While filming her husband Charlie's attempt to qualify for the 1985 Memorial Day "500," Corey McAlister witnesses the famous racecar driver's fatal crash. She flees from Indianapolis, seeking sanctuary in her vacation cottage at Gulf Shores, Alabama on the Gulf of Mexico. The white sands and sea air are healing until the peacefulness of the atmosphere is shattered when an injured man in a wetsuit washes up on her beachfront. Corey helps him to safety in her cabin and hides him from a boatload of unsavory- looking men passing by close to shore. With the help of a paramedic friend, she tends to...

In his active OB/GYN practice, Dr. Judd Streeter's "lacies" think him charming as he teases them and makes outragious remarks. His home-life is a different matter, however. Upon hearing Judd has the reputation of "Abortion King" in their small town, his neurotic wife, Claudine, screams, "Murderer " The imaginary, college town is Somerset, Alabama; the year is 1978. Abortion is legal now, but Claudine isn't aware of it; she retreats so often into catatonia. She "hasn't been the same" since the death of Kelli, her only child. Dr. Judd doesn't have time for his wife's illnesses and accusations....

Missing in Fairhope is all about Audrey Baxter who doesn't look for trouble. But it targets her, finds her when she least expects it. Her profession as a surgical nurse dedicated to helping others is most rewarding. However, in her new location, she would welcome some free time in which she might live her life unhampered by the troubles of others, which lead her into danger.

Fleeing her past, she is a new identity, a new personality in a strange, new town in which she can start her young life anew. She is surprised by how much she likes her new location, where authorities placed...