Footprints in the Sand

A house-swap between distant islands. A widow standing at a crossroads. Two women whose lives will be forever changed after an unforgettable summer.

Late spring on Martha’s Vineyard brings blooming hydrangeas, salty breezes, and, for Eva, mounting pressures. She’s sure her boyfriend of the past eight years is finally going to propose, and she’s ready, she thinks. Her mother Meghan and Aunt Oriana have been planning her wedding in their heads for years, and they haven’t stopped pestering her about it.
But instead of a ring, Eva gets news that shatters her future overnight.

Half the world away on a sun-drenched Greek island called Paros, a fifty-six-year-old artist named Dimitra struggles to rebuild after the death of her husband Kostos. Her large, well-meaning family hovers too close, and her sister’s constant meddling only deepens her grief.
Then a call from her free-spirited friend Rachelle offers a way out: a summer home swap with her cousin Eva. “I think you both need this,” Rachelle says, and Dimitra, on a whim, agrees.

As Dimitra steps into the rhythm of life on Martha’s Vineyard—morning walks, literary readings, and the unexpected kindness of the Coleman clan—she begins to rediscover herself. And when a mysterious man on a sailboat enters her life, she must decide: is it too late to begin again?
Meanwhile in Paros, a vibrant community draws Eva into the fold, celebrating life’s messy beauty and dancing late into the night. But when she begins working for a reclusive marble sculptor named Jean-Paul, she learns something serious about Dimitra’s deceased husband — something that could change everything.

Footprints in the Sand is book thirteen of The Coleman Series series, a heart-wrenching yet hopeful family drama that unfolds between the glittering shores of Nantucket Island and Martha’s Vineyard.