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Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
On Nantucket Island, a woman returns home for the funeral of her fisherman father, a death she believes was murder. When she too is murdered, killed by a harpoon, Merry Folger, the local policewoman, opens a probe which leads to a crooked land developer. By the author of Death in the Off-Season.
Author
Series
Nantucket volume 1
Language
English
Description
Reluctantly agreeing to organize a children's benefit at which a rock-star ex-lover is performing, renowned glassblower Sheila Crispin finds her efforts complicated by her clashes with a fellow organizer, her best friend's catering mishaps, and a new relationship.
Author
Series
Nantucket volume 2
Language
English
Description
Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After her estranged father dies and leaves her in custody of three siblings she's never met, Meridith travels to Nantucket to care for them and becomes attracted to the handyman of her father's bed-and-breakfast. Can she trust God with the details and relish the adventure?
Author
Series
Nantucket dreams volume 1
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Caroline Marris has always loved Nantucket. Childhood vacations with her parents and two sisters left her with cherished memories and a longing to return. When she agrees to vacation there with her sisters, Gracie and Sam, as a way to reconnect and honor their late mother, Caroling has no idea how this holiday will change her life"--Page 2 of cover.
Author
Series
Nantucket dreams volume 3
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The blooms in the Misty Harbor Gardens reach the pinnacle of their summer glory, and Sam Carter, the youngest Marris sister, decides to enter her mother's blackberry cobbler recipe in the Summerfest baking contest. Bus Sam is competing against a formidable opponent, a past winner who is not above engaging in dirty tactics to keep her title. Can Sam's newfound faith help her rise above the fray to reach out to this lonely woman? The sisters also welcome...
7) True love
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After she mysteriously inherits a nineteenth-century Nantucket house, Alix Madsen gets drawn into the unsolved disappearance of her ancestor two hundred years ago and begins to have feelings for Jared Montgomery, who lives in the property's guesthouse. Set on the magical Massachusetts island of Nantucket, this novel introduces characters from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts, beloved family from many of the author's previous novels. Just...
8) For all time
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The second novel in the Nantucket Brides trilogy--this time featuring the next generation of her beloved family of Montgomery-Taggerts. The wedding of Alix Madsen and Jared Montgomery is a glorious affair at an elegant little chapel in the woods, followed by dinner and dancing, all while moonlight blankets the festivities in a romantic glow. While most guests are fixed on the happy couple, Jared's cousin Graydon can't look away from a bridesmaid,...
9) Ever after
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Jude Deveraux, the New York Times bestselling contemporary romance author known for her incredible storytelling, spirited heroines, and sexy heroes, returns with her most enchanting novel yet: a love story set on Nantucket, featuring the Montgomerys and the Taggarts and filled with secrets and surprises"--
"Late one spring, Hallie Hartley learns she's inherited a beautiful old house on Nantucket from an ancestor she never knew she had. She learns...
Author
Series
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery volume 5
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Spencer Murphy is a national treasure: a famous war correspondent who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, his books and television appearances have made him a fortune for half a century. But Spencer, a venerable member of the Wharf Rats--Nantucket's exclusive club for fishermen, storytellers, and characters--is growing forgetful with age. When Spence starts to wander and his half-Asian daughter disappears without a word, Nantucket police detective...
Author
Series
Nantucket volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's Nantucket wedding season, also known as summer-the sight of a bride racing down Main Street is as common as the sun setting at Madaket Beach. The Otis-Winbury wedding promises to be an event to remember: the groom's wealthy parents have spared no expense to host a lavish ceremony at their oceanfront estate. But it's going to be memorable for all the wrong reasons after tragedy strikes: a body is discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before...
12) Phoebe's light
Author
Series
Nantucket legacy volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Phoebe Starbuck has always adjusted her sails and rudder to the whims of her father. Now, for the first time, she's doing what she wants to do: marrying Captain Phineas Foulger and sailing far away from Nantucket. As she leaves on her grand adventure, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Great Mary, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a "minder" on the...
Author
Series
Nantucket love story volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A woman, guided by a book of letters left behind after her mother died, inherits her childhood summer cottage on the island of Nantucket. She has one goal--to renovate it, sell it, and get on with her life; but a chance meeting with the boy next door leads her down a path of discovering her purpose, piecing together what really happened to her mother the night she died, and the realization that maybe her mother's letters weren't the source of wisdom...
Author
Series
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As a violent nor'easter bears down on New England over the final weekend in September, a luxury yacht grounds on the shoals surrounding a deserted barrier island off the western end of Nantucket. When the Coast Guard responds, they find two people shot in the boat's cabin, one of whom dies before reaching the hospital. Nantucket Police Detective Meredith Folger is called in to investigate - three days before her long-anticipated wedding - as the...
Author
Series
Beach Plum Cove novel volume 4
Publisher
Piping Plover Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone thought they had the perfect marriage. But things are sometimes not what they seem. Lisa Hodges has always thought her best friend Sue had a dream marriage. She'd married Curt, her high school sweetheart and current business partner. After thirty-five years of marriage. She never doubted him once until Brandi Morgan joined their thriving insurance company. Brandi is fifteen years younger, blonde and beautiful and is also excellent at her...
16) Is it any wonder
Author
Series
A Nantucket love story volume 2
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen years ago, Cody Boggs and Louisa Hamilton made a pact that no matter where their lives took them, they'd return to Nantucket Island's Brant Point Lighthouse on July 30th, their shared golden birthday, and continue their tradition of exchanging birthday wishes. But that was before. Before time and distance and a tragic accident upended both of their lives, irrevocably pulling them apart. When their worlds collide just months before that particular...
Author
Series
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger is acutely conscious of the strain COVID-19 has placed on the community she loves. Although the island has proved a refuge for many during the pandemic, the cost to Nantucket has been high. Merry hopes that Christmas Stroll, one of Nantucket's favorite traditions, in which Main Street is transformed into a winter wonderland for tourists and locals to enjoy, will lift the island's spirits. But the arrival of...