| Whose Waves These Are by Amanda DykesWhat it is: a lyrical debut novel set in the 1940s and the 2000s.
Featuring: Annie Bliss, who goes to Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, when her great-uncle Bob becomes ill; Jeremiah, the handsome postman with a shirt that says, "Please go away;" and Bob, who lost his twin brother in World War II, is a key part of the tight-knit island community, and has unfinished promises to keep.
Who it's for: anyone who loves evocative soul-stirring reads with well-drawn romantic elements. |
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| Summer by the Tides by Denise HunterWhat it's about: Restaurant manager Maddy Monroe has just lost her boyfriend and her job. So, when handsome marina owner Connor Sullivan leaves a message saying Maddy's grandmother is missing, she immediately heads to Gram's North Carolina beach house, where her two sisters (who've barely spoken since a betrayal years earlier) also show up...a reunion that has Gram's fingerprints all over it.
For fans of: lighthearted women's fiction featuring charming beach locations, sisters, and sweet romances. |
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Over the Line by Kelly IrvinStarring: Gabriella, who has never forgiven her former fiancé, homicide detective Eli, for breaking her heart . What happens: When a man she’s never met shows up at her restaurant, a bullet in his chest and her brother’s name on his lips. Gabby soon realizes this man is connected to a powerful ring of criminals who know far too much about her. With her brother nowhere to be found and pain from her past threatening to overwhelm her, Gabby wonders how she will make it through this unexpected quest unscathed—or alive.
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The Inn at Hidden Run by Olivia Newport What it's about: Meri’s family has been producing doctors for so many generations that no one remembers why, so when she flunks out of medical school, she runs as far from her parents as she can get. In the small mountain town of Canyon Mines, Colorado, she takes a job at the Inn at Hidden Run B&B and meets father-daughter genealogy team Nolan and Jillian.
Series alert: The Inn at Hidden Run is the first book in the Tree of Life series. Readers will come back to the lovely mountain town of Canyon Mines again and again to explore and celebrate unforgettable family stories that inspire them to connect with their own family histories and unique faith journeys.
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| The House at Saltwater Point by Colleen CobleWhat happens: House flipper Ellie Blackmore goes to her sister Mackenzie's boat in Puget Sound for a birthday celebration -- and finds blood on the deck and Mackenzie missing.
Where could she be? Coast Guard intelligence officer Grayson Bradshaw thinks Mackenzie stole a cocaine shipment and faked her own death. Ellie believes her sister is innocent, but where is she?
Look for: Shauna from the 1st Lavender Tides book, The View from Rainshadow Bay, who reunites with her long-lost brother in this 2nd series entry. |
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| Sandpiper Cove: A Hope Harbor Novel by Irene HannonWhat happens: Police chief Lexie Graham stays busy raising her son and keeping Hope Harbor, Oregon safe, but finds herself intrigued by handsome church-going ex-con Adam Stone when the two try to stop the vandalism suddenly plaguing their small town.
Series alert: This is the heartwarming 3rd romance in veteran author Irene Hannon's Hope Harbor series. All of the books in the series feature themes of renewal and can be read on their own. The 5th book, Driftwood Bay, came out in April. |
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The Sea Keeper's Daughters by Lisa WingateWhat it's about: Restaurant owner Whitney Monroe is desperate to save her business from a hostile takeover. The inheritance of a decaying Gilded Age hotel on North Carolina’s Outer Banks may provide just the ray of hope she needs. But things at the Excelsior are more complicated than they seem. Whitney’s estranged stepfather is entrenched on the third floor, and the downstairs tenants are determined to save the historic building. Searching through years of stored family heirlooms may be Whitney’s only hope of quick cash, but will the discovery of an old necklace and a Depression-era love story change everything?
Series alert: This is the third novel in the Carolina Heirlooms trilogy, preceded by The Prayer Box and The Story Keeper.
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| Troubled Waters by Susan May WarrenStarring: controlling billionaire Ian Shaw, who is having money problems and desperately wants to find Esme, his runaway niece; and Sierra Rose, Ian's former assistant who now works with Montana's PEAK rescue group and knows where Esme is, but has promised not to tell.
What happens: When a charity boat trip ends in disaster, Ian and Sierra are stranded on a small island where they struggle to survive, reconnect, and trust God.
For fans of: adrenaline-fueled romantic suspense novels, like those by Dani Pettrey and Lynette Eason; previous books in Susan May Warren's Montana Rescue series (this is the 4th book of six). |
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