JULIA

CIRCLE of FRIENDS

May the circle be unbroken

They'd been friends growing up on the small East Coast island of HarmonyJulia, Lauren and Cathryn, Amber and the others. Now one of them is dead, and Julia Lewis goes home for the first time in seven years.

Julia's grief makes this a bittersweet experience. But coming home is also a chance to revive old memories and reconnect with her circle of old friends. And to fallhardfor a Boston journalist named Ben Grant who now owns the island's weekly paper.

Still, despite Julia's feelings for Ben, she can't accept his accusations about Amber's deaththat is was murder, not suicide, and that Julia's friend, chief of police Charlie Slocum, ran a sloppy investigation.

With his charming smile and awkward questions, Ben's causing all kinds of complications in Harmony's little world. And in Julia's