When a frightening car accident propels Jo to re-examine her life, she finally accepts the truth; she loves Gail and wants to live with her. Determined to face her new life head on, Jo leaves her husband, which ironically turns out to be the easy part as she begins to deal with her own family and Gail's teenage daughter. And then she meets Laura . . .

Julie and Peg are roommates. Captivated by Julie's good looks and compelling personality, Peg will do anything to be with her. The two young women appear to have everything going for them, yet at the end of the first semester, all that changes. And when Peg's brother is critically injured in a horse accident, it changes again.

Returning home to Pine Hill to attend her mother's funeral Ellie sees her childhood friend Helen for the first time in thirty years. A lot has happened in thirty years. Both women are divorced with grown children and careers that satisfy them. When Ellie stays on in Pine Hill to settle her mother's estate, Helen jumps at a chance to resume their long lost friendship, and Ellie, despite reservations, can't resist.

After the tragic death of her long-term lover, Jenny has kept her aching heart under lock and key. Then she meets Rita, an attractive woman whose own heart is trapped in a prison of grief and loss. As their friendship grows into a relationship, Jenny and Rita begin the journey toward hope and healing. Until the unexpected arrival of Judy, the seductive former wife of Jenny's twin brother...