"CHESAPEAKE SHORES"--author SHERRYL WOODS' popular contemporary book series about the O'Briens, a large, complex Irish-descent family living in a quaint coastal Maryland town is also a hit Hallmark Channel TV series

The Chesapeake Shores

"Chesapeake Shores" is a series of contemporary romance novels written by Sherryl Woods. The story centers on the O’Briens, a large Irish family in a small seaside town along the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.The series begins with Abby O’Brien Winters who returns from New York to her hometown in order to help saving her sister’s inn from foreclosure. That’s where she finds herself face-to-face with Trace Riley, the man she left behind ten years ago.

Chesapeake Shores: Hallmark Channel TV Series

The Hallmark Channel's multi-generational family drama, “Chesapeake Shores”, follows Abby O’Brien (Meghan Ory), a high-powered career woman, divorcee and mother to twin daughters, as she adjusts to life back in her hometown of Chesapeake Shores, Maryland. Rekindling her romance with Trace (Jesse Metcalfe), her former high school sweetheart, Abby discovers that their relationship will be rocked by not only his newfound fame, but also her responsibility to protect her daughters. Returning to her hometown also means engaging in the lives and loves of her siblings: Jess (Laci J. Mailey) a free-spirit and owner of a successful bed and breakfast; Bree (Emilie Ullerup), a former playwright who buys a bookstore in Chesapeake Shores, and who has written a family tell-all; Kevin (Brendan Penny), a soldier adjusting to civilian life, a new career and a newly serious romance; and Connor (Andrew Francis), a lawyer who is finally stepping out of his brother’s shadow. With the support of their uncompromising, highly successful businessman-father, Mick (Treat Williams), their once-estranged mother, Megan (Barbara Niven), and their wise grandmother Nell (Diane Ladd), the O’Briens are a family that must face life’s challenges, but always finds hope in their enduring love toward one another as they navigate life, love, career and romance.

Based on the novels of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods.


Sherryl Woods



With two other careers to her credit before becoming a novelist and four states in which she's lived for extended periods of time, Sherryl Woods has collected friends and memories, along with way too much unnecessary junk.

"The friends are the only things I've brought with me through the years that really matter," she says. "I could probably live without one more chintz teacup, another tin-litho sandpail or another snowglobe, but I need those friends."

The theme of enduring friendships and families is always central to Sherryl's books, including her latest Chesapeake Shores series — THE INN AT EAGLE POINT, FLOWERS ON MAIN and HARBOR LIGHTS.

Author of more than 100 romance and mystery novels, Sherryl Woods grew up in Virginia. Over the years she had lived in Ohio and Florida, as well as California. Currently she divides her time between Key Biscayne, Florida and Colonial Beach, Virginia, the small, river-front town where she spent her childhood summers.

A graduate of Ohio State University School of Journalism, Sherryl spent more than ten years as a journalist, most of them as a television critic for newspapers in Ohio and Florida. For several years she also coordinated a motivational program for the more than 8,000 employees at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Medical Center.

Her first book, RESTORING LOVE, was published in 1982 by Dell Candlelight Ecstasy under the pseudonym of Suzanne Sherrill. Her second book, SAND CASTLES, under the pseudonym of Alexandra Kirk, was published later that same year by Bantam. She began using her own name when she moved to the Second Chance at Love line at Berkley Publishing. In 1986, she began writing full-time and also began her long career at Silhouette Books with the Desire title NOT AT EIGHT, DARLING, set in the world of television which she covered for so many years.

In addition to her more than 75 romances for Silhouette Desire and Special Edition, she has written thirteen mysteries — nine in the Amanda Roberts series and four in the Molly DeWitt series.

When she's not writing or reading, Sherryl loves to garden, though she's not at her best on a riding lawn mower. She also loves tennis, theater, and ballet, even though her top spin has long since vanished, she's never set foot on a stage, and she's way too uncoordinated to dance. She also loves baseball and claims anyone who's ever seen Kevin Costner in "Bull Durham" can understand why.

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