid family watches their easy routine shatter when the father disappears. Each story stands alone, but together they build a picture of a town where the past is never quite finished.
Later books like Beach Girls and Last Kiss move into the next generation. Grown‑up children arrive in Hubbard's Point searching for parents they have lost, or for answers about the events that shaped them. A teenager's death, a missing painting, and a long‑ago love affair link neighbors who thought they knew one another, and the tone shifts toward quiet suspense while staying rooted in everyday life.
Across the series you can expect sea air, small mysteries, and a steady focus on sisters, mothers, and friends. Characters drift in and out of one another's stories, so reading in order lets you watch them age, fall in love, and stumble through mistakes. But any single volume also works on its own if you simply want to visit the Point for one emotionally rich, salt‑streaked summer.
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