Sea Stars and Second Chances

Their breakup left two shattered hearts. When a chance encounter brings them back together, can they whip up a new batch of romance? She’s got a bakery to run. He’s got a spirited teenage daughter to raise. The timing isn’t right.

When Kathryn and Noah find suspicious bales in the mangroves, will they be able to navigate the murky waters?

If you like entertaining casts of characters, picturesque locations, and a sprinkle of suspense, then you will adore this yummy tale.

Digital artist, Emily Matthews sees images in tea leaves. After a tragic year, she follows her intuition and heads south for a beachside spa vacation. The enchanting inn is not all storybook charm, but the man in the cottage next door might crack the code to her heart.

When Special Agent Colt Lawson hunkered down on a quiet Florida key, he didn‘t expect to need his skills. But when a suspicious couple rents a nearby cottage, his tools are tested. Can he protect the people around him and be the hero at last? Presented with a final choice, can he take the bigger risk and reap the greatest reward?

Artist in residence, Alina Lucas paints beautiful seascapes and perfect plovers. Burned out from caregiving, she reconnects with an old friend and embraces an opportunity to reinvent herself.  An encounter at the lighthouse sends her working on a new project, and the life she’s carefully constructing is threatened. Will restoring an old lighthouse resurrect a chance for a better life? Or will it ruin everything?

Former construction worker, Trent Wilson is building a name for himself as a local healer and yoga teacher. But try as he may, he cannot build a life that erases the one night that changed everything. When his long-time friend moves into the artist’s cottage on the bay, she makes a discovery that, once again, turns his life upside-down.

When old friends reconnect, new feelings spark to life. While turning the lights back on in the lighthouse, can they fan the flames that burn brightly in their hearts?

Sugar Star Christmas is a crossover book linking the Valencia Cove series and the Sea Stars and Second Chances series, starring Willow’s sister, Brie.

The Christmas season is full of cheer, but after an unexpected turn of fate, Brie McBride returns to Florida pregnant and weary. A pre-holiday stay at the Sea Star Inn and Cottages is at the top of her wish list. Seeking comfort and rest before spending Christmas with family, she runs into the one man who can make her feel worse.

Promised a secluded holiday vacation, country music singer, Heath Bryan shows up an hour north of his hometown to stay at the little inn on Starfish Key. To his dismay, his cottage has been given to someone else. Money talks, but there are no BNBs or vacancies in the area, and he’s dead on his feet.

When he runs into a woman from his past, right there at the inn, is it simply bad luck? Or the hand of fate?