Nancy Thayer Books in Order

Boston teacher and divorced mother of four, Blythe Benedict treasures her family’s sun‑drenched summers on Nantucket. This year brings teenage turmoil, an ailing ex‑mother‑in‑law, a secret about her ex, and the return of her first love—pushing Blythe to decide what kind of future she wants.

Personal assistant Eddie Grant seems to live in the glow of a superstar romance author, yet her own life feels stuck. Heading home to Nantucket to help her driven sister Barrett open a gift shop, she revisits family trauma, mends their bond, and discovers new love and purpose.

With her marriage over and her only son about to graduate, Heather Willette escapes Concord for a solo summer in a Nantucket rental. When Ross unexpectedly moves to the island to work for his girlfriend’s family, Heather must untangle new in‑law dynamics, lingering hurts, and the possibility of a second act.

In 1995, four recent college grads—Ariel, Sheila, Wyatt, and Nick—share cramped rooms in a rundown Nantucket hotel and plunge into a summer of first jobs, heady romance, and one life‑altering accident. Decades later, they reunite there with their children, confronting old secrets and new beginnings.

Seventy‑year‑old Eleanor Sunderland loves her Nantucket bluff‑top house, even as her adult children pressure her to sell. When heartbroken granddaughter Ari moves in for the summer, grandmother and granddaughter navigate surprising romances and family showdowns, learning how to fight for the lives they really want.

After years of single motherhood, Nantucket shop owner Lisa Hawley is surprised by her attraction to Mack, a kind contractor ten years younger. When her grown children return home nursing heartbreaks of their own, one summer of crossed romances and second chances reshapes the whole family.

Keely Green escaped Nantucket to become a successful New York novelist, leaving behind her complicated friendship with rich girl Isabelle. When writer’s block, romantic trouble, and her mother’s illness send Keely back home, old resentments and first loves resurface, forcing her to repair the friendship that shaped her.

Nantucket toy‑shop owner Christina Antonioni is scrambling to survive the holidays after her wealthy, cranky landlord raises her rent. Befriending his lonely granddaughter—and falling for the girl’s charming uncle—Christina discovers that Christmas, and a close‑knit island, can melt even the coldest hearts.

Widowed Alison is joyfully planning a Nantucket beach wedding to David, hoping the celebration will finally bring her prickly grown daughters together with his children. Over the course of one long summer, simmering sibling rivalries, romantic entanglements, and old hurts surface—and offer everyone a chance at a fresh start.

Year‑round Nantucket librarian Darcy Cotterill looks forward to a quiet summer—until her ex‑husband rents the house behind hers with his new family. Drawn into the tangled lives of her neighbors, Darcy juggles old wounds, new romances, and the unexpected friendships that form over one revealing season.

English professor Courtney Hendricks returns to spend one more summer with her college roommate’s boisterous Nantucket family—and to find out whether she and James Vickerey are meant to be. As buried tensions, crises, and secrets rock the island house, Courtney must decide where her heart and future truly belong.

Blindsided when her husband leaves, Sophie Anderson flees Boston with her two kids to a borrowed Nantucket cottage. A booking mix‑up means widower Trevor and his young son are already there, and sharing the house turns a practical truce into a tender, complicated summer romance.

Maggie, the island girl, and Emily, the wealthy summer visitor, grow up as inseparable Nantucket sisters, sharing secrets and dreams. Years later, career choices, a charismatic Wall Street trader, and complicated love for Maggie’s brother threaten their bond and force each woman to choose what matters most.

Felicia comes home to Nantucket to marry daredevil Archie in a picture‑perfect Christmas wedding her mother Jilly is orchestrating. As Jilly quietly schemes to match Felicia with their respectable neighbor instead, family tensions, sisterly rivalries, and holiday mishaps threaten the big day—and lead to unexpected grace.

When charming rogue Rory Randall dies, his will orders his three estranged daughters—Arden, Meg, and Jenny—to spend a summer together in his Nantucket house or lose their inheritance. Forced closeness, island gossip, and new romances push them to confront old wounds and claim a real sisterhood.

Newly married to a Nantucket local, Nicole Somerset longs for a cozy first Christmas in her new island home. Her icy, pregnant stepdaughter Kennedy arrives determined to sabotage the holiday, until unexpected visitors and small acts of kindness begin to thaw more than the winter air.

On the shores of Dragonfly Lake, three women at turning points in their lives become neighbors for one transformative summer. Scientist‑turned‑stay‑at‑home mom Morgan, restless artist Natalie, and dutiful daughter Bella discover friendship, temptation, and unexpected chances to reinvent themselves.

After her husband dies suddenly, Carley Winsted is determined to keep her daughters in their beloved Nantucket home. Turning the house into a bed‑and‑breakfast brings disapproving in‑laws, risky secrets, and a surprising new love that forces her to start over.

