The summer wind

Marietta Colson Muir, a dowager of Charleston society, has retired to Conquest, her historic summer home on Sullivan's Island. Her three granddaughters, Carson, Eudora and Harper, gather around her as another summer begins.

Eudora, called Dora by her family, is under heavy strain. Her son is perpetually withdrawn and her marriage is ending in divorce. The pressure breaks her, and doctors diagnose "Broken Heart" syndrome. Mamaw, Lucille, Harper and Carson rally to care for her.

Dora is not the only one in trouble. Lucille has a health scare, and an unexpected surprise leaves Carson questioning the direction of her life. Each woman on the island needs looking after in her own way.

Then a tropical storm strikes Sullivan's Island. The three sisters have to rely on one another through the weather outside and the turmoil each of them carries inside.

This is women's fiction centered on a family of women, set in a coastal Charleston-area summer community. It is part of a series, and the tone is warm and emotional, with family support at its center.