Joanne DeMaio Books in Order

Continuing directly from the previous cliffhanger, this Seaside Saga installment returns to Stony Point as the intertwined beach friends face fresh consequences and quieter shocks. Around familiar routines and late-summer conversations, their story threads deepen once again in The Diner.

A single disastrous day shatters the fragile calm in Stony Point, leaving several beach friends reeling. As shock gives way to tears, anger, regret and reluctant acceptance, a humble shack becomes the backdrop for grief, comfort and the first tentative steps toward moving forward.

In a festive New England town trimmed with lights and evergreen, longtime favorites from Joanne DeMaio’s winter world cross paths in one holiday season. As plans collide and wishes shift, the promise of a “merry everything” asks what joy really looks like when life is far from perfect.

Off-season quiet settles over Stony Point. Summer visitors are gone, cottages are shuttered, and only a tenacious lobsterman lingers as the waves hiss onto nearly empty sand. Beneath that calm hush, though, unease grows, and the friends sense that change is coming with the wind.

Lobsterman Shane Bradford faces a decision that could change everything, with risk and reward weighed against the ticking of the tide. On sun-bleached August days, as dune grass sways and Long Island Sound rolls in, his choice carries a cost that reaches through the whole beach circle.

Everyone in Stony Point carries a misstep they’d rather forget, from quiet regrets to life-altering choices. As old errors echo through the beach community, Jason Barlow finally admits his own, but the question remains whether honest reckonings can arrive in time to heal the damage.

Behind every cottage door in Stony Point, someone is hiding the truth. From the Barlows’ bluff-top home to Elsa’s inn, the Fenwicks’ last-standing cottage and Shane’s bungalow, small and large lies begin to surface, testing trust across the entire circle of beach friends.

Elsa DeLuca, once known as Miss Moonchild Starbeam, heads to California to reunite with an old friend, flowers in her hair and history on her mind. Traveling with Celia—and secretly, Shane—the trip offers bright moments, hard truths and a chance for distant shores to mend aching hearts.

Joel Briggs lives quietly in an old farmhouse on Winter Road, his days as still as the snow-covered fields around him. A bittersweet encounter with Faye Weston one December night kindles an unexpected friendship that might become love, if they’re willing to believe in it.

On a fragile summer night, tension builds inside two Stony Point cottages as relationships fray and hearts teeter. When an unexpected visitor arrives, the quiet seaside evening tips, sending fresh ripples through the intertwined lives of the beach friends.

In town, Jason and Maris are simply “the Barlows,” living in their weathered cottage on the bluff. After a season of darkness brushes their marriage, they must decide whether love, community and a haunted but beloved home by the sea can guide them back to each other.

Hidden on the Barlows’ bluff, a neglected wooden stairway winds down to a tiny secret beach. When a chance to repair it appears, the project becomes a lifeline for one man and a gathering place for the Stony Point friends, where conversations and confessions meet the sea breeze.

In Stony Point, everyone seems to be waiting for something—a phone call, a homecoming, the courage to speak, or a sign to move on. As a twilight table stands ready for a secret guest, the beach friends learn how heavy and hopeful waiting can truly be.

Late-summer sun bathes Stony Point while quiet questions hang in the air: which moments, places and people are we seeing for the last time? Several of the beach friends face wrenching choices about what to release and what to hold, reshaping the saga’s course.

Driving along Shore Road, past marsh grasses, docks and seafood shacks, the Stony Point friends find their lives quietly shifting. Some turn toward town, others away, each drive reflecting a private crossroads as summer light and shadow play across the New England coast.

New to town, Millie Ives is intrigued by a dark stone house that stays unlit while every other home glows for the holidays. A chance encounter with its reclusive owner, Mr. Winter, draws her into a slow, tender love story framed by December streets and the mysterious Winter House.

In this later Seaside Saga chapter, readers reunite with Jason, Maris, Elsa, Shane, Celia, Kyle, Lauren and more during an enchanted stretch of beach days and starry nights. Love, long-kept secrets and small surprises keep the Connecticut shore anything but quiet for the beachgoers.

Jason and Maris, Shane and Celia, Elsa and the rest of the Stony Point crew return home for another season on the Connecticut shore. Beneath bright skies and swaying dune grass, moments of joy and heartbreak intertwine, deepening the ongoing story of this seaside family of friends.

Years after their first stay, Mack drives a winter-dark road back to the secluded beach cottage that once changed everything. Snow, silence and salt air press close as he and Avery revisit old choices and decide whether the life they built can still hold them both.

