Marlowe Fisher is a freelance illustrator living in New York City. Her family owns Gray House, located on a farm in New York's Hudson Valley, which they purchased from the Gallagher family. Marlowe enjoyed many happy, adventurous summers there with her two brothers and her best friend, Nora. But twenty years ago, everything changed when Nora went missing and was never found. Marlowe has never come to terms with the loss, and the community, including Nora's family, has always

Deni Rydell was raised in the small, working-class town of Prosperity in Northern California. She attended school with the rich children from neighboring Gold Hills. Feeling ostracized, she was happy to become friends with the wealthy Luna. Deni had a huge crush on Cal Copper, though she believed she didn't stand a chance with him. But years later, Deni, working as a waitress in the local cafe, became engaged to Cal and eagerly awaited their wedding and the start of her new l

Meet  Bartie Maddox. He handles public relations for SGM Studios. He is an image-maker. A fixer. Starting from humble beginnings, Bartie made his way to Los Angeles, where he helped shape the public personas of the stars and cleaned up their messes. Head back to the days of Old Hollywood, when the studios gave the public what they wanted and kept far from them, the true stories that would destroy the images of the top movie stars. Bartie helped to create and protect the caree

Dominic Salt and his three children are the last inhabitants of Shearwater Island. Situated between Antarctica and Tasmania, the island houses a seed vault intended to replenish food supplies in the event of a global disaster. Until recently, a team of climate change researchers also lived there. However, due to rising sea levels, the outpost is shutting down and Dominic, its caretaker, is getting the seeds boxed up awaiting a ship to arrive which will transport the seeds to