Teacher and fix-it queen Rowan Mackey avoids attention. Afflicted with serious burns as a teenager, she gets too many unwanted stares already. Consequently, her difficult dating history has taught her to dislike romance, too. So, it’s no surprise when her boyfriend’s extravagant public proposal goes sideways.

Longing for a safe, quiet life with Dean and believing his “independent together” arrangement is her best hope for companionship and a family, Rowan buys the perfect little house to fix things.

Problem is… she shares a property line with Jack Graham, a bestselling romance writer and party-centric playboy, who quickly becomes her next door nemesis. He makes it very clear—he doesn’t want a new neighbor. But when clashes with Rowan end his year-long writer’s block, he must explore his creative fascination with his reluctant muse under atypical constraints: Neighbor. Engaged. Off-limits.

These opposites attract, forging a surprise connection. Boundaries vanish as tension rises between them, and they face emotionally charged choices.

Will Rowan risk her safe life with Dean for a chance with the grumpy playboy next door? And will Jack change everything to find the inspiration he craves with the one woman he shouldn’t?

Falling in love is only the beginning. Staying in love is a choice.

I miss us. Those three words reveal what Lena’s feared for a while—her marriage to Ben is in trouble. Every good thing they’ve built together, their sweet family, and Lena’s booming business, Saddletree Farm and Bakery Cafe, have taken priority over what’s gotten her here—Ben’s love and support. He’s always been there for her. But now that his hearing impairment is worsening and his career as a police officer is in jeopardy, he can’t connect with the woman he loves, not that she has the time. They aren’t talking, and, worse, he’s keeping secrets.

Lena knows something has to change. After consulting her best friends, Dot and Cherry, the strong, creative women responsible for helping her transform her family’s farm into the beautiful retreat it is, she makes an executive decision—she accepts a movie deal. Diamond Studios takes over Saddletree to produce their next horror flick, and she gets a three-month hiatus to spend time with Ben and fix what’s broken. With her best friends stepping in to help (sometimes too much), Lena is determined to save her marriage.

Only the harder she tries, the more she pushes him away. The “vacation” from her business feels more like an intrusion as the studio takes over. The security and comfort her stoic, all-business husband usually provides crumbles under his own turmoil—he is losing his identity, and Lena may not find a place in his new one. When their shared world continues to fracture, their choices whittle down to one—sometimes, the bravest thing to do is let go.

A heartwarming story of love and reinvention at the worst time…

Lena Buckley’s not like other thirty-five-year-olds—ones with awesome careers, relationships, and health insurance. Not that she doesn’t want those things. But after her bakery failed and her ex deemed her unlovable, she has nothing to show for her life but a dilapidated family farm and an anxiety disorder worsened by her mother’s long illness and recent death.

Starting over, again, means major decisions ahead, so she relies on the simple mantra that kept her going during her mom’s care—make one thing better—hoping it leads to the successful, independent life she wants.

Ben Wright knows about second chances. A disabled army veteran and local cop, he copes with war injuries that have left him scarred and hearing impaired. He’s a loner, anyway, hard to read and not one for chitchat. Still, he embodies the stability Lena struggles to find while she offers him the warmth and openness he’s been missing. After two chance encounters, he keeps showing up, not just to help her but to know her better. Connected by their brokenness, he sees her as she is and somehow likes her anyway—acceptance she’s never had before and doubts she can keep.

But reality supports what her anxiety tells her—good things don’t last. When she loses her few opportunities and her home verges on unlivable, she must choose between love and survival.

You never get over your first love. How about your first murder?

Tipee Island isn’t just a beachy cool vacation spot, but the perfect place to start over. Gutsy, but error-prone, Delilah Duffy returns to the island she loved as a child and hopes to reinvent herself as the manager of Beach Read Books. But disappearing into the anonymous folds of a tourist town isn’t easy, especially with her first love and worst heartbreak, Sam Teague, offering her only support.