After a family tragedy drove them apart, sisters Abbie, Emma, and Lily Fox reunite on Nantucket when their widowed father takes in an intriguing tenant. Over one life‑changing summer, the three confront grief, career upheaval, and risky new loves while redefining what it means to be sisters.

Thirty‑year‑old Charlotte Wheelwright runs an organic garden on her family’s Nantucket estate, content among seedlings but unsure with people. As three generations gather for a tumultuous summer of secrets, betrayals, and new romances, Charlotte must decide how much of the family legacy she truly wants.

Best friends Lexi and Clare once shared every secret on Nantucket’s Moon Shell Beach, until ambition and harsh words drove them apart. A decade later, newly divorced Lexi returns, and both women must face old betrayals, new romances, and the question of whether their friendship can be rebuilt.

When a loyal client offers her Nantucket beach house for the summer, the Hot Flash Club seizes the chance to escape. Between wedding plans, risky romances, and a mystery involving missing heirlooms, the women face life‑changing decisions about love, work, and home.

The Hot Flash friends plan a perfect Christmas season at their spa, but the holidays quickly spiral into family fights, accidents, and travel disasters. As Shirley, Marilyn, Alice, Faye, and Polly juggle chaos and tough choices, they discover fresh chances for joy.

Now running a successful day spa, the original Hot Flash Club welcomes four new women—Polly, Beth, Carolyn, and Julia—each struggling with difficult in‑laws, demanding families, and secret fears. Their friendships help them claim new love, courage, and direction.

Four Boston-area women in their fifties, feeling sidelined by age, meet at a party and form the Hot Flash Club. Together Faye, Marilyn, Alice, and Shirley plot bold schemes to fix work, love, and family problems—and to reinvent themselves.

Newly appointed family‑court judge Kelly MacLeod is proud to stand up for children in crisis. Falling for Randall Madison, a doctor locked in a bitter custody case, she discovers a hidden link between her own past and his daughter, throwing her ethics, heart, and future into turmoil.

Best friends Lucy and Kate raise their children side by side and share golden Nantucket summers with their two families. When a devastating crisis forces Lucy to confess a long‑buried secret, both women must weigh forgiveness, marriage, and the cost of the friendship that defines their lives.

In a New England farmhouse, Linda and Owen McFarland believe they’ve finally built a happy blended family. When fifteen‑year‑old Emily attempts suicide and makes a shattering accusation against her stepbrother, every bond in the household is tested as they confront guilt, loyalty, and starting over.

Joanna Jones hosts a hit TV show about fabulous houses, yet lives in a bland apartment and a secret affair with her married producer. An unexpected pregnancy sends her to an old Nantucket sea captain’s house, where motherhood and a tempting new suitor force her to redefine success and home.

Jewelry designer Diane Randall juggles a faltering marriage, an impulsive teenage daughter, and a widowed mother reveling in new freedom. When an FBI agent arrives asking about a buried wartime love affair, long‑hidden family secrets ripple through three generations and upend their ideas of loyalty.

Born into Boston privilege, Catherine Eliot longs to succeed on her own merits. Building a high‑end Manhattan flower shop, she faces upheaval when her brother’s recklessness and two very different men pull her in conflicting directions, forcing a choice between security, passion, and self‑respect.

Daphne Miller, a divorced college administrator, finally claims a tiny Vermont cottage as her own. When she befriends her charming new neighbor Jack and his unhappy wife, old wounds and new longings collide, pushing Daphne to decide what kind of love and home she truly wants.

Newlywed artist John and his wife Willy move into a Victorian house on Nantucket, hoping for quiet and inspiration. When John becomes entranced by the seductive ghost who haunts his studio, Willy must confront a dangerous spirit—and the cracks in their marriage.

When Sara follows her husband to his Nantucket hometown, she feels shut out by his old friends and haunted by infertility. Editing a mysterious manuscript draws her to reclusive author Fanny, whose hidden past and hard‑won wisdom help Sara rethink love, family, and her own dreams.

Once a glamorous actress married to a famous director, Nell St. John is left broke and raising two lively kids alone. A job at a chic Nantucket boutique offers a fresh start, unexpected family in her former stepdaughter, and the chance to imagine love and independence on her own terms.

In a seemingly perfect New England town, minister Peter Taylor sees the sins and struggles his wealthy congregation hides. As a notorious seductress, a judgmental matriarch, a widow in a new love, and Peter himself cross dangerous lines, buried secrets threaten to explode.

After thirty years of marriage, Margaret leaves small‑town Iowa for a bold new life in Vancouver, baffling her grown daughters. As expectant mother Daisy and free‑spirited teacher Dale weather upheavals in love and work, the three women rebuild their ties on new terms.

Young college student Zelda marries her charismatic professor and instantly becomes stepmother to his two daughters. Years later, in a remote Finnish posting with children of their own, Zelda questions the life she has built and whether a different future is still possible.