Birchport

Birchport is a fictional seaside town located in Massachusetts, USA. It serves as the main setting for Veil of Secrets.

Geography
Birchport is described as a small town, first appearing on a map dating back to 1655.

History
Pierce Sterling's ancestor Magnus Sterling, a captain of the ship The Endurance, arrived at Birchport in the 17th century. He turned it into a town with trading connections to Europe and beyond. From that, Birchport's society is segregated by income. The elites, especially the Sterlings, hold a massive power over the people, largely through their control of the justice system. According to Pierce Sterling, his family owns the town.

More recently, the Emerson family moved into Birchport, and the two wealthy families formed a tenuous relationship. Although the families became close enough (at least publicly) that Grant was expected to act as Tanner's best man, he describes a history of class and racial tension between the Sterlings (white, old money) and the Emersons (black, new money).

Trivia

 * Although the epilogue of Veil of Secrets mentions that Judge Samantha Winters and Eleanor Harlenay traveled the world after getting married, it was confirmed in The Senior, Chapter 6, that they still live in Birchport, when Judge Samantha Winters told Your Character (The Freshman) and Becca Davenport that she was going to go back home to Birchport after the Northbridge Law School mock trial.