Megan Nugen Isbell

Seventeen-year-old Riley Regas has spent her entire life in Boston, so when she learns she'll be picking up and moving to her mother's childhood home of Carver, Kansas, she is less than thrilled. In fact, she is downright furious. Riley's only visited Carver a handful of times. She barely knows her family that lives there and she has no desire to spend her senior year among the backwards residents of Carver. Reluctantly though, her views begin to change when she meets Alex Bettencourt. Alex is popular and gorgeous and Riley's never seen brown eyes quite like his before. While Riley couldn't be happier, she knows Jesse, her best friend in Carver, isn't sure of her new relationship with Alex. She soon finds a balance between Alex and her friends though and life in Carver doesn't seem so bad after all, even if her relationship with her mother is rocky at best. Just when Riley thinks she might be happy in Carver, a single decision changes it all, leaving her to find out who she really is and who matters most in her life before she loses everything.

Book One)

Last Train Home (the Home Series

Kathryn Lane thinks she has life figured out: finish college, get a great job, marry her high school sweetheart, Ben, and have a family. But when tragedy strikes, she is left to pick up the pieces of her now shattered life. As she tries to make sense of her new reality, life takes another startling turn, leading her down a path she never imagined. Through it all she finds comfort in a surprising companion who becomes her best friend and rock as she tries to rebuild her life. But when she unexpectedly meets someone, whose kindness and understanding offers her a chance at a fresh start, she struggles to move forward, afraid to leave her past behind. Will she be able to move on and find peace with her past in order to discover her future or will she let her past condemn her to a life of loneliness, unable to let go of a life that can never be?

After the Sky Fell Down

When Riley Regas moved from Boston to the small town of Carver, Kansas, she never expected the turn her life would take. She never thought she could be happy in Carver, especially after the betrayal she endured at the hands of someone she thought she loved. She was wrong. It's been six months since everything changed. Six months since Jesse stepped in and saved her. Six months since she realized she'd been in love with Jesse all along. Six months of happiness and Riley can't wait to take the next step in her life with Jesse at her side. But one night changes everything and the life she envisioned with Jesse is turned upside down. Jesse has always been there for Riley, and now it's her turn to be there for him. Will the love they fought so hard to find be strong enough to see them through this or will it ultimately tear them apart?

Book Two)

Far from Home (the Home Series

Mandy Dalton has never thought of herself as anything but ordinary, less than ordinary in fact...the girl that makes everyone laugh and the girl guys don't give a second glance. Born and raised in Carver, Kansas, she's convinced she'll die there, never having done anything extraordinary with her ordinary life. Brandon Seaver couldn't wait to high tail it out of Carver the moment he graduated. The army was his way out, but two tours in Afghanistan and a horrific attack changed his life and he returns to Carver wounded and broken, suffering scars no one can see. He'd never let anyone know that though...until he finds Mandy there, just like she's always been. Mandy is determined to help Brandon fight his demons until she is faced with her own struggles when her life takes a turn she never could've imagined and it's Brandon's turn to be the strength Mandy doesn't have.

Finding Home

When Beth Sawyer's seemingly perfect life falls apart, it only makes sense she would return to Travers Cove, Maine. Since she was a child, the small coastal town has been a source of good memories and she's hoping to find that solace again. Beth plans a summer of peace and relaxation for herself and her son, hoping to move on from a betrayal that still cuts deep. Meeting Jeremy Parrish was not on the agenda, but when he comes into her life, no matter how hard she tries, she can't seem to keep him away. As she struggles to reconcile her past while looking toward her future can she build the life that's best for her son while also doing what's best for herself?

Every Breaking Wave

Returning to Carver hasn been the same since Jesse left, but after almost four years, Riley Regas has gotten used to it. She picked up the pieces after he broke her heart and has moved on. Evan has shown Riley how to love again, but when she comes home for the summer before her senior year of college, Jesse unexpected return causes everything she worked so hard to put behind her to come rushing back. She can deny she still feels something for Jesse, but how can she forgive the way he left her and what about her future with Evan? With her past and present colliding, what life will she choose and will Riley ever truly find happiness?

Carry Me Home

Natalie Vasser is a simple girl from Iowa. Drew Saben is a successful architect in New York City. They couldn't be more different, but together they're perfect. Natalie was drawn to Drew the moment they met and even though it wasn't an easy road, they've finally found their way to each other. Life is good and Natalie assumes it can only get better. She's found a new job she likes and Drew's career continues to soar, but when circumstances she never expected begin to disrupt the life they've built, Natalie is left to wonder if the life she shares with Drew can survive the trials being thrown their way. Can their tomorrow last forever or does life have other plans?

The Heart of Tomorrow

Close to Home (The Home Series

Pieces of Home (The Home Series

Gracie Baylor and Aaron Drake grew up worlds apart. She in the small town of Carver, Kansas and he on the beaches of San Diego. Their lives should've never collided, but once they did, neither of them would ever be the same. Aaron came to Kansas to connect with his family, not fall in love with the pretty brunette. Gracie wasn't expecting to fall for Aaron either, but once she got to know the man who suddenly appeared in her life, he was impossible to resist. It hasn't been an easy road, but they have finally found their way to each other. The hurt from the past has been put behind them and Gracie and Aaron can't wait to see where their life together will lead. Just when it seems everything is falling into place, unexpected news changes it all. Will Gracie and Aaron be able to live out the life they had planned for themselves or will it all come to a cruel end? Come back to Carver one last time and find out in A Place Called Home, the conclusion of The Home Series.

Megan Nugen Isbell

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