Crescent Bay Romance Series

What's a girl to do when she finds out she's inherited her estranged aunt's estate on the morning of her wedding day?  In Amanda Gallagher's case, she sees it as a sign from above and does the only thing a girl can do.  She runs!  Grabbing her two BFFs, they escape to the Down East section of coastal Maine.  The plan?  Sell off her aunt's house ASAP so she can return to New York City and resurrect her graphic design company.  Piece of cake, right?    Uh, no.  Her inheritance turns out to be a dilapidated, two-hundred year old house, empty storefront properties that she's now responsible for populating and an uglier-than-sin hound dog.  The kicker?  She has to reside in the house for twelve months or lose it all.  And if that's not bad enough, a tall, blue-eyed hunk of a guy is the executor of the estate, whose vocabulary consists of grunts and one syllable words.  Hey, but who needs words when all she wants to do is take a bite out of him?  Maybe more.   So what's it going to be?  Twelve months in plaid-and-flannel Maine with a serving of Mr. Blue Eyes on the side -- or ditch the entire thing and head back to the Big Apple, the land of mocha lattes and Bloomingdale's?  Is this a tough call?  Ayuh, for sure! 

Dreams and plans, that's Giana Lindstrom from the time she was a little girl spinning around in tutus and fairy crowns.  Unlike her soon-to-be married cousin, she isn't ready to settle into married life and babies because, well, what about her dreams and plans?  But lately she's been hitting deadends and disappointments and was still grappling with an endless stream of part-time jobs.  And then there's that sexy deputy sheriff who likes nothing better than to tease her . . . and maybe do something more with her.  Now, as the wedding of her cousin draws near, she can't seem to go anywhere without Mr. Hot Stuff turning up by her side, taunting and tempting.  Ryan Cassidy, free and easy and sexy as sin, never considered the "L" word.  No way, no how.  He'd seen some bad marriages in his time on the force, including his own mother's second marriage.  But from the moment he'd laid eyes on Giana reluctance turned into something a bit more magical, leaving him confused yet fascinated.  Will they let down their guard and surrender?  Maybe dreams and plans could include a happily-ever-after neither one of them had ever considered?

Kit Collier is a harried mom, divorced with four children and a thriving vet clinic where her hands often found themselves in strange places.  Unfortunately, those hands never seemed to find themselves wrapped around a man these days.  She couldn't even recall her last date, it was so long ago.  One just simply had to slog along, doing the best they could, right?    But now she had extra time alone on her hands due to the Labor Day holiday weekend and didn't know what to do . . . until a certain guy from England rescued her from Bellini overload and invited her to dinner.  Uh, imagine that . . . maybe he had a sick pet and wanted a free diagnosis?   Harris Brixton had lived in Crescent Bay, Maine for a few years now and had known Kit through her brother, his soccer buddy.  But something clicked when he spotted her in her scrubs and crazy top knot of fire-gold hair sitting on the deck of the local pub, looking lonely and tired.  A bit of a romantic, he felt compelled to rescue this damsel-in-distress from too many Bellinis.  Maybe it was something in the air, but an innocent kiss generates a conflagration for Brixton and the chase is on.   Problem was that Kit and Harris also had to deal with so much more than just themselves -- kids, nosy friends and relatives, animals, a falling-down estate that kept them busy and often at odds.  But ultimately, it's their own hesitations and reluctance that threaten their ability to grasp happiness and love and run with it.  Welcome back to Crescent Bay, where the men are strong and the women smart and sassy, and love lays a whammy wherever and whenever it so desires!