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The Morley Stories are a Down East small-town family story told through the eyes of a spirited and independent young girl.

Morley Star needs to make her family happy again. Just two little good luck wishes. That’s all it would take.
But when her plan doesn’t work, Morley learns that family might not be just the people you live with, and your...

Feather’s Girl

The Morley Stories are a Down East small-town family story told through the eyes of a spirited and independent young girl.

Morley Star has rescued Feather, but he’s still not safe, and neither is she. And it seems all her efforts to help her family – and herself – are only making things worse.
What more can she do and what risks will...

The Morley Stories are a Down East small-town family story told through the eyes of a spirited and independent young girl.

Morley Star is hurt, confused and alone. She isn’t just disappointed. She feels angry, lied to, left out and betrayed by aunt who is almost like an older sister and by her best friend.
As she searches for answers, some big...

The Morley Stories are a Down East small-town family story told through the eyes of a spirited and independent young girl.

For as long as she can remember, Morley Star has longed to meet her father and finally learn why he’s never been any part of her life.
Then a mysterious guest arrives at the Star family bed and breakfast, offering to introduce...

“I have to tell her. I just don’t know how I’m going to be able to face the future without her.”

Coming home was supposed to be their new beginning. It might be their biggest challenge yet. Returning from Italy, Emily expects a happy, settled future with Lucas in the quiet and beautiful countryside of New Hampshire not far from where they both...

“You’ve told her what to expect?”
“What to expect? No. And I don’t intend to. She might never know.”

They both look at me as if I’ve just suggested something completely stupid.

A Christmas in Umbria was supposed to be a dream. Instead, it becomes a test of everything they’ve built. While Lucas is pulled back to the relentless work pressures of New...

“That’s rough. I’m so sorry,” I say. No I’m not, but I’m trying to be Mr. Sensitive here.

Did you love him, I long to ask. Were you in love with him? Are you still? It’s as if I’m jealous, which is ridiculous. But I have to know.

Working side-by-side to create Lucas’s passion project has brought them back into the kitchen to cook, laugh, and love...

He kissed her and walked away. Why should she trust him now?

“And that’s all she is? Just a friend?”
“Not ‘just’ a friend.”
“That’s what I thought. Tell that to your 17-year-old self. He’d just laugh and say, ‘Man, what’s the hold-up?’”
“Real life. Different choices. I had to leave. For whatever reason, she had to stay. We grew up. We’re different...

“So why don’t you grab a flight out in a few days? I’ll be in Chicago. Easy flight from Boston,” he says.

Because I can’t. I also can’t tell him – or anyone – why.

So maybe he isn’t the only one with secrets.

Thirteen years ago, Lucas walked away. Now he’s a celebrity chef at the top of his game, and Emily is a food writer who just lost her dream...

The Morley Stories are a Down East small-town family story told through the eyes of a spirited and independent young girl.

When a Nor’easter roars up the coast on December 21, Sam Park is stranded at her best friend’s house. Suddenly it’s Christmas, and Sam is experiencing all the joys of the season with the Star family.
But Sam is also keeping an...

The Morley Stories are a Down East small-town family story told through the eyes of a spirited and independent young girl.

Sam Park’s accidental Christmas with the Star family is beyond anything she could ever have imagined. But too soon, the holiday is over, and Sam’s worst fears are coming true.
When danger beyond even her worst fears becomes...