Autumn by the Sea, by Melissa Tagg, opens with Sydney Rose running for her life on the streets of Chicago. She has no idea a private investigator is hunting her down to inform her that her grandmother is actually searching for her!
Margaret (Maggie) Muir is hoping that Sydney is her missing granddaughter; however, details at her home seem to be complicating this introduction. Neil MacKean has doubts about the validity of Sydney's place in their lives. Neil was brought from Scotland as a young boy and added to Maggie's family. Now he is fully imbedded in Maine with plans to successfully manage the family farm. But more importantly to protect Maggie from any potential harm!
Shortly after Sydney's arrival, she realizes that this home, filled with family and love, is a place of which she has always dreamed. Just as it feels like the pieces are finally coming together and Sydney learns the truth of her birth, a face from her past comes upon the scene and has the power to destroy all that has been accomplished!