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Last Night
Last Night, Family, family secrets, Vengence, Murder, Crime
Last Night
Last Night, Family, family secrets, Vengence, Murder, Crime

A fierce blizzard is burying the eastern seaboard, but on the icy Rhode Island shore renowned artist Maddie Morrison finds warm sanctuary from a contentious divorce at the legendary Ocean House. Hours later, her body is found buried under a blanket of snow and her little daughter, CeCe, has disappeared without a trace.

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Last Night, Family, family secrets, Vengence, Murder, Crime
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box, Luanne Rice, thriller
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box, Luanne Rice, thriller

The New York Times bestselling author of Last Day delivers a haunting thriller about how far one wife is willing to go to expose the truth—and the lengths someone will go to stop her. You can pre-order The Shadow Box here.

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The Shadow Box, Luanne Rice, thriller
Last Day
new novel, Black Hall, Hubbard's Point, Lee Child, Last Day, Thomas & Mercer
Last Day
new novel, Black Hall, Hubbard's Point, Lee Child, Last Day, Thomas & Mercer

Although Last Day is about a terrible crime, it still has everything you've come to expect from my writing: family, friendship, a coastal setting (Black Hall, on the Connecticut shoreline, familiar to my readers.) I can't wait for you to read it. –Luanne

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new novel, Black Hall, Hubbard's Point, Lee Child, Last Day, Thomas & Mercer
Pretend She's Here
Pretend She's Here

Emily Lonergan's best friend died last year.

And Emily hasn't stopped grieving. Lizzie Porter was lively, loud, and fun -- Emily's better half. Emily can't accept that she's gone.

IndieBound • Amazon • Apple iBooks • Barnes & Noble

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The Beautiful Lost
The Beautiful Lost

Three Things to Know About Maia

Ever since her mother left, Maia's struggled with depression -- which once got so bad, she had to go to an institution for a while. She doesn't want to go back.

IndieBound • Amazon • Apple iBooks • Barnes & Noble

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The Secret Language of Sisters
The Secret Language of Sisters

I'm thrilled to let you know The Secret Language of Sisters is now out in paperback. So many readers discovered my first young adult novel in hardcover, and I have loved hearing from you on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You've really welcomed me to the world of YA! Thank you for that! Love, Luanne xxoo

IndieBound • Amazon • Barnes & Noble • iBooks • Google Kobo • Books-A-Million • GoodReads • Scholastic (Publisher)

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The Night Before
digital, e-book, free, Hubbard's Point, short story, Silver Bells, The Lemon Orchard, The Night Before
The Night Before
digital, e-book, free, Hubbard's Point, short story, Silver Bells, The Lemon Orchard, The Night Before

From bestselling author Luanne Rice, a haunting and emotional short story, never-before released, and free to all readers. On the eve of a wedding by the edge of the sea, a once-in-a-lifetime storm sweeps through a family farm on the Connecticut Shoreline and sets in motion the events of The Night Before.

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digital, e-book, free, Hubbard's Point, short story, Silver Bells, The Lemon Orchard, The Night Before
How We Started (ebook)
How We Started (ebook)

E-special for $1.99

How we Started features two new stories starring characters from The Silver Boat and Little Night.

In these never-before-published stories, Luanne Rice gives her readers two tales of early love and longing. "Paul and Clare" introduces the heroine of her upcoming novel, Little Night, and offers a glimpse into how she met the love of her life -- and the beginning of her life-long passion for birds and nature, even in New York City.

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The Lemon Orchard
border, family, immigration, love, Mexico, Old Lyme CT, Santa Monica Mountains
The Lemon Orchard
border, family, immigration, love, Mexico, Old Lyme CT, Santa Monica Mountains

From bestselling author Luanne Rice—The Lemon Orchard is a captivating and sexy novel of love, both enduring and unexpected.

Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Books-a-Million • IndieBound • Walmart

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border, family, immigration, love, Mexico, Old Lyme CT, Santa Monica Mountains
Little Night
Little Night

Amazon • Apple • Barnes & Noble • IndieBound

In Little Night Clare Burke’s life took a devastating turn when she tried to protect her sister, Anne, from an abusive and controlling husband and ended up serving prison time for assault. The verdict largely hinged on Anne’s defense of her spouse—all lies—and the sisters have been estranged ever since. Nearly twenty years later, Clare is living a quiet life in Manhattan as an urban birder and nature blogger, when her niece, Grit, turns up on her doorstep.

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The Geometry of Sisters
Geometry, Luanne, Luanne Rice, novel, Rice, sisters, The Geometry of Sisters
The Geometry of Sisters
Geometry, Luanne, Luanne Rice, novel, Rice, sisters, The Geometry of Sisters

In the Geometry of Sisters, New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice explores the complex emotional equations of love and loyalty that hold together three pairs of remarkable sisters, in an unforgettable story of loss, redemption, and forgiveness.

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Geometry, Luanne, Luanne Rice, novel, Rice, sisters, The Geometry of Sisters
The Letters
The Letters

Amazon • Apple • Barnes & Noble • Indiebound

“At once humorous and heart-rending . . . The evocative style of Luanne Rice meshes splendidly with Joseph Monninger’s in a moving collaboration [that] brilliantly illuminates the precious value of relationships.”—Wichita Falls Times Record News“For those who love and those who hope to love again.”

—Lincoln Journal Star

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The Silver Boat
Atlantic Ocean, boatbuilding, boundary line, Chilmark, Cork, Dublin, family home, Ireland, Irish history, Luanne Rice, Martha's Vineyard, Menemsha, Noank, sailing, sailing single-handed, San Francisco Chronicle, Slide 1, The New York Times, The Silver Boat, three sisters
The Silver Boat
Atlantic Ocean, boatbuilding, boundary line, Chilmark, Cork, Dublin, family home, Ireland, Irish history, Luanne Rice, Martha's Vineyard, Menemsha, Noank, sailing, sailing single-handed, San Francisco Chronicle, Slide 1, The New York Times, The Silver Boat, three sisters

An excerpt from The Silver Boat is now available here >

Hope you'll click here to order —Luanne

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes The Silver Boat, a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha’s Vineyard one last time to say goodbye to the family beach house. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar, the oldest, turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth—especially when a cache of old letters reveals enough truth to send them back to their ancestral homeland.

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Atlantic Ocean, boatbuilding, boundary line, Chilmark, Cork, Dublin, family home, Ireland, Irish history, Luanne Rice, Martha's Vineyard, Menemsha, Noank, sailing, sailing single-handed, San Francisco Chronicle, Slide 1, The New York Times, The Silver Boat, three sisters
Secrets of Paris
American in Paris, betrayal, expatriate, France, friendship, letters, Louvre, Mme de Sevigne, Paris, passion
Secrets of Paris
American in Paris, betrayal, expatriate, France, friendship, letters, Louvre, Mme de Sevigne, Paris, passion

Passion and friendship get equal billing in Secrets of Paris, an entertaining love story, shaded with dark undertones, from the author of Crazy in Love. Lydie McBride, a photographer's stylist, and her architect husband Michael move to Paris while Michael, on a cultural exchange program, redesigns a room in the Louvre.

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American in Paris, betrayal, expatriate, France, friendship, letters, Louvre, Mme de Sevigne, Paris, passion
What Matters Most
Bernadette, Bernie, Bernie and Tom, Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, love, Luanne Rice, Sandcastles, Tom, trade paperback, What Matters Most, yearning
What Matters Most
Bernadette, Bernie, Bernie and Tom, Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, love, Luanne Rice, Sandcastles, Tom, trade paperback, What Matters Most, yearning

Thanksgiving week, and What Matters Most is out in trade paperback. I love the cover; it reminds me of Ireland and makes me wish I were walking on the Cliffs of Moher.

