Publishing assistant Brett Eisenberg wants to be a big-time editor. However, she lacks self-confidence, a problem that isn’t helped by her new, overbearing boss. Brett soon enters into a relationship…

A New York City columnist falls in love with — and quickly gets pregnant by — a free-spirited artist who promptly vanishes for eight months.

Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more picturesque about…