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I write semi-sweet stories for women about family, friendship, and finding soulmates.
Though romance is a running theme, it's never the main goal. My heroines want to overcome life's obstacles on their own - they're not waiting to be saved, but determined to save themselves.
The Happily-Ever-After at the end is just a bonus prize!
After nearly a decade in New York City, Emily Knowles returns to the New Jersey beach town she once couldn’t wait to leave. Her plan? Get through her sister’s bridal shower and help her dad recover from a broken leg while keeping her head down, and maybe—just maybe—finish the screenplay that could launch her career as a writer for the Heartbeat Channel.
She doesn’t plan on Christopher Everhart strolling back into her life.
The boy who crushed her heart is now all grown up—and turning her parents’ Victorian house into a bed-and-breakfast. Worse? He seems determined to fix more than just the plumbing.
Christopher sees Emily’s return as his chance to make things right. But Emily’s made a living turning heartbreak into bestselling romance novels, and she’s not about to let an old flame derail her chances for more.
But as long-buried feelings resurface and old sparks reignite, Emily will have to decide if this is just a nostalgic detour for the summer... or the second chance she never saw coming.
coming summer 2026
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