The novel picks up where Sandcastles lets off. It's a story about two people who've loved each other forever but live their lives apart. Writing the novel, I tried to capture that feeling of complete longing for something you can never have yet, at the same time, carry in your heart at all times.

I find it moving that the novel is coming out in time for Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays. "What Matters Most" is a title, but also an all-year-round question.

My family, friends, cats, nature, writing, and readers matter most to me. What matters most to you?

—Luanne

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Bernadette, Bernie, Bernie and Tom, Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, love, Luanne Rice, Sandcastles, Tom, trade paperback, What Matters Most, yearning
Sandcastles
Andy Goldsworthy, artist, beach, broken-hearted, change, Connecticut shoreline, daughters, driftwood, extended family, family, father, Ireland, Luanne Rice, Mother Superior, prison, Sandcastles, Star of the Sea, stone wall, three sisters, What Matters Most
Sandcastles
Andy Goldsworthy, artist, beach, broken-hearted, change, Connecticut shoreline, daughters, driftwood, extended family, family, father, Ireland, Luanne Rice, Mother Superior, prison, Sandcastles, Star of the Sea, stone wall, three sisters, What Matters Most

In bestselling author Luanne Rice’s unforgettable novel Sandcastles, the lives of one broken-hearted woman and her family are changed forever when one of her daughters brings back the man who left so many years ago to the family he’s always loved. Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughters–Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia–at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent school’s beautiful seaside campus, over which Honor’s sister-in-law, mother superior Bernadette Ignatius, keeps a benevolent and watchful eye. No one could have foreseen the day rebellious Regis would come home with the stunning news that she was getting married. Nor could anyone have guessed how that sudden announcement would soon change all their lives forever.

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Andy Goldsworthy, artist, beach, broken-hearted, change, Connecticut shoreline, daughters, driftwood, extended family, family, father, Ireland, Luanne Rice, Mother Superior, prison, Sandcastles, Star of the Sea, stone wall, three sisters, What Matters Most
Summer's Child
beach, Connecticut, daughter, disappearance, domestic violence, first day of summer, friendship, Hubbard's Point, love affair, Luanne Rice, mother, Nova Scotia, oceanographer, redemption, shark, stalker, Summer of Roses, Summer's Child
Summer's Child
beach, Connecticut, daughter, disappearance, domestic violence, first day of summer, friendship, Hubbard's Point, love affair, Luanne Rice, mother, Nova Scotia, oceanographer, redemption, shark, stalker, Summer of Roses, Summer's Child

A powerful novel of a mystery, a love affair, and a bond that cannot be broken set in a seaside town where miracles are made. On the first day of summer, Mara Jameson went out to water her garden–and was never seen again. Years after her disappearance, no one could forget the expectant mother.

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beach, Connecticut, daughter, disappearance, domestic violence, first day of summer, friendship, Hubbard's Point, love affair, Luanne Rice, mother, Nova Scotia, oceanographer, redemption, shark, stalker, Summer of Roses, Summer's Child
Capri, daughters, dreams, drugs, estrangement, family, first love, friendship, gardening, Italy, love, Michigan, mothers, New York Times Bestseller, Newport, Rhode Island, seahorse, sisters, sobriety, starfish, The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners, The Geometry of Sisters, women
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
Capri, daughters, dreams, drugs, estrangement, family, first love, friendship, gardening, Italy, love, Michigan, mothers, New York Times Bestseller, Newport, Rhode Island, seahorse, sisters, sobriety, starfish, The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners, The Geometry of Sisters, women

A legendary island steeped in the mystery and wisdom of centuries… A runaway heiress learning to trust life, and love…

A mother and daughter, separated for years, searching for a way to face the future together… Luanne tells a powerful story of love, family, and friendship through the lives of two women who reunite at a place where dreams begin.

