It's July 1895 and the New York elite have decamped to Newport, Rhode Island for a summer of balls, garden parties, and yacht races. Covering these events for the women's pages of the Newport Observer is Emma Vanderbilt-Cross, a fearless twenty-one-year-old writer with family ties to the wealthy Vanderbilt family.

When her police officer husband starts abusing her, Maya realizes she must gather ironclad evidence to take him down.

Married couple Omar and Dieon navigate surrogacy, family expectations, and plenty of meddling relatives as they pursue their dream of becoming parents.