From the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Beach comes another heartwarming story of four generations of women who reunite in their crumbling family mansion by the sea for a dramatic summer filled with love family secrets and sisterhood.

The Whitaker familys Connecticut mansion Muses by the Sea has always been a haven for artists a hotbed of creativity extravagances and the occasional scandal. Art patrons for generations the Whitakers supported strangers but drained the life out of each other. Now after being estranged for years four generations of Whitaker women find themselves once again at The Muses.

Leo the Whitaker matriarch lives in the rambling mansion crammed with artwork and junk. She plans to stay there until she joins her husband Wes on the knoll overlooking the cove and meadow where they first met. Her sister-in-law Fae the town eccentric is desperate to keep a secret she has been hiding for years.

Jillian is a jet setting actress down on her luck and has run out of men to support her. She thinks selling The Muses will make life easier for her mother Leo and Fae by moving them into assisted living. The sale will also bring her the funds to get herself back on top.

Issy?? Jillian??s daughter?? has a successful life as a museum exhibit designer that takes her around the world. But the Muses and her grandmother are the only family she??s known and when her sister leaves her own