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Capri, daughters, dreams, drugs, estrangement, family, first love, friendship, gardening, Italy, love, Michigan, mothers, New York Times Bestseller, Newport, Rhode Island, seahorse, sisters, sobriety, starfish, The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners, The Geometry of Sisters, women
Blue Moon
Blue Moon, CBS movie of the week, close family, fishing, high school sweethearts, lobsters, lost at sea, loyalty, Luanne Rice, Newport, passion, Rhode Island, wharf
Blue Moon
Blue Moon, CBS movie of the week, close family, fishing, high school sweethearts, lobsters, lost at sea, loyalty, Luanne Rice, Newport, passion, Rhode Island, wharf

At the forefront of this well-crafted story stands Cass, youngest and feistiest of the Keating sisters, a mother of three who enjoys hot sex in semi-public locations with husband Billy Medieros, her sweetheart since high school.

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Blue Moon, CBS movie of the week, close family, fishing, high school sweethearts, lobsters, lost at sea, loyalty, Luanne Rice, Newport, passion, Rhode Island, wharf
Home Fires
Block Island, coast, firefighter, France, Home Fires, island, Manhattan, New England, tragedy
Home Fires
Block Island, coast, firefighter, France, Home Fires, island, Manhattan, New England, tragedy

Anne Davis has returned to the house where she was raised, trading a seemingly charmed life jetting between her Manhattan penthouse and France for a harsh winter in a wind-whipped island off the New England coast.

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Block Island, coast, firefighter, France, Home Fires, island, Manhattan, New England, tragedy
adoption, apple orchard, Dance with Me, family, love, new life, orchards, Rhode Island, seeking, three sisters, U-S- Marshall
Dance With Me
adoption, apple orchard, Dance with Me, family, love, new life, orchards, Rhode Island, seeking, three sisters, U-S- Marshall

The story of a man and woman forced to choose between the past that haunts them and the love that won’t let them go...Jane Porter left the apple orchards of rural Twin Rivers, Rhode Island, years ago, fleeing memories that could tear two families apart. Now she has been unexpectedly drawn home to her mother and only sister.

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adoption, apple orchard, Dance with Me, family, love, new life, orchards, Rhode Island, seeking, three sisters, U-S- Marshall
archaeologist, Connecticut, daughters, domestic violence, emotional journey, family, homecoming, husband, Maria Dark, mother, new beginning, Peru, secrets, Stone Heart, three sisters
Stone Heart
archaeologist, Connecticut, daughters, domestic violence, emotional journey, family, homecoming, husband, Maria Dark, mother, new beginning, Peru, secrets, Stone Heart, three sisters

A powerful and complex portrait of family when one woman's homecoming becomes an emotional journey towards a new beginning...After fifteen years away, Nomadic archaeologist Maria Dark hopes that she can rediscover the joy and optimism of her youth in the arms of her family. But things have changed.

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archaeologist, Connecticut, daughters, domestic violence, emotional journey, family, homecoming, husband, Maria Dark, mother, new beginning, Peru, secrets, Stone Heart, three sisters
The Edge of Winter
alcoholism, Army Air Corps, Atlantic Ocean, beach, connection, daughters, fathers, German submarine, IED, Iraq, journey, mothers, Newport, owls, past, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, raptor rehabilitation, raptors, Rhode Island, sanctuary, snowy owl, sons, South County, The Edge of Winter, Tikrit, U-boat, war, World War ll
The Edge of Winter
alcoholism, Army Air Corps, Atlantic Ocean, beach, connection, daughters, fathers, German submarine, IED, Iraq, journey, mothers, Newport, owls, past, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, raptor rehabilitation, raptors, Rhode Island, sanctuary, snowy owl, sons, South County, The Edge of Winter, Tikrit, U-boat, war, World War ll

A journey into the tender, unmapped territory that lies between mothers and daughters, and fathers and sons, in this mesmerizing new novel that travels into the past to find the key to a boundless future.

