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Summer Beach volume 1
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"A widowed artist. An old crush. One summer to get her life back ... Ivy Marin's life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher and with nowhere to go, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives. If only renovating a historical home didn't unveil a host of hidden secrets in the beachside community--and the mayor wasn't her...
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"While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after fire forces Summer Beach residents from their homes. Even the mayor, Bennett Dylan, who was Ivy's high school crush, moves in. As the summer heats up, attractions simmer and feuds erupt. Living in the house Bennett had hoped could be a community center, he finds himself at odds with Ivy's campaign for a bed-and-breakfast zoning change. And when valuable...
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The Coral Cottage At Summer Beach volume Book 1
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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When Marina Moore’s life blows up on national television, she seeks refuge at her grandmother’s beach house called the Coral Cottage. Now in her mid-forties with children in college, Marina is in dire need of her grandmother's gutsy advice to a well-lived life. Marina meets an old friend, Ivy Bay, proprietor of the Seabreeze Inn, who encourages her to share her love of food at the local farmer’s market. Soon Marina’s sister Kai arrives on...
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"When Marina Moore's life implodes, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house. In her mid-forties, Marina needs her grandmother's gutsy advice to life. Writer Jack Ventana is on a sabbatical to write a book, but soon faces the prospect of unexpected romance when he moves into the guest cottage."--Publisher
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 1
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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When Marina Moore's life implodes, she seeks refuge at her grandmother's beach house. In her mid-forties, Marina needs her grandmother's gutsy advice to life. Writer Jack Ventana is on a sabbatical to write a book, but soon faces the prospect of unexpected romance when he moves into the guest cottage.
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"With the high summer season underway at the Seabreeze Inn, Ivy faces a fresh round of new challenges and reasons to celebrate. She has just one season to make the inn successful enough to pay the tax bill her late husband burdened her with. And her neighbor’s lawsuit could mean an end to the Seabreeze Inn. Yet her daughter Sunny’s arrival is also a chance to renew their relationship. While Bennett is developing deeper feelings for Ivy, new trials...
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A novel about a life-changing summer along the beaches of Martha's Vineyard. Oak Bluffs is the most exclusive black beach community in the country, a mecca for the crème de la crème of black society. Thirty years ago, Amelia Vaux Tanner and her husband built a house high on the bluffs, a cottage they named Chateau Laveau. "Ama's" three gifted "goddaughters:" Esperanza "Perry" Soto, an Afro-Latina lawyer; Olivia Jones, a Wall Street analyst; and...
9) Coral Café
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 2
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"A beach café. An event to remember. The summer heats up with friendship and fun. When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmer's market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a cafe on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina must quickly become more creative than ever, especially when her children need help. Her sister Kai's position in a musical theater troupe forces more changes, especially when she becomes engaged....
10) Coral Cafe
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 2
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English
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"A beach café. An event to remember. The summer heats up with friendship and fun. When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmer's market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a cafe on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina must quickly become more creative than ever, especially when her children need help. Her sister Kai's position in a musical theater troupe forces more changes, especially when she becomes engaged....
11) Coral Holiday
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 3
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English
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"Marina Moore's new Coral Cafe is a Summer Beach favorite of locals and visitors alike. When her sister Kai throws her energy into helping create a Summer Beach performing arts theater, the entire family gets involved in a new holiday musical production with locals and celebrities. As writer Jack Ventana struggles to adapt to his new role as a single father in a small beach town, his fledgling romantic relationship with Marina suffers. Will this holiday...
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Summer beach novel volume 6
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English
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When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay form a book club to help support a local bookshop on the beach, friends and guests of the old beach house inn are eager to join, although one new member harbors a potentially devastating secret. Meanwhile, a discovery in the historic beach house inn brings the past to light, and recently widowed Ivy grapples with the idea of a new marriage. But when a threat arises during a book club meeting that could impact the entire...
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Summer beach novel volume 5
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"At the historic Seabreeze Inn, sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay are busier than ever with wedding plans of their own, although challenges threaten to derail the special events. New guests are also throwing a wedding at the inn, bringing a host of trials and chaos. As Ivy prepares the old beach house for a season of weddings, surprising discoveries from decades past arise that could change even the best of plans. RSVP now and join the party on the beach."...
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Coral cottage at Summer Beach volume 4
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"While Marina and Jack contemplate their future together, her sister Kai and her new fiance Axe are planning their wedding. This summer, the family is busy with Marina's new food truck addition to their beach cafe and Kai's latest theater production. When disagreements threaten to derail plans, the sisters' grandmother, the indomitable Ginger Delavie, doles out sage advice. Soon, unforgettable events unfold on the sunny summer shores. Don't miss...
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"Sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay are looking forward to hosting a joyful, long-awaited family reunion at the Seabreeze Inn to introduce their new husbands to distant kin. Beach barbecues, games, and other festivities are planned, but everyone is shocked when hidden family secrets emerge. This season, gather on the shores of Summer Beach for sunny shenanigans and warm ocean breezes, as well as unexpected events that could change lives and family dynamics."--Page...
16) Seabreeze Shores
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Summer beach novel volume 7
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English
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Join the fun of the first Spa Week at the Seabreeze Inn! As Ivy is trying to adjust to a new marriage, she also has to welcome spa guests and deal with more secrets her old beach house reveals--this time, from the Roaring Twenties. Added to that, her sister Shelly is nervous about having her first baby. Will Ivy manage to pull off the first spa week and juggle her new life in Summer Beach?
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 5
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Marina and her sister Kai, entrusted with managing Summer Beach's one-hundred-year celebration, navigate treacherous waters. Age-old grudges and family secrets soon resurface. Their grandmother's hidden past casts a shadow, forcing them to confront dangerous truths. While Marina's daughter Heather grapples with boyfriend troubles, she discovers her new husband Jack is harboring secrets of his own. As tensions rise and love is tested, the bonds of...
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Summer beach novel volume 9
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After embarking on their second-chance midlife marriage, Ivy and Bennett are eager to enjoy a relaxing holiday. However, when their flight to sunny shores is rerouted to a glittering city by the sea, they seize the chance to explore potential historical connections to Ivy's Seabreeze Inn. However, they never dreamed their discovery could have far-reaching effects.
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When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
In a hidden enclave in Sag Harbor affectionately known as SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Nineveh--there's a close-knit community of African American elites who escape the city...