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Question: What do a reclusive author and an outgoing travel agent have in common?Answer: Nothing.But fate brought them together on a vacation five years ago, and as Logan and Sloane prepare for their annual get-together, there are sparks flying between them.Sloane:When Logan Murphy, my accidental best friend, calls to say our annual mid-winter trip has to be "redone," he's already got the solution.Belize. An adults-only resort, and we leave in two days.I'm giddy with excitement, because I need this trip more than I can express. When I see Murph standing in the airport, my heart twitches to a beat it hasn't since my fiancé left me to tell our friends and family that he couldn't make it to the wedding.So it's a short-lived twitch, because I'm never going to get into the dating boxing ring again-and least of all with my best friend.Logan:I've never told Sloane what I do for a living, and she doesn't know how I feel about her either. But I want her to know all of my secrets.I want my best friend in my life more than once a year, and I've already started penning a happily-ever-after for the two of us.This year, I tell myself, as my crush on the vibrant woman is at least two years old now.If only I knew how to tell her...This is a standalone, slow-burn travel romance that will make you smile, gasp, and cheer for Logan and Sloane as they figure out who they are...and who they want-at home or on vacation.For fans of BEACH READ and THE PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry, THE LAYOVER by Lacie Waldon, or THE UNHONEYMOONERS by Christina Lauren.

He's dark as night, a single dad, and a retired bull riding champion. With all his money, his rugged good looks, and his ability to say all the right things, Faith has no chance against Blaze Young's charms. But she's his complete opposite, and she just doesn't see how they can be together......so she ends things with him.But Faith Cromwell can't seem to stay away from Blaze. Rather, they keep getting put together by fate, God, or just plain bad luck. She's not sure which.As the owner of Hole in One, a struggling doughnut dessert truck, Faith feels married to her business. And she's minding that business the day of a charity food truck rally, which Blaze shows up to.Blaze Young doesn't know why the pretty redhead thinks the way she does. Of course, he's never been one to try to figure out women all that much. He's focused on being a single dad, a back surgery survivor, and rekindling his faith. Oh, and his enormous family keeps him enveloped in drama all the time.But Faith - he'd really like to figure out how to keep her in his life too. He is at the charity rally, but not of his own choice. If he'd have known that's where his ex-in-laws were going for their Thanksgiving desserts, he'd have begged out of the visit.But he's here now, and they're taking donations at the door. Fine. He has billions in the bank and he quickly scribbles out a check.He has no idea that the Lord has once again orchestrated it just-so for him to come face-to-face with the lovely Faith Cromwell...and for her to win part of his donation.Can Faith and Blaze get on the same page? Or will this third try at a relationship also end in heartache for both of them?

She'll do anything to keep her ranch...even marry the cowboy she likes just so she can enter her horse in a race.Beth Dixon lost her husband almost three years ago. She's up to her eyeballs in debt, and her to-do list around the ranch only gets longer with each passing day.Trey Chappell has found TJ Dixon in his hay barn several times, and each time, he patiently takes the five-year-old back to his mother, Beth. He likes the pretty brunette next door, but she argues with him every time he offers to help her. They've been suffering from one step forward and then two back for a couple of months now, but when Beth learns about the Sweetheart Classic, she's sure she's got just the horse that could win the race.The winner gets half a million dollars - but there's a catch.Only married couples who own the racehorse together can enter the Sweetheart Classic. She can solve this problem, just like she's tackled one obstacle after another since her husband died.Beth calls Trey and asks him to come help her with the horses, but when he arrives, she proposes the idea of a fake marriage so they can enter her horse in the Classic. And Trey...actually considers it.His feelings for Beth are real, but if a fake marriage can get him one step closer to a real relationship with Beth, he'd be crazy to say no, right?Can Beth and Trey survive a fake relationship stuffed full of real feelings? Or will hearts break in this inspirational contemporary western romance?

She'll do anything to show her ex she's not still hung up on him...even date her best friend.The only problem is Tamara Lennox has real feelings for Blaine Chappell. Blaine's happy to help Tam out of a tight spot. After all, she's helped him around Bluegrass Ranch more times than he can count.They've been best friends through thick and thin, ups and downs, and happy times and broken hearts. He never really liked her ex, and he wasn't sorry to see the guy go.He's also not sorry he's the one pretending to be her boyfriend when Hayes comes back into town. Now he just has to figure out if Tam is really over Hayes, or if he's kidding himself when he dreams of making Tam his for good.Will Tam get out of her own way so she can be with her best friend? Or will old feelings cause a rift between her and Blaine that can't be bridged?

