Shellwater Key Tales

High-powered business executive Layla McCarthy has lost everything, but an abandoned theatre is about to usher in a brand new act in her life. Layla McCarthy has spent most of her life trying to outrun the wild reputation of the mother who abandoned her. Raised by her grandmother - Dr. Barbara McCarthy, one of the first female surgeons in Florida - Layla puts all her faith in building a career, only to lose everything.

Preacher's daughter Janie Worthy has spent years looking out for her father and siblings after the death of her mother. But as she watches her niece get married, Janie decides it's time to get a life of her own. However, her plan stalls out before it can even begin...literally. On the way to her first date, her car decides to quit, leaving Janie stranded on the side of the road. A stranger on a motorcycle becomes her savior.

Thirty years ago, desperation drove Elizabeth McCarthy to abandon her infant daughter, Layla, to the care of her mother. Now, after years of trying to outrun the memories and the guilt, Beth has come home to Shellwater Key to make amends. She has survived deadbeat relationships, becoming a single mother, and cancer, but now faces the most difficult battle of her life...finding a way to connect with the mother she was never able to please...and earning the forgiveness of the daughter who has every reason to hate her.