| Harry |
Archer | Marlene's date. |
| Nick |
Carbone | |
| Georgie |
Cooper | Kate's former classmate. |
| Mary Frances |
Costello | An ex-nun. Kate's condo neighbor. |
| Tiffani |
Cruz | Waitress at Ocean Vista's dining room. |
| Dallas |
Dalton | Swami's Board of Directors. |
| Shane |
Dalton | Dalla's late husband. |
| Marlene |
Friedman | Kate's best friend. |
| Jack |
Gallagher | CEO of Palmetto Beach Medical Center. |
| Graham |
Greene | An English writer. |
| Tammany |
Hall | Mayor in New York. |
| Horatio |
Harmon | Palmetto Beach's long-time coroner. |
| Horatio |
Harmon | The medical examiner. |
| Sister |
Jean | Kate's favorite high school teacher. |
| Thomas |
Jefferson | One of the American founding fathers. |
| Jeff |
Jones | The chief engineer. |
| Bella |
Katarina | |
| Charlie |
Kennedy | Kate's late husband. |
| Kate |
Kennedy | Protagonist. |
| Kevin |
Kennedy | Charlie Kennedy's twin brother. |
| Kevin |
Kennedy | Kate's son. |
| Peter |
Kennedy | Kate's son. |
| Gina |
Lombardo | Kate's condo neighbor. |
| Danny |
Mancini | The restaurant's owner and operator. Swami's godfather. |
| Dean |
Martin | A piano player. |
| Magnolia |
McFee | One of the Board of Directors. |
| Laurence |
McFee IV | A soap opera actor. Magnolia's grandson. |
| Marjory |
Merriweather | The estate owner. |
| Miss |
Mitford | The keeper of the key at Ocean Vista. |
| Addison |
Mizner | An architect. |
| Sanjey |
Patel | Kate's yoga instructor. |
| Tony |
Randall | One of Jack's all-time favorite actors. |
| Joe |
Sajak | The recent widower. |
| David |
Schwartz | Swami's father. |
| Sam |
Schwartz | David's father. |
| Yogi Swami |
Schwartz | The Beach Yoga Institute founder. AKA: Allen. |
| Jeff |
Stein | Editor of the Palmetto Beach gazzette. |
| Donald |
Trump | US President. |
| Herb |
Wagner | The owner of Neptune Inn. |
| Jack |
Weiss | Marlene's 3rd husband. |
| Ballou |
| Kate's dog. |
| Barry |
| Mayor in Washington. |
| Buddy |
| Mayor in Providence. |
| Edmund |
| Peter's long-time partner. |
| Jennifer |
| A stockbroker. |
| Katharine |
| One of Kate's granddaughters. |
| Lauren |
| Kate's granddaughter. |
| Madge |
| The waitress at Dinah's. |
| Rashmi |
| David's girlfriend. |
| Thistle |
| Shane's horse. |