Books

Addison Hayes had one rule when she left Atlanta for Ellery Cove: no more pretending.

No more polished rooms full of people she didn’t like. No more perfect dresses for events she didn’t want to attend. No more building a life that looked good from the outside while quietly making her feel like a stranger to herself.

Then Morgan takes her to...

Morgan Riley does not slow down.

She runs Ellery Cove with a laptop, a calendar, a sharp tongue, and enough force of will to move half the island before breakfast. She plans the festivals, manages the vendors, reads every room she walks into. She does not have time for distractions, especially not the broad-shouldered former ballplayer who walks...

Kirstin Green has rules.

No nonsense. No pity. No baseball players.

Especially not Ethan Beck.

He walks into Sailor Jon’s with a duffel bag over one shoulder and his right arm hanging a little too still at his side. Two All-Star teams. A highlight reel that used to run three nights a week. And a shoulder that betrayed him before he was ready to let...

Emily Callahan doesn’t believe in love at first sight. She believes in evidence, preparation, and control. A federal prosecutor with a perfect record, she’s built walls so high she forgot who put them there.

Jake Walsh believes in showing up.

A former Delta operator turned federal investigator, Jake reads people for a living. Emily Callahan might...

Emily Callahan chose Jake Walsh.

She chose Tampa over Main Justice. She chose a window seat over a corner office. She chose the man who built her a reading nook and called her Em and made her believe she was allowed to want things.

Now her parents have arrived from Nashville to see exactly what their daughter threw away a career for. His estranged...