Her arrival in Tipee sets off a string of disturbing acts of vandalism. The message is clear—everyone wants to see her fail, even members of her own family. When a man is murdered in her bookstore the night before her grand opening, Delilah tops the short list of suspects. The evidence mounts along with the ill-will of islanders who don’t want her there in the first place.

If Delilah Duffy has a shot at the beach life, she must navigate a vicious family feud, outrun a dark past, and uncover the truth. It’s not only her business but her very life that’s in danger.

We’re all just one pain away from lunacy.

Book lover and amateur sleuth Delilah Duffy returns in her second thrilling adventure from her new seaside home of Tipee Island. With her bookstore open and her sweet romance with Sam deepening, Delilah’s finally won the quiet, small-town life she wants, or so it seems. Nothing’s easy, not with continued business woes and leftover trauma from her last case adding to the chaos.

A fancy party at the luxurious Peacock Inn should be a pleasant distraction, but when the party takes an eerie turn, Delilah discovers another mystery – she thinks. Her anxiety disorder intensifies, and with no evidence to prove her claims, she can’t be sure of anything. But Delilah is not one to back down from a challenge, and her desperate search for the truth soon lands her smack in the middle of a ruthless criminal ring.

As danger lurks around every corner, Delilah must use all her wits to uncover the truth and take down the lunatic masterminding it all. But with her business on the line and her romance with Sam at stake, will Delilah be able to solve the mystery in time, or will this be the end of the cozy life she’s worked so hard to build?

Some secrets are kept to be kind.

A normal beach life managing Beach Read Books with Sam by her side—that’s all infamous mystery-solver Delilah Duffy wants. Torture, pain, and misery—that’s all someone else wants for her. She’s being watched. With her anxiety already high thanks to her psycho nemesis, she’s also worried about Sam—he’s gone and disturbingly silent. Sam wouldn’t ghost her—she knows that—though that’s what everyone thinks. But the longer his silence, the harder it is to make sense of it, especially now when she needs him most.

Struggling with Sam’s mystery, she becomes embattled in another. When an elegant dinner party at Mike’s restaurant takes a poisonous turn, the “book queen with a thing for crime scenes” must do all she can to save her friend from a murder charge. Desperate to break the case before her worst fears break her, Delilah must untangle the secrets holding her hostage while protecting one of her own, and she’s never felt more alone or at risk. With her future with Sam in danger, what lines will she cross to get to the truth?

What’re ten seconds compared to a lifetime?

Bookstore manager and amateur detective Delilah Duffy knows better than most that disaster strikes in seconds. When Beach Read’s Happily Ever After Book Bash ends in fiery destruction, everything she’s worked for burns with it—her home, business, and relationship with Sam. But when Beach Read’s owner offers her two weeks to find the culprit to ensure his insurance claim, Delilah knows this is her last chance to rebuild her treasured bookstore and get her life back. So, pregnant and brokenhearted, Delilah directs her anger toward what she’s good at—solving mysteries. Hot on the trail of an arsonist while her nemesis is on hers, Delilah partners with her investigative journalist uncle Clark Duffy to piece together clues, confront suspects, and fight for the truth with more at stake than ever before. Will she solve the case before the pyromaniac strikes again? Or will all her island dreams end in an inferno?

All it takes is one mistake to ruin everything.

With a growing family, a successful business, and a mega-bestselling book series, Delilah Duffy has finally won the life she’s battled for since moving to the island. Almost.

She fears the oasis she’s created with Sam will come to a quick end when Chris Kayne returns for her—a fear exacerbated by media coverage of her upcoming book release and approaching wedding.

When a studio executive’s odd murder thrusts Delilah into the investigation, her fears become reality. One strange death to the next, Chris Kayne is back to enact his dark plans. Or is he?

After everything she’s learned about her supervillain soulmate, Delilah doesn’t believe it—or doesn’t want to. With the stakes higher than ever and the body count rising, unraveling the killer’s twisted game is the only way to secure her happily-ever-after… if she and her loves can survive it.