Kate Abrams returns to the Outer Banks to reunite with her old college roomates after twenty-five years of separation.  She has not seen or heard from them since a terrible betrayal which happened right after her graduation. Now, forced to confront the women after all the years, she is also forced to confront her current fears and past ghosts. This novel takes us back to Kate's carefree college days, where she joins a sorority, discovers her best friend, and meets the first love of her life, Paul Sibley.
 

Colony

Maude arrived at "Retreat" that first summer a 19-year-old bride whose Southern origins and gypsy-like beauty mark her as an outsider. Maude does not want at first to accept the terms Colony places on the young matrons of the Colony, but finds herself returning to the Maine coastline summer after summer, finding her place in Colony-but on her own terms. Years later, now a confident matriarch, she attempts to preserve the elite colony's future.