She'll do anything to secure the funding she needs to take her perfumery to the next level...even date the boy next door.Except Spur Chappell is no boy.He's six-feet-two-inches of pure muscle, devilish grins, big hands, and loud laughter.Oh, and did Olivia Hudson mention his money?He's got a ton of that too.As the oldest son in the Chappell family, it's up to Spur to lead his brothers into the next generation of raising and selling championship racehorses. He loves it with his whole heart and soul, but a horse can't keep him warm at night.So when Olli Hudson, one of his neighbors, asks him to be her arm candy for one night to woo an investor, the worst he thinks can happen is his eyes might get permanently stuck up in his head for how often he rolls them.He wasn't expecting to be swept off his feet by the five-and-half-foot powerhouse of a woman with a nose that can sniff out the purest scents...and all of his hidden feelings for her.Will Olli be able to win over the cowboy billionaire? Or will she lose everything--including her heart?Start this series by Emmy Eugene and meet the Chappell family of cowboys in the beautiful Kentucky Bluegrass region!

They've been out before, and now they work in the same kitchen at The Heartwood Inn. Gwen isn't interested in getting anything filleted but fish, because Teagan's broken her heart before... Can Teagan and Gwen manage their professional relationship without letting feelings get in the way?Gwen Heartwood has a love-hate relationship with nearly everything in her life. She likes managing the dining services at the family owned and operated Heartwood Inn...unless she's dealing with angry customers, crushing deadlines, and not enough kitchen staff.She definitely likes Teagan Hatch still...but the man broke up with her on her doorstep on the night she thought they'd share their first kiss. No explanation. No apology. They've been working together in the kitchens at The Heartwood Inn for the last six months, but things are...strained to say the least.Teagan has a lot on his plate, but he finally comes to terms with the secrets he's been harboring, and he realizes he has to share them with other people if he wants to keep those people in his life. He's lost Gwen once, and he wants her back. So he bravely tells her the reason he broke up with her last time, and they start dating again.As Gwen learns more and more about Teagan, she finds herself slipping toward falling all the way in love with him. When he resists confessing everything at once, she regains her footing. She loves him...she loves him not.Will Teagan lay everything on the line for a shot at having Gwen in his life for good? Or will a relationship between them be too tumultuous to survive?

Bradley Keith is a Carter's Cove native, despite his professional football career. He's not interested in dating a journalist on his hometown island, and to get her to back off, he tells her he's engaged. The only problem? He's not. Doesn't even have a girlfriend.When the journalist shows up at The Heartwood Inn, where Brad is installing a new VIP swimming pool, demanding to know who his fiancée is, he names the first woman he literally sees walk by-Celeste Heartwood.Celeste runs the social events at the family inn, and she's tired of planning parties to which she has no date. So when Brad knocks on her office door in a panic, she goes along with his crazy idea. She doesn't particularly like him, because she submitted a construction proposal to his firm that went unanswered. And she's stuffy and uptight-at least according to Brad.Their plan? Stay together for six weeks and then quietly end things. No harm, no foul. She has a date, and he gets the reporter off his back.Falling in love wasn't in the plan. Will Celeste put her reputation-and her heart-on the line for the football star? Or will she end up nursing a wounded heart when the truth comes out?

Sheryl Heartwood loves everything to do with plants, flowers, and trees. She tends to the grounds around The Heartwood Inn, and she's content with the beach-side life she's always known.But she's not very happy about the ex-boyfriend who keeps showing up on her front step, following her around the expansive grounds at the inn, and scaring her.So she hires Gage Sanders to be her "boyfriend" to keep the other man away. The lines become blurred on the very first day, when she kisses him, which is so unlike Sheryl. As she and Gage spend more time together, she learns about the rough-around-the-edges man while showing him how to truly appreciate the beaches in the cove.Gage took the job, because he needed the money. A retired military man, he's been doing security work on the ferry, so pal-ing around with a beautiful woman shouldn't be too hard.Until his heart is on the line.When their agreement ends, can Sheryl and Gage keep their relationship going?

