Jean Stone

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1994
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Martha's Vineyard Novel

1 - Sins of Innocence (Apr-1994)
2 - Places by the Sea (Apr-1997)
3 - Tides of the Heart (Feb-1999)
4 - The Summer House (Apr-2000)
5 - Off Season (Jan-2001)
6 - Trust Fund Babies (Mar-2002)
7 - Beach Roses (Apr-2003)
8 - Vineyard Magic (Mar-2016)

Second Chances

1 - Once Upon a Bride (Jan-2005)
2 - Twice Upon a Wedding (Mar-2005)
3 - Three Times a Charm (Jun-2006)
4 - Four Steps to the Altar (Jul-2006)

A Vineyard Novel

1 - A Vineyard Christmas (Sep-2018)
2 - A Vineyard Summer (Jun-2019)
3 - A Vineyard Morning (Feb-2021)
4 - A Vineyard Crossing (Aug-2021)
5 - A Vineyard Wedding (May-2022)

Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • Sins of Innocence

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 1
    Bantam Fanfare

    In Jean Stone’s moving novel of what might have been, four very different women with one very powerful thing in common are reunited -- with one another, and with the children they gave up for adoption.   Jess has led a charmed life, but now th...

  • First Loves

    Bantam Fanfare

    In this moving novel about the power of second chances, Jean Stone proves that it’s never too late to go after the one that got away.   For every woman, there is a first love. And for Meg, Zoe, and Alissa, that love has never been forgotten. N...

  • Ivy Secrets

    Bantam Fanfare

    THEY LIVED A LIE.... They met within the ivied walls of one of New England's most prestigious colleges: Three girls from vastly different backgrounds who became roommates, soulmates, and best friends. But fifteen years later, it's not the bonds of...

  • Places by the Sea

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 2
    Bantam Fanfare

    Glamorous newswoman Jill McPhearson leads a charmed life: with a hugelysuccessful TV show, two beautiful children, and a fiancT who justhappens to be her sexy prime-time co-host. Yet now, when Jill's future hasnever looked brighter and all her dreams...

  • Birthday Girls

    Once they were childhood friends who celebrated birthdays together, sharing laughter and tears and heartfelt dreams. Then they lost touch. Yet now, on the brink of turning fifty, one of them is desperate enough to contact the others--looking for more...

  • Tides of the Heart

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 3

    I am your baby---the one you gave up. Isn't it time we met? The unsigned letter, postmarked Martha's Vineyard, arrives like a thunderbolt out of the blue, instantly sweeping Jessica Bates back thirty years. It was 1968 when young Jess went to Larc...

  • The Summer House

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 4

    As a young girl, Liz Adams always knew that her father, Boston power broker Will Adams, had big plans--dreams and schemes that would bring Liz's older brother all the way to the White House. But when fate deals the family a tragic blow, Will is force...

  • Off Season

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 5

    Once Jill McPhearson had a life any woman would envy: a successful career as a television anchorwoman and a handsome fiance. But she gave up everything to start anew in her childhood home of Martha's Vineyard. For Jill, carving out a new, lower-p...

  • Trust Fund Babies

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 6

    Mary Beth, Nikki, and Gabrielle have little in common except the vast Atkinson fortune they inherited. Growing up amidst the splendor of Manhattan town houses and summers on Martha's Vineyard, they've all learned the hard way that money can buy every...



  • Beach Roses

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 7

    No one captures the tides of a woman's heart quite like Jean Stone in her highly acclaimed novels set on New England's celebrated island Martha's Vineyard. This new novel brings together brash red-head Rita Blair-Rollins with three courageous women w...

  • Once Upon a Bride

    Second Chances - 1

    Can love, romance, and marriage really be better the second time around? That's what four best friends are about to find out in Jean Stone's sexy, smart, and poignantly funny new novel about saying "I do" all over again. It's an idea just crazy enou...

  • Twice Upon a Wedding

    Second Chances - 2

    Four best friends, one risky business, and a chance to say "I do" one more time. . . With their fledgling business Second Chances facing its first big break, four best friends turned wedding consultants face second chances -- and challenges -- ...

  • Three Times a Charm

    Second Chances - 3

    Thanks to a high-profile wedding extravaganza for a media mogul, the wedding-planning business created by four longtime friends is really taking off. Not surprisingly, each of the friends is handling success in her own special way -- and one is about...

  • Four Steps to the Altar

    Second Chances - 4

    They say true love is priceless, but is it worth fifty million dollars? With Second Chances, their wedding planning business, starting to take off, four best friends must decide whether they'll take some second chances of their own. Free-spirited Lil...

  • Vineyard Magic

    A Martha's Vineyard Novel - 8

    From the best-selling author of THE SUMMER HOUSE and OFF-SEASON...VINEYARD MAGIC is the latest Jean Stone novel set against the intriguing backdrop of the celebrated island of Martha's Vineyard. VINEYARD MAGIC captures the predicament of the fabulous...

  • A Vineyard Christmas

    A Vineyard Novel - 1

    In the midst of a Christmas blizzard: A baby on the doorstep. It’s taken a long time and a little heartache, but Annie Sutton is finally following her dream of living on Martha’s Vineyard. She fell in love with the island’s singular beauty ...

  • A Vineyard Summer

    A Vineyard Novel - 2

    Home. . . . That’s what Martha’s Vineyard is to Annie Sutton now. After a winter spent writing her latest novel, Annie looks forward to a summer with friends who have become like the family she never had. But then her landlord announces that ...

  • A Vineyard Morning

    A Vineyard Novel - 3

    Life is usually quiet during the off-season on Martha’s Vineyard. But not for island newbie and bestselling novelist Annie Sutton . . .   Finally settled into her adopted island home, Annie is looking forward to writing her next mystery, makin...

  • A Vineyard Crossing

    A Vineyard Novel - 4

    Martha’s Vineyard may be picturesque and peaceful, but even there, happily-ever-after has its dark side . . .  Annie Sutton is not only a bestselling mystery author, she’s the proprietor of the newly opened Vineyard Inn. Recently engaged to ...



  • A Vineyard Wedding

    A Vineyard Novel - 5

    Finding love on Martha’s Vineyard has been a dream come true -- but for the bride-to-be, the price of happiness may be too high . . . With her long-awaited wedding to police sergeant John Lyons only weeks away, bestselling author and Vineyard Inn p...

  • A Vineyard Season

    For fans of Debbie Macomber and Elin Hilderbrand, Jean Stone’s “lovingly rendered” (Booklist) Vineyard novels are heartwarming beach reads set on beautiful Martha's Vineyard, featuring bestselling mystery author and Vineyard Inn proprietor Anni...

  • Up Island Harbor

    With all the seaside charm and small-town heart that have made fans of Debbie Macomber and Elin Hilderbrand fall in love with her Martha’s Vineyard-set novels, Jean Stone transports readers to a picturesque side of the island rarely visited by tour...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jean Stone has published 22 books.

Jean Stone does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Up Island Harbor, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Jean Stone, Sins of Innocence, was published in April 1994.

Yes. Jean Stone has 3 series.
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