| Valerie | Alston-Holt | Xavier's father. |
| Xavier | Alston-Holt | Juniper's friend. |
| Lottie | Corbett | Juniper's grandma. Julia's mother. |
| Ellen | Davis | President of Oak Knoll HOA. |
| Tony | Evans | The county district attorney. |
| Robert | Frost | A poet. |
| Mama | Ginny | Valerie's mother. Zay's grandmother. |
| Kelli | Hanes | Julia's neighbor who invited her to join a book club. A nurse. |
| Carl | Harrington | Zay's lawyer. |
| Tom | Holt-Alston | Valerie's husband. |
| Jimmy | Jamison | Brad's friend. |
| Jimmy | Jamison | Brad's friend built house near the Whitmans in Oak Knoll. |
| Shiela | Jamison | Jimmy's wife. |
| Belinda | Johnson | An Oak Knoll book club member. |
| Chris | Johnson | Valerie's lover. |
| Ed | Levinson | The boat broker. |
| Carrie | Lewis | Mark's girlfriend. |
| Mark | Lewis | Brad's accountant. |
| Jack | Martindale | A former Oak resident who took a job with NASA. |
| Lyle | Morton | Zay's neighbor. |
| Rosa | Morton | Zay's neighbor. The octogenarian. |
| Lisa | Orlean | One of the members of the Oak Knoll Book Club. |
| Uncle | Ray | A creep. |
| Ms. | Sheridan | The nurse. |
| Brad | Whitman | Owner of Whitman HVAC. Juniper's step-father. |
| Julia | Whitman | Brad's wife. Juniper's mother. |
| Juniper | Whitman | Protagonist. |
| Katie | Whitman | Brad's mother. Juniper's grandmother. |
| Lily | Whitman | Juniper's sister. |
| Rick | Whitman | Brad's father. |
| Andrea | | Zay's classmate. |
| Brenda | | The receptionist who'd been hired after Julia. |
| Brooks | | Tom's great uncle. |
| Cindy | | A Whitman HVAC employee. |
| Dawshan | | Zay's best friend. |
| Doofus | | Karen's old hound. |
| Ellen | | Valerie's neighbor. |
| Esther | | An Oak Knoll Book Club member. |
| Evan | | The commercial producer. |
| Gail | | Brad's part-time employee. |
| Hank | | Esther's husband. |
| Jeff | | Brad's brother. |
| Jeff | | Juniper's neighbor. |
| Joseph | | Zay's best friend. |
| Karen | | Juniper's babysitter. |
| Kathi | | Juniper's classmate. Meghan's sidekick. |
| Kyle | | Zay's uncle. |
| Mabel | | Lottie's best friend. |
| Marco | | Zay's classmate. |
| Marina | | The makeup artist. |
| Matthews | | The reverend. |
| Meghan | | Juniper's sassy classmate. |
| Michael | | Pepper's boyfriend. |
| Michelle | | Valerie's colleague. |
| Mr. Hopkins | | Zay's English teacher. |
| Patty | | Julia's boss. |
| Pepper | | Juniper's friend. |
| Pritzy | | Ellen's Labradoodle. |
| Rachel | | Zay's fling. |
| Talia | | Chris's daughter. |
| Wilson | | A prominent lawyer. |