Newlyweds Mack and Avery Martinelli escape to a tucked-away cottage overlooking Long Island Sound for their honeymoon. Lazy beach days and open-ended plans promise bliss, until a sudden upheaval forces them to face each other honestly and ask what their marriage is really built on.

A long, hot summer settles over Stony Point, and so do the secrets. Jason and Maris, Celia and Shane, Elsa and other locals each guard private truths that rise and break like waves, proving that in a small beach town, rumors travel easily on the salt air.

One August week in Stony Point leaves a lasting mark on Jason and Maris Barlow, the Bradford brothers, and soon-to-be innkeepers Elsa and Celia. As Shane returns to his rented bungalow, emotional tides shift, testing marriages, secret affairs and the family bonds that anchor the crew.

A moonlit beachfront celebration in Stony Point is set to be perfect until lobsterman Shane Bradford arrives uninvited. His tangled past with the town turns festivity into tension, and as the night deepens, the beach friends must face the darker currents he brings ashore.

Along Sea View Road, a shabby bungalow with a view of Long Island Sound bears a simple For Rent sign. When Shane Bradford books it for the summer, he unloads more than gear, stirring up old loves, new attractions and long-buried secrets among his circle of beach friends.

For years, widower Harry Dane receives a mysterious Christmas card from a woman named Sadie Welles. When their paths finally cross, an unexpected love story unfolds across nearly two decades of holidays, asking how many winters it takes to fully trust a new beginning.

Vintage-shop owner Lindsey Haynes rolls her tiny house into Addison, guided by a snow globe message from her father. A fender-bender with weary local doctor Greg Davis tangles their paths, and the town’s cozy traditions nudge them toward the possibility of love neither was seeking.

Architect Jason Barlow is determined to renovate the last-standing cottage on Stony Point’s beach, a storm-battered holdout surrounded by sand and memory. Its owners resist, and as secrets tied to the shabby cottage surface, the project reshapes Jason’s plans and the friends’ fragile peace.

Summer settles gently over Stony Point, bringing blue skies and calm seas back to the beach friends. When a new arrival sparks a spirited competition in town, playful rivalries and warm evenings by the water give Jason, Maris and their circle one unforgettable season of pure beach fun.

A rambling seaside cottage is being transformed into a grand beach inn, with Jason Barlow overseeing the renovation. When grief drives its owner to put the property up for sale, the Stony Point friends stage an “inn-tervention,” risking their own comfort to save the haven they all love.

Reserved handyman Frank Lombardo takes a side job at Snowflake Lake, where reluctant traveler Penny Hart is hiding out in bird-themed Cardinal Cabin. A spontaneous kiss and a snow-bright holiday season force them both to reconsider what home, risk and romance might look like.

After a shattering season on the Connecticut shore, Jason Barlow flees Stony Point, leaving his wife Maris and their bluff-top cottage behind. Over dinners in a coastal diner, the beach friends promise to steady one another, but each begins to falter as love and loyalty are tested.

House-sitting a silver-shingled cottage in Stony Point, guitarist Celia Gray hopes for a quiet summer. Instead she meets overworked businessman Sal DeLuca, who’s finally taken a seaside break, and the beach friends draw them in as one hidden secret threatens to change everything.

As friends gather in Stony Point for Maris and Jason’s seaside wedding, a long-lost journal surfaces with a devastating secret. Old grief, a fractured marriage and buried guilt churn beneath the festivities, threatening the ceremony unless the beach friends can pull together in time.

Greeting-card artist Jane March has lost her creative spark until she rediscovers her mother’s nostalgic paintings of Addison. Following a Christmas to-do list of new memories, she finds herself crossing paths with jilted mailman Wes Davis, and a snow-bright romance slowly takes shape.

In Addison, Connecticut, single mother Amy Trewist is caught in a terrifying incident that collides her path with widower George Carbone. As they lean on each other in the aftermath, a quiet summer romance grows, until a small-town twist forces them to choose what truly matters.

After losing her job and relationship, Vera Sterling impulsively buys a weathered colonial and old Christmas barn in her New England hometown. Restoring the property, she uncovers a hidden treasure and a guarded widower, discovering that community and love can rewrite a winter.

Denim designer Maris Carrington returns to her Connecticut beach town to settle her father’s estate and reconnect with old college friends. A dusty home movie, buried secrets and a long-ago love force the group to face how far they’ve drifted, and what can still be reclaimed.

On a Manhattan birthday weekend, overwhelmed mother Sara Beth quietly walks away from lunch and from the life that no longer fits. As best friend Rachel searches for her, both women are pushed to confront grief, marriage and what they truly want next.