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| | **Will--a long-time friend of Gareth and Jay, who begins dating Janessa. Their relationship ends after he and Janessa are seriously injured in a car crash (Janessa ends it, being consumed with fear of losing someone else close to her) but is later resumed. | | **Will--a long-time friend of Gareth and Jay, who begins dating Janessa. Their relationship ends after he and Janessa are seriously injured in a car crash (Janessa ends it, being consumed with fear of losing someone else close to her) but is later resumed. |
| | *Kayleigh--works as a manager for a "five-star resort" located north of Serenity Point. Her story is portrayed in ''[[Kayleigh (book)|Kayleigh]]'', the fourth book in the series. | | *Kayleigh--works as a manager for a "five-star resort" located north of Serenity Point. Her story is portrayed in ''[[Kayleigh (book)|Kayleigh]]'', the fourth book in the series. |
| | + | **Hudson--the illegitimate son of Alexander Remington, owner of the resort. After a series of incidents involving the resort (later discovered to be the work of a disgruntled employee, who believed that Kayleigh was given the manager's job because of Alexander (in the story, Kayleigh -- then an employee -- had previously summoned assistance after his wife was injured on the ski slopes; Alexander is impressed and offers to pay for her college education in hospitality). |
| | *Charlotte "Charli"--works as an elementary school teacher in Serenity Point. Her story is portrayed in ''[[Charlotte (book)|Charlotte]]'', the third book in the series. | | *Charlotte "Charli"--works as an elementary school teacher in Serenity Point. Her story is portrayed in ''[[Charlotte (book)|Charlotte]]'', the third book in the series. |
| | **Layla--Charli's daughter, portrayed as a young school-age child. Her father (Blake) is originally portrayed as absent from their lives but returns (not knowing of Layla's existence) with another daughter (Amanda). They resume their relationship, and after Skylar announces her pregnancy and asks them to adopt her child, they have a quick wedding. | | **Layla--Charli's daughter, portrayed as a young school-age child. Her father (Blake) is originally portrayed as absent from their lives but returns (not knowing of Layla's existence) with another daughter (Amanda). They resume their relationship, and after Skylar announces her pregnancy and asks them to adopt her child, they have a quick wedding. |
| − | *Lee--a veterinarian. His story will be portrayed in ''[[Lee (book)|Lee]]'', the sixth book in the series (he is not introduced prior to this). | + | *Lee--owns a veterinary clinic. His story will be portrayed in ''[[Lee (book)|Lee]]'', the sixth book in the series (he is not introduced prior to this). |
| − | *Wilder--works during the winter as a ski instructor. Otherwise, he travels around the country and the world, seemingly without any plans (thus earning him the name "Wilder the Wanderer"). It is later revealed that he helps rescue children from human trafficking. | + | *Wilder--works during the winter as a ski instructor at the resort where Kayleigh is manager. Otherwise, he travels around the country and the world, seemingly without any plans (thus earning him the name "Wilder the Wanderer"). It is later revealed that he helps rescue children from human trafficking. |
| | *Cole--initially a high school student who is a top-level basketball star, later goes to college. | | *Cole--initially a high school student who is a top-level basketball star, later goes to college. |
| | *Skylar--initially a high school student who is a cheerleader, later goes to college. She discovers she is pregnant; when the father offers to pay for an abortion, she asks Charli and Blake to adopt the child. | | *Skylar--initially a high school student who is a cheerleader, later goes to college. She discovers she is pregnant; when the father offers to pay for an abortion, she asks Charli and Blake to adopt the child. |