Olympia Heartwood is running the family empire, and she works long days and lives at The Heartwood Inn, making her entire life about her job. Which is just fine with her, because the last man she was involved with was married. When the truth came out, her heart shattered, and she's never been the same. And men? She can't trust them. Doesn't need them.Chet Christopher took the heat for something that wasn't his fault, lost his prestigious job at the country's largest luxury hotel chain, and has been living in his car for a few weeks. When he shows up off the coast of South Carolina, looking for somewhere to stay, everything is booked. But he's got plenty of old Southern money, so he rents the second penthouse at The Heartwood Inn-on the same floor as Olympia.He's instantly attracted to her-and her luxury inn, resort, and spa. But it becomes immediately apparent that he can't tell Olympia who he is or what he used to do for a living. She's so distrusting, and he doesn't want to go back to sleeping in the back seat.He can't help but offer advice for her inn, and as they work around bumps and misunderstandings, they start to accidentally fall in love...Will Olympia open her heart to the possibility of love? Or will Chet's secrets ruin everything?

Lauren Keller understands strategies. She adores them and never enters a marketing meeting without Strategy A, B, and C tucked away in the back of her mind. She's one of the top executives at her firm...until it all comes crashing down with the news that her boss has been stealing money from their clients for almost a decade.After narrowly escaping indictments herself, Lauren finds herself, at age 43, standing in the parking lot of her office building, a box with a stapler, a sad plant, and a couple of photos as her only companions.She needs a new strategy, and she decides she can map everything out from the beaches of Hilton Head.It's not an exit strategy.It's a seaside strategy.Relax more. Worry less. Find out what she really wants in her life.While trying to do that, all with the ocean breeze and her friends for support, Lauren meets Blake Williams. The man is movie-star gorgeous, witty, and looking for someone to help him run his successful financial planning business on the island.But Lauren doesn't want to work for him, especially not in strategic investments. She's had enough of the high-profile, corporate life. Can she strategically insert herself into Blake's life without compromising her seaside strategy and finally get what she really wants...love and a lasting relationship?

Spend another month in Five Island Cove and experience an amazing adventure between five best friends, the challenges they face, the secrets threatening to come between them, and their undying support of each other.Eloise Hall has reached a turning point: she either wants to marry Aaron or break up. Her scientific mind gets clouded by her heart, and she decides to quit her job at Boston University and move back to Five Island Cove to fix up and open The Cliffside Inn, a building she purchased decades ago on the rocky cliffs of Sanctuary Island.She thinks that''ll show Aaron she''s ready to wear a diamond and say I-do.Robin and Alice are dealing with their teenage children who''ve started dating when Alice learns that her ex-husband has lost his high-paying job and is having financial problems. All of the payments she''s been getting...won''t be coming anymore. With her husband back from Alaska, Robin struggles to learn how to balance home and family with her full-time job as well as her friends. When she has to make a difficult choice between her husband and helping Eloise with the inn, Robin doesn''t know which to support.AJ has met a great guy -- or so she says. She''s been texting her friends about a man named Peterson, but when they''re supposed to come to the cove to help Eloise with the inn, only AJ shows up.Kelli brings her son to the cove for another extended vacation after learning her husband has started another relationship in New Jersey. He''s asked her to consider an open relationship where they stay married, and he can still see and date this other woman.With their different personalities and in their different states of mind, none of these best friends are prepared for the secret contained within the walls of The Cliffside Inn. They''ve survived tough situations before, but this might be the thing that tears them apart for good...

These five best friends made a Summer Sand Pact as teens and have only kept it once or twice-until they reunite decades later and renew their agreement to meet in Five Island Cove every summer.Alice Kelton''s marriage is in shambles, and while she''s always thought she''d stay with her husband, after her last visit to the cove, she went back to the Hamptons and filed for divorce. She and her twins are moving to Rocky Ridge in Five Island Cove permanently, but she''s not telling anyone.Robin''s husband is in Alaska for the summer, and she''s pretending she''s okay.Eloise comes back to the cove every couple of weeks so she can see her new boyfriend, though she''s growing tired of the distance between them.AJ broke up with her non-committal boyfriend, and she''s happier, freer, and open to another relationship, even though she lives in Atlanta.Kelli brings her son to the cove this time, knowing her relationship with her husband is on the rocks and desperate to fix it. She plans to get some help from her sisterhood during the two weeks in the cove.When she''s followed to the beach house where the other women and their children have gathered, Kelli learns a dangerous secret thirty years in the making that could completely undo all the progress she''s made...Get ready for more secrets to come to light in Five Island Cove, and for these five women to show each other what it means to love and support someone through thick and thin.