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alcoholism, Army Air Corps, Atlantic Ocean, beach, connection, daughters, fathers, German submarine, IED, Iraq, journey, mothers, Newport, owls, past, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, raptor rehabilitation, raptors, Rhode Island, sanctuary, snowy owl, sons, South County, The Edge of Winter, Tikrit, U-boat, war, World War ll
anthropology, Arles, bulls, Camargue, caravan, cave art, colorblind, France, gypsy, Light of the Moon, love, marsh, Mediterranean, moonlight, mystery, Paris, promise, refuge, Rom, Roma, Saint Sarah, sea cave, St- Sarah, Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer, success, sunlight, travel, white horses
Light of the Moon
anthropology, Arles, bulls, Camargue, caravan, cave art, colorblind, France, gypsy, Light of the Moon, love, marsh, Mediterranean, moonlight, mystery, Paris, promise, refuge, Rom, Roma, Saint Sarah, sea cave, St- Sarah, Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer, success, sunlight, travel, white horses

Against a backdrop of stunning natural beauty, and in the shadow of a mysterious family legend, one woman is about to discover that to find your way home, sometimes you must travel far away...

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anthropology, Arles, bulls, Camargue, caravan, cave art, colorblind, France, gypsy, Light of the Moon, love, marsh, Mediterranean, moonlight, mystery, Paris, promise, refuge, Rom, Roma, Saint Sarah, sea cave, St- Sarah, Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer, success, sunlight, travel, white horses
Last Kiss
alcoholic, Beach Girls, boat, community, Connecticut, detective, Gibson guitar, heartbreaking, Hubbard's Point, Last Kiss, love, Lower East Side, Martin guitar, murder, mystery, Nashville, New York, singer songwriter, Tennessee
Last Kiss
alcoholic, Beach Girls, boat, community, Connecticut, detective, Gibson guitar, heartbreaking, Hubbard's Point, Last Kiss, love, Lower East Side, Martin guitar, murder, mystery, Nashville, New York, singer songwriter, Tennessee

Is it true that old love never dies, that hearts can mend, that a secret revealed can change everything? Luanne spins a mesmerizing tale readers will long remember–the powerful story of a close-knit community grappling with a dark mystery, and of a woman reclaiming a love she believed lost a lifetime ago.

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alcoholic, Beach Girls, boat, community, Connecticut, detective, Gibson guitar, heartbreaking, Hubbard's Point, Last Kiss, love, Lower East Side, Martin guitar, murder, mystery, Nashville, New York, singer songwriter, Tennessee
Follow the Stars Home
abandonment, brothers, celebrate life, disability, divorce, drugs and alcohol, Follow the Stars Home, Hallmark Hall of Fame, kindred spirits, librarian, library, nature, pediatrician, Prince Edward Island, road trip, special needs child, true love
Follow the Stars Home
abandonment, brothers, celebrate life, disability, divorce, drugs and alcohol, Follow the Stars Home, Hallmark Hall of Fame, kindred spirits, librarian, library, nature, pediatrician, Prince Edward Island, road trip, special needs child, true love

As lyrical and moving as the poetry of nature, Follow the Stars Home is a miracle of storytelling that will take your breath away. If words alone can dare us to confront our fears and to choose joy over sorrow, then Luanne's magnificent novel is a benediction and a call to celebrate our lives.

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abandonment, brothers, celebrate life, disability, divorce, drugs and alcohol, Follow the Stars Home, Hallmark Hall of Fame, kindred spirits, librarian, library, nature, pediatrician, Prince Edward Island, road trip, special needs child, true love
Firefly Beach
art colony, artist, beach, Connecticut, country inn, courage, family, family secret, father, Firefly Beach, Hubbard's Point, hunt, innkeeping, Long Island Sound, painting, sisters, summer
Firefly Beach
art colony, artist, beach, Connecticut, country inn, courage, family, family secret, father, Firefly Beach, Hubbard's Point, hunt, innkeeping, Long Island Sound, painting, sisters, summer

Coolly sophisticated and steadfastly single, Caroline Renwick has always been the sister everyone could count on. As she and Clea and Skye gathered at Firefly Hill, their childhood home, Caroline thought that they had all put the past behind them. But as summer gets under way, a mysterious man arrives—a man who has the power to bring it all back...

