Secrets at the Last House Before the Sea by Liz Eeles

From the attic of Driftwood House there are stunning views of the deep green sea and sapphire sky. But Rosie can’t tear her eyes away from the faded photograph in her hands, and the words written on the back that will change everything…

Back in the tiny seaside village of Heaven’s Cove after the death of her mother, all Rosie Merchant wants is to hide her tears, rent out her childhood home, and get back to her ‘real’ life, away from the gossiping villagers and wild Devon weather she escaped from years ago.

She’s surprised to find a smiling man in hiking boots – local farmer Liam – waiting on the stone doorstep. His kind offer to help clear crumbling, isolated Driftwood House is hard to refuse, and despite Rosie’s determination not to let anyone get close, soon they’re walking and laughing together along the clifftops. As clouds scud across the endless sky and green waves crash against the shore, Rosie is reminded that nowhere is more beautiful than home.

Then, up in the attic of Driftwood House, Rosie stumbles across a photo which exposes the heart-stopping truth about how her mother came to live at Driftwood House years ago… and Liam only seems concerned about the implications for his own nearby farm. Did he know this painful secret all along, and should she run from Heaven’s Cove for good? Or will facing up to her devastating family history mean Rosie can finally put down roots in this beautiful place?

This book can be enjoyed as a standalone.

Get whisked away to the rugged, sweeping Devon coastline in this gripping story about old secrets, learning how to trust, and finding where home is. Fans of Debbie Macomber, Barbara O’Neal and Mary Alice Monroe will adore this gorgeous and uplifting read.

The Wild Oneby Cassie-Ann L. Miller

Jasper Westbrook. Code name: Swoon Machine.
My best friend’s older brother.
Melter of ovaries. Destroyer of panties.
And suddenly…a single dad.

Guys like Jasper—I bet you know the type? The chiseled arms. The wavy hair. The melt-your-brain-cells smile.
Good thing I’m a smart girl—Honey Hill’s former child prodigy, to be precise—I should know better than to fall for this playboy’s charm.

Here’s the thing, though. The man is an expert at solving my problems. And he always knows how to make me laugh. And those hands…Those big, rough mechanic hands…

Oh, damn. What’s that I just said about resisting his charm? Never mind.

Right as our clothes are about to go flying, Jasper’s playboy ways catch up to him. And his life goes to hell in a picnic basket.

Welp. Should have seen that coming.

What I didn’t expect was that Jasper would turn to me for help. And that I would accept.
And I definitely didn’t expect to discover the ‘paternal side’ he’s had hidden all along.

When he rocks his sweet baby girl to sleep in those big, tattooed arms, ‘come to daddy’ takes on a whole new meaning.
Now, I just want to crawl between his sheets and keep him up past his bed time…if you know what I mean.

But we both know we shouldn’t cross that line. Because Jasper is the sudden single dad. And I’m the reluctant nanny. There’s way too much at stake.

Yet, each stolen kiss ignites a wildfire. And each whispered confession leaves me craving his heart.

Fine. I should know better. But I just want to tame this wild one. Once and for all.

The Wild One is a steamy, laugh-out-loud, best friend’s brother, single dad and nanny small town romance. It is set in small town Iowa and is book two in the Wild Westbrooks series.

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Verity and Regretting You delivers another breathtaking romance with a magnetic suspense that will keep you glued to the pages.

Life and a dismal last name are the only two things Beyah’s parents ever gave her. After carving her path all on her own, Beyah is well on her way to bigger and better things, thanks to no one but herself. With only two short months separating her from the future she’s built and the past she desperately wants to leave behind, an unexpected death leaves Beyah with no place to go during the interim.

Forced to reach out to her last resort, Beyah has to spend the remainder of her summer on a peninsula in Texas with a father she barely knows. Beyah’s plan is to keep her head down and let the summer slip by seamlessly, but her new neighbor Samson throws a wrench in that plan.

Samson and Beyah have nothing in common on the surface.
She comes from a life of poverty and neglect; he comes from a family of wealth and privilege. But one thing they do have in common is that they’re both drawn to sad things. Which means they’re drawn to each other.

With an almost immediate connection too intense for them to continue denying, Beyah and Samson agree to stay in the shallow end of a summer fling. What Beyah doesn’t realize is that a rip current is coming, and it’s about to drag her heart out to sea.

“This book deserves a whole galaxy of stars, but alas, five is all I can give.” -Shades of Rebecca