Jolie Tucker—Co-owner of Cast Iron Creations, born in the village, best friend of Ava, granddaughter of Opal, daughter of Patty, married to Mick Meiser.
Ava Martinez—Co-owner of Cast Iron Creations, born in the village, best friend of Jolie, wife of Delilah, sister of Lolly, daughter of Sophia and Thiago.
Keith—Ex-boyfriend of Jolie, born in the village, best friend of Teddy—now, an officer of Leavensport.
Detective Mick Meiser—Jolie’s new husband, from Tri-City, lives in Leavensport, owner of M&M’s Italian Restaurant, police detective.
Maria—Mick’s sister
Maya—Mick’s mom
Chief Teddy Tobias—Police chief of Leavensport and born in the village, best friend of Keith.
Harvey Tobias—Teddy’s dad.
Lydia—Jolie’s frenemy, village nurse, best friend of Betsy, born in the village.
Betsy—Owns Chocolate Capers, best friend of Lydia, born in the village.
Bobby Zane—new principal of the Leavensport Lions High School
Delilah—Sister of Bradley, village artist, girlfriend of Ava.
Bradley—Brother of Delilah, village journalist.
Nina Sanchez—Mother of Luis and owns a new bakery in town.
Luis Sanchez—son of Nina, in high school.
Stella—Owns Ralph & Stella’s New York Pizza.
Grandma Opal—Jolie’s grandma, housewife who helped Jolie and Ava start Cast Iron Creations with her cast-iron skillet recipes.
Aunt Fern—Jolie’s wacky, unpredictable aunt, sister to Patty, man-hungry.
Patty—Jolie’s mom.
Mayor Nalini—mayor of Leavensport, Lahiri is his niece.
Jackson Nestle—Unscrupulous political associate of Mayor Cardinal from Tri-City
Caleb and Asher—works for Nestle’s Construction Company
Lia—Nestle’s ex-wife who is undercover
Devonte—knows who Lia is and protects her, works at shelter
Tom Costello—grocer in Leavensport; was engaged to Grandma Opal
Eddie—uncle to Jolie. Was estranged to family for decades with wife Shelly and five kids.
Wylie—uncle to Jolie.
Lory—Lydia’s mom.
Karl—Lydia’s dad.
Imelda—Italian princess
Tabitha—FBI and therapist of Jolie and Mick
Mary—Mirabelle’s mom and Carlos’ new wife
Carlos—Assistant manager at Cast Iron Creation, married to Mary, Mirabelle’s step-dad.
Mirabelle and Spy—Young woman in her twenties with Down Syndrome with a seeing-eye dog, Spy.
Missy and Shelby Smith—Mother/daughter duo. Missy is running the Leavensport prom and Shelby is helping.