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art colony, artist, beach, Connecticut, country inn, courage, family, family secret, father, Firefly Beach, Hubbard's Point, hunt, innkeeping, Long Island Sound, painting, sisters, summer
Summer Light
angels, Canada, depression, domestic violence, family, ghosts, hockey, love, sight, Summer Light, wedding
Summer Light
angels, Canada, depression, domestic violence, family, ghosts, hockey, love, sight, Summer Light, wedding

An entrancing story of love at first sight, the true meaning of family, and angels right here on earth. May’s own faith in true love was shattered when she was abandoned by the father of her child. Still, she finds joy in raising her daughter Kylie, a very special five-year-old who sees and hears things that others cannot. . .

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angels, Canada, depression, domestic violence, family, ghosts, hockey, love, sight, Summer Light, wedding
True Blue
animals, astronaut, beach, beach town, boy next door, Connecticut, constellations, love lost, love saved, rooftop, sisters, stars, True Blue, veterinarian
True Blue
animals, astronaut, beach, beach town, boy next door, Connecticut, constellations, love lost, love saved, rooftop, sisters, stars, True Blue, veterinarian

The story of two sisters and the boy next door...In True Blue Luanne explores the powerful bonds that connect old friends, and the joy of life’s unexpected second chances. Returning to the Connecticut beach town at the center of many of her novels, she touches our hearts with a spellbinding story of a love lost--and saved.

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animals, astronaut, beach, beach town, boy next door, Connecticut, constellations, love lost, love saved, rooftop, sisters, stars, True Blue, veterinarian
Safe Harbor
abstract art, coastline, Connecticut, daughters, dolphins, Firefly Beach, generations, Hubbard's Point, loss, lost at sea, marine biology, Martha's Vineyard, New England, painter, parents, Safe Harbor, shipwreck, sisters
Safe Harbor
abstract art, coastline, Connecticut, daughters, dolphins, Firefly Beach, generations, Hubbard's Point, loss, lost at sea, marine biology, Martha's Vineyard, New England, painter, parents, Safe Harbor, shipwreck, sisters

Haunting and powerful, Safe Harbor is an unforgettable story of family bonds, love lost and found, and of a painter's unfolding vision of herself, as an artist -- and as a woman. Set on the timeless New England coastline that Luanne has made her own.

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abstract art, coastline, Connecticut, daughters, dolphins, Firefly Beach, generations, Hubbard's Point, loss, lost at sea, marine biology, Martha's Vineyard, New England, painter, parents, Safe Harbor, shipwreck, sisters
All the Books
Last Night
Last Night
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box
Last Day
Last Day
Pretend She's Here
Pretend She's Here
The Beautiful Lost
The Beautiful Lost
The Secret Language of Sisters
The Secret Language of Sisters
The Night Before
The Night Before
How We Started (ebook)
How We Started (ebook)
The Lemon Orchard
The Lemon Orchard
Little Night
Little Night
The Geometry of Sisters
The Geometry of Sisters
The Letters
The Letters
The Silver Boat
The Silver Boat
Secrets of Paris
Secrets of Paris
What Matters Most
What Matters Most
Sandcastles
Sandcastles
Summer's Child
Summer's Child
The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Home Fires
Home Fires
Dance With Me
Stone Heart
The Edge of Winter
The Edge of Winter
Light of the Moon
Last Kiss
Last Kiss
Follow the Stars Home
Follow the Stars Home
Firefly Beach
Firefly Beach
Summer Light
Summer Light
True Blue
True Blue
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor

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