| 1 | | | The Rabbit Hole - A bookshop in Buttonwood Tree. |
| | Oleta | Blackstock | Henry's grandmother. Aka: Lolly. |
| | Judge | Quimby | The Buttonwood's judge. |
| | Twyle | Bishop | Blue's mother. |
| | Persimmon | Bishop | Blue's younger sister. Aka: Persy. |
| | Blue | Bishop | Protagonist. |
| | Marlo | Allemand | Blue's old friend. |
| | Elmore | Allemand | Marlo's wife. Aka: Moe. |
| | Sarah Grace | Fulton | Blue's friend. Fletcher's wife. |
| | Cobb | Bishop | Blue's father. |
| | Delphine | | The woman at the Buttonwood Tree myth. |
| | | | Magnolia Breeze - The nursing home and the rehab center where Marlo volunteered. |
| | Mary | Eliza | A patient at Magnolia Breeze nursing home. |
| 2 | Judson | Landreneau | The mayor of Buttonwood. Sarah Grace's grandfather. |
| | Granddaddy | Cabot | Sarah Grace's grandfather. |
| | Grandma | Cabot | Sarah Grace's grandmother. |
| | Great Aunt | Mim | Sarah Grace's great aunt. |
| | Mac | Bishop | Blue's brother. |
| | Shep | Wheeler | Mary Eliza's son. An investigator. |
| | Fletcher | Fulton | Sarah Grace's husband. Aka: Fletch. |
| | Ginny | Cabot-Landreneau | Sarah Grace's mother. |
| 3 | Kimberly | Hastings | Sarah Grace's assistant and cousin. Aka: Kebbie. |
| | Caroline | Hastings | Sarah Grace's aunt. Kebbie's mother. |
| | Mrs. | Tillman | A retired school teacher. |
| | Jasmine | Fulton | Fletch's mother. |
| | Flora | | The baby that Blue found. |
| 4 | | | UNA - University of North Carolina. |
| | Doc | Hennesy | Persy's boss. |
| | Poppy Kay | Hoppy | The protagonist in Blue's book. |
| | Mr. | Dodds | Owner of Dodd's Electrical. |
| | Henry | Dalton | The new owner of Rabbit Hole. |
| 5 | Calvin | Underhill | A farm owner. |
| | Wade | Bishop | Blue's brother. |
| | Ty | Bishop | Blue's brother. |
| | Clark | Dobbins | The man who sells his house. |
| | Edna | Dobbins | Clark's wife. |
| 6 | Sam | Mantilla | The social welfare officer. |
| 7 | Moses | Kehoe | One of Blue's neighbors. |
| | Mrs. | Kehoe | Moses' wife. |
| | Hazel | | Sarah Grace's dog. |
| 9 | Hayward | Granbee | One of Blue's neighbors. |
| 12 | Judy | Randolph | One of the judges of the dessert competition. Buttonwood's Baptist Organist. |
| | Clem | Weese | One of the judges of the dessert competition. President of the local
mothers' group. |
| | Janet | Ogilvie | One of the judges of the dessert competition. |
| | Aubrey | Blackstock | Henry's mother. |
| 13 | Ezra | Atherton | Former town council member. |
| 14 | Adele Rae | Dockery | Dr. Dockery's wife. |
| | Dr. | Dockery | Adele's husband. |
| 18 | Dominique | | Kebbie's nurse. |
| 19 | Boon | Hardy | A barber shop owner. |
| 20 | Celene | | Delphine's daughter. |
| 23 | Josephine | Pease | A librarian. |
| | Kitty | Malone | One of Sarah Grace's neighbors. |
