Vera Miller, a talented garden designer, comes to Raspberry Ridge with a heavy heart, planning a garden in memory of her son. Dominic, her estranged husband, joins her to help. Working together, they reminisce about their youth spent by Lake Michigan's shores. Amidst the town's serene beauty and golden sunsets, Vera and Dominic confront their past, wondering if the magic of Raspberry Ridge can help them heal and rebuild their fractured marriage.

She thought she was going on a romantic getaway with her boyfriend, but he dropped her off and drove out of town, leaving Skyler Montgomery scared, penniless and alone. She thought it was fate when she saw the woman in the garden who said she needed a caretaker. But then the woman’s grumpy son informs her that his mother has Alheizmer’s and he’s taking care of her - no help needed. Skyler waits until he goes inside and sleeps in his garage to stay out of the rain. She has no idea of what she’ll do in the morning. Homer Aitken didn’t know where the pesky woman came from, but he doesn’t have time to deal with his mother, let alone another needy female. He has formulas to figure out and equations to master. But not even he can say no to her sweet little baby and he soon finds himself with not one, but three females living under his roof. And maybe that’s not so bad.

Amara Jardine didn’t expect to leave her big city marketing job and return home. But the death of her parents in a plane crash brings her back to Raspberry Ridge along with the two sisters she barely knows. One mystery they all share: why did their mother have such a hatred for the Gilcrest family and why weren’t they ever allowed to talk to their one son, Hobert? Regardless, Amara just wants to clean the mansion out and sell it and get back to her life on the East Coast. Hobert Gilcrest always admired the mansions on the hill in Raspberry Ridge, even if he knew that wasn’t ever going to be his life. He’s happy with his small fishing boat. He makes enough money to pay the taxes and buy essentials and that’s really all he needs. Until he meets a mysterious stranger on the dock and starts an evening ritual of walking down the dirt road toward home with her. When their identities are revealed, secrets are exposed and it becomes obvious that they have some hard choices to make. Will their blossoming romance survive the turmoil?

Mertie Jardine came home because of her parents’ death, but she has secrets of her own. On a dark night, long ago, she gave away something precious, and the only person who knows lives in Raspberry Ridge. She can’t stay long or the public life she’s built for herself as a Christian speaker and conference leader could come crashing down. Garnet Irving remembers that dark night well. He remembers the scared, hurting girl even better. She’s somewhere under the cool and collected exterior of the woman who’s back in town and he’d like to find her. He never stopped wishing she could be his. Of course that’s impossible now, but he wouldn’t mind reconnecting and finding out what’s around the next bend for them.

Birdie Pollock just rented a beach house for the summer. She needed to get away from the noise and the lights and the pressure…okay, she’s burnt out and can’t let anyone know. She has to be back to full speed by fall when her big American tour kicks off. Wesley Moffett is burnt out. He’s lying low after the last game of the hockey season, and trying to write the book his agent is demanding from him. He used to love hockey, but that love turned to hate and he never did like writing. It’s going to be the worst summer ever. Unless he can con his next-door neighbor into writing his book for him. He can’t teach her how to play hockey in return, but maybe there’s something else she wants…