Frank Carlson Library

Lilly and Dutch Burton's marriage didn't withstand the loss of their three-year-old daughter, despite their attempt at a fresh start with the purchase of a vacation cabin in bucolic Cleary, N.C. Dutch is now Cleary's chief of police, and Lilly is a magazine editor in Atlanta. As she races back to the city to beat a blizzard, her car skids out, striking a hiker emerging from the woods. Turns out he's a man she knows: handsome freelance writer Ben Tierney,...

A divorced mom looking to reknit her unraveling family decides to purchase her family's remote mountain cabin from her dead uncle's estate, but once she arrives there with her kids, the family discovers that their "dead" relative is very much alive and needs their help protecting the mountain's secret from a ruthless developer.

"Cara Rutledge returns to her Southern home on the idyllic Isle of Palms. Everything is comfortingly the same, yet each detail is rife with painful memories. Only through reconnecting with family, friends, and the rhythms of the lowcountry can Cara release the hold of the past and open herself to the possibility of a new love, career, and hope for the future. Meanwhile, her niece Linnea, a recent college graduate who doesn't know where her life will...

This book contains expert guidance essential for any vacation home, especially one near water with unique challenges. There is year-round advice on maintenance, buying a cottage, repairing burst pipes, and how to keep a lake healthy.

Country Cottages is filled with unique interior styles in comfortable settings spanning the United States. This book includes a selection of modern to traditional home styles from some of the finest architects and interior designers in the country.

Paul and Penny Mason and their teenage daughter Elsie become caught up in a frightening mystery when they go to their family lake house for the summer in an effort to patch up their marriage and help Elsie recover from a past trauma, and find the once idyllic home is being haunted by a woman who needs their help to move on.

When Jamie Newman's boyfriend cheats on her with her half-sister, Jamie decides she needs a long vacation. She chooses the island of Seaside Cove, North Carolina, but the accomodations aren't exactly what she expected.

It is spring break and Willow's family is heading to their house on Whidbey Island and, for the first time, the three other sleepover girls are coming along and Willow wants to show them the place she loves--but once there she finds that too much togetherness is not necessarily a good thing.