Carly comes from a wealthy family. Carly wants to prove that she can make it on her own. Her passion is art. Carly buys several art studios where she can display art works of both famous and not so famous people.

Carly's newest project is to host an exhibit for a painter that she has discovered. It seems that the paintings are from 1905 and painted by a woman whose husband felt that she should not be painting and selling her art. The artist also happens to be the great grandmother of her best friend Ellie. The only problem is that she can't display it in her studio in New York, she has to display it in the hometown of Ellie's grandmother.

Ford is going home to his hometown. Ford has kept a secret from his family as to what he was really doing while he was gone. The family thinks that he was just in the service. But he really was on secret missions to protect people from Al Quida. Coming home is very hard for him. He feels out of place and doesn't know if he wants to stay in the small town. His mother, Grace is sure that she can keep him at home. Her plan is for him to take over the town newspaper that has been in the family forever.

Grace is a writer on the paper, but after taking a fall down the steps, she asks Ford to take over interviewing Carly on the new exhibit that she is hosting. Ford and Carly hit it off. Both do not want to make any kind of commitment to each other. Carly has her art studios and Ford doesn't know what he wants.

I have read several of Mariah Stewart's book. Each is just has great as the one before it. Mariah Stewart has a style of writing that grips you from the first page and just keeps you reading until the end. ON SUNSET BEACH is part of the Chesapeake Diaries series. I have always loved small town books, and the way ON SUNSET BEACH is written makes me wonder if Ms. Stewart lives in a small town.

I enjoyed ON SUNSET BEACH and can't wait for the next one in the series.