Diamonds, Teak, and Murder: A Crystal Coast Case (Crystal Coast Cases Book 1)by A. M. Ialacci

Upon the sudden deaths of her parents in a car accident, credit fraud investigator Allie Fox traded her fast-paced life in Chicago for a boatyard bookkeeping job in sleepy Carteret County, North Carolina. It is a huge transition, especially as she is now the sole caregiver for her younger autistic brother. But when the yard foreman mysteriously ends up dead at work, she can’t resist being pulled into the mystery.

Plenty of people had reason to want Ty Guthrie dead, but he had been kind to her as a kid, and even the sheriff’s department thinks there may have been foul play. Despite the possibility of alienating all of her co-workers and risking her livelihood, Allie becomes a consultant on the case to discover the murderer in their midst.

The deeper she digs, the more secrets she unravels, and the killer turns his sights on her, and even worse, her brother. At odds with law enforcement and the DA while a massive hurricane bears down on the coast, the only thing that matters is that her brother is in danger. With everything to lose and time running out, it’s up to Allie alone to stop the killer, or die trying.

The Summer of Good Intentions: A Novelby Wendy Francis

Cape Cod summers are supposed to remain reassuringly the same, but everything falls apart when three sisters and their families come together for their annual summer vacation–and they are carrying more secrets than suitcases.

Maggie is the oldest. She feels responsible for managing the summer house and making sure everything is as it always has been. But she’s hurt that her parents’ recent divorce has destroyed the family’s comfortable summer routines, and her own kids seem to be growing up at high speed. Is it too late to have another baby?

Jess is the middle sister. She loves her job but isn’t as passionate about her marriage. She’s not sure she can find the courage to tell Maggie what she’s done–much less talk to her husband about it.

Virgie is the youngest, her dad’s favorite. She’s always been the career girl, but now there’s a man in her life. Her television job on the west coast is beyond stressful, and it’s taking its toll on her–emotionally and physically. She’s counting on this vacation to erase the symptoms she’s not talking about.

The Herington girls are together again, with their husbands and kids, for another summer in the family’s old Cape Cod house. When their mother, Gloria, announces she’s coming for an unscheduled visit–with her new boyfriend–no one is more surprised than their father, Arthur, who has not quite gotten over his divorce. Still, everyone manages to navigate the challenges of living grown-up lives in close quarters, until an accident reveals a new secret that brings everyone together in heartbreak…and then healing.

Poignant, compelling, and so real that you could shake the sand out of the pages, The Summer of Good Intentions is by a rising star who aims her fiction square at the heart of readers who love Elin Hilderbrand, Dorothea Benton Frank, and Mary Kay Andrews.

Runaway Groomby Weston Parker

He’s promising to marry this girl, but he’s running away with me.

The entire City of Angels is hung up on the latest season of their favorite reality show and its star, Rhett Roberts.

The cocky jerk has women throwing themselves at him in every episode, and it looks like he’s loving it.

Well, good for him.

He’s a cocky player with a wild streak ten miles wide.

The man defies death for a living as a stuntman, for heaven’s sake. Well, when he’s not too busy being fed champagne by fifteen different girls on a yacht or breaking the hearts of the ones he sends home.

No thank you. That’s a hard pass from me.

All I want to do is make a name for myself by making sure the flowers on the finale are the best they can possibly be.

Until I meet him.

He’s famous for his gorgeous eyes, daring personality, and doing stunts for some of the biggest celebrities the city has ever seen.

People love this guy.

Men want to be him and women want to be with him, but one wrong move makes him the most hated man in the whole country.

He’s the runaway groom, and his sidekick?

Me. The girl that isn’t supposed to be in love with him.

What could possibly go wrong?

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston

His Rough Touchby Jessica Mills

She hates my family & I’m falling for her.

A pretty local girl needs some help moving furniture for a clearance sale, and I was just being nice.

I didn’t realize she had serious hate toward my family. It’s almost comical.

Regardless, she’s got me trapped. Something about her leaves me willing to ignore the signs to run, and instead, I find myself wanting more and more time with her.

That time wasn’t supposed to include a tumble in the sheets, but it did.

One night was all I got. Then we went our separate ways.

I tried not to think about her too much, not until I heard she was pregnant.

Why wouldn’t she tell me about the little one?

There’s no choice but to make her mine, which was my desire in the first damn place.

She’s wrong about us Montgomery boys.

We may have a rough touch, but we have good hearts.

Time to take back what’s mine.

Embers: Beastly Cursesby Sky Sommers

A wolf cursed to be a horrible warning. A huntsman who hates to kill. His son loves red T-shirts and to roam the woods alone.

For failing to uphold her end of the bargain Ella’s “wicked” stepmother Grace now walks the world on four paws. Her husband Peter has become the village huntsman to save his wife from the villagers. And his son from his wife.

Will Grace remember who she is as she is drawn to the boy? Will she find her way back to Peter? And how exactly do you lift a Fairy Queen’s curse?

This adult retelling of Red Riding Hood weaves several classic fairytales together with a splash of darkness, can be read as a standalone novel and is aimed at an adult audience (heat level: mild). For those who wanted to know how Prince Charming’s parents got together, keep an eye out for a nested story of Belle and Beast.