Jan Moran
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Series
Summer beach volume 9
Language
English
Description
"After embarking on a second 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 historical connections to Ivy's Seabreeze Inn. Yet, their discovery could have far-reaching effects. Meanwhile, unexpected events at Ivy's Seabreeze Inn also threaten to derail travel plans. Ivy's sister Shelly and their niece Poppy do...
Author
Series
Summer beach novel volume 5
Language
English
Description
"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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Series
Crown Island volume 2
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Language
English
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Junie Raines is ready for a second chance at life on a sunny island off the coast of Southern California. She's managing the gift shop at the Majestic Hotel, a Victorian-era beach resort, and her sister Maileah is trying her patience with her sibling rivalry. It's been two years since Junie's husband died. She longs for a second chance to have a family while she's still young, but dating has its challenges with Maileah around. Junie is looking for...
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Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 3
Language
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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Series
A summer beach novel volume 3
Language
English
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"Untangling secrets at a historic beach inn has unimagined surprises. With the high summer season underway at the Seabreeze Inn, Ivy Bay faces new challenges. She has just one season to make the inn a success to pay the tax bill her late husband left behind. This third novel in the charming Summer Beach series concludes this trilogy."--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Summer beach novel volume 8
Language
English
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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 will change lives and family dynamics."...
Author
Series
Summer Beach Seabreeze Inn volume Book 4
Language
English
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"Sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn and open their historic beach house to the village."--
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English
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"A young winemaker. A devastating family secret. A truth that could destroy the man she loves. Napa Valley, 1956: Winemaker Caterina Rosetta and her widowed mother Ava harbor family secrets and face threats that could ruin their family winery, Mille �Etoiles Vineyards. Concealing her husband's past in Tuscany, Ava struggles to manage the vineyard, while her high-spirited, passionate daughter Caterina-a wine-blending savant-has inherited Ava's talent...
Author
Series
Summer beach novel volume 6
Language
English
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Description
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...
10) Seabreeze Shores
Author
Series
A summer beach novel volume 7
Language
English
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Description
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?
12) Seabreeze summer
Author
Series
Summer Beach volume 2
Language
English
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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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English
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"A young widow. A husband she thought she knew. On the picturesque Italian coast of Amalfi lies a chocolatier's destiny ... San Francisco, 1953: Heartbroken over the mysterious death of her husband, Celina Savoia, a second-generation chocolatière, resolves to take their young son to Italy's shimmering Amalfi coast to introduce him to his father's family. Just as she embarks on a magical, romantic life of making chocolate by the sea surrounded by...
14) Beach View Lane
Author
Series
Crown Island volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"When her long marriage suddenly ends in divorce, history teacher April Raines returns to Crown Island, determined to start over. Her two grown daughters join her in a cottage - and the sibling rivalry has never been stronger. Soon, April unearths long-buried island secrets at the historical society. Worse, she is unexpectedly attracted to Ryan Kingston, the mysterious, enigmatic new owner of the Majestic Hotel, a vintage beachfront resort. Can they...
15) Coral weddings
Author
Series
Coral cottage at Summer Beach volume 4
Language
English
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Description
"While Marina and Jack contemplate their future together, her sister Kai and her new fiancé 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...
16) Coral Café
Author
Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 2
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
©2021
Language
English
Description
"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....
Author
Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 5
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Europe, 1939: At the dawn of World War II, French perfumer Danielle Bretancourt and her German husband strive to ensure their family's safety, yet neither of them can foresee the ultimate cost. From London to Paris and Germany, Danielle struggles to find her missing child and aid the Resistance, even as she grieves her losses. As the war intensifies, Danielle is forced to seek refuge in America to save the lives of her remaining family. She draws...
19) Coral cottage
Author
Series
Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 1
Language
English
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Description
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.
20) Seabreeze Gala
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Series
Publisher
Sunny Palms Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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The future of the Seabreeze Inn hinges on one gala event, but will the history of the beachside inn threaten its survival?
When Ivy Bay's historic Seabreeze Inn requires critical repairs, a benefactor offers help, and the announcement ripples through the art world and beyond.
However, the auction of an incomparable Victorian necklace attracts people Ivy never expected. Soon, a host of characters descend on quiet
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