After fading back into the periphery and retreating from his recent heroics, Billy Bakeman is content to work as a code enforcement officer in East Boothbay, Maine - a quaint community with similar coastal charm to Billy’s home of Bayside. In reality though, Billy’s new situation is far from ordinary. When an old friend turns up and recruits Billy on an international adventure, a new challenge catapults him to places he never dreamed possible. Once again, Billy is forced to choose between comfort and courage. With his budding life in the balance, the stakes have never been higher.

Written as the anticipated sequel to Bayside, Hyland's Ocean Point again exposes its characters' ambitions, this time expanding far beyond Maine's coast. For some the journey could signal life-changing splendor, but for others, it means finally facing their past.

Release Date: September 15, 2026

Twenty-one year old Billy Bakeman has well-calculated plans to spend his final summer of college back home in Maine interning at his uncle's law firm. However, he soon finds himself on the precipice of a criminal investigation that will test the small-town loyalties and reputations he spent his whole adolescence believing were ironclad. The easy solution would be to let law enforcement handle the case, but Billy believes the best way to the truth is to use resources at his own disposal, even if it means taking personal risks and busting glamorous myths about the place he calls home and the people he trusts. 

Set against the backdrop of Maine’s whimsical coast, Hyland’s coming-of-age mystery charts the ambition of its characters with the machinations of their knotty friendships. Using witty humor, poise, and grit, the protagonist and his misfit band of investigators bring Yankee ingenuity to this charming region’s disturbing inquisition. 

ISBN (Paperback): 9798323687442

ISBN (Hardcover): 9798334030299