Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?Alec O'Keeffe has made a life for himself as a successful single father and the mayor of Pajaro Bay. His days are full, but his nights are lonely. He swears he wouldn't change a thing about his life--except maybe the crazy outfit he agreed to wear as the village's Surfing Santa.But now that one woman who broke his heart is back in town, and she wants to see the child she ab...

Maggie's dog-training buddy drops off her German Shepherd for a play date–then disappears. Soon Maggie begins to wonder if her friend could be leading a deadly double life.Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies….Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky...

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?Teresa Soto is hiding from her fellow gang members in the perfect place: the tiny village of Pajaro Bay. But when she falls for the squeaky-clean director of the local youth center, things get complicated.She's one step ahead of the danger on her tail, and may be taking him along for the ride. Should she run, should she hide, or should she stay and fight for the new life sh...

A handsome movie star in her kitchen, and a corpse in the swimming pool. Just your typical Monday morning....Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies.Do you like dogs, crafts, quirky friends, a slow-building romance between grown-ups who genuinely like ea...

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?A lonely widow and widower are brought together by a twenty-year-old mystery.When she was young, Lacy Jasperson had been horribly hurt by an unknown assailant. In the years since, she's found healing in the little beach town of Pajaro Bay. Now she's alone, a widow living in a lovely little cottage by the sea, trying to make peace with her grief and loss, and move forward.

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?Camilla Stewart desperately needs to start over. Her ex-fiance ripped her off and disappeared, leaving behind his eight-year-old son. She soon finds herself out of gas in a tiny beach town with the lost boy in tow and the key to an abandoned cottage in her pocket. But there's more to the village of Pajaro Bay than meets the eye, including a handsome local cop poking into her busine...

Maggie's buddy Nora is charged with trying to murder her younger boy toy husband, and Maggie is sure it's a bum rap. But to clear her friend's name, she's going to have to break a few rules herself….Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies….Do yo...

Maggie faces her most confusing case yet when she finds a treasured beaded knife–in someone's back! Can she figure out what happened before anyone else ends up dead?And when her buddy, movie star Reese Stevens, tries to make a fresh start after falling off the wagon, can Maggie keep him from going off-track?Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, an...

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?Sheltered heiress Lori York runs away to the isolated island lighthouse at Pajaro Bay. But when a mysterious man washes ashore during a winter storm, she has to figure out just what he's hiding before they both end up as shark bait.Matt DiPietro is the hometown boy gone bad. He's brought shame to his family, and his childhood friends know he can't be trusted. Now he's retur...

A nasty paparazzo is accused of murdering an equally nasty screenwriter, and Maggie is torn between relief that they're both out of her hair—and worry that the police have captured the wrong man.Maggie McJasper is starting over in a little California beach town. She has a bead shop, a nice circle of friends, and a handsome movie star who keeps flirting with her. Life would be pretty great if she could just stop stumbling over dead bodies….Do you li...

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?Robin Brenham has a great life. She came to Pajaro Bay several years ago, and quickly carved out a career as an expert on the village's famous eccentric cottages. She's got a great circle of friends, is well-respected in the community… but no one knows the real reason she moved to town.Her earliest memory is of sitting on the floor in a cottage in Pajaro Bay, while her moth...

Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: have you been to Pajaro Bay?The dream of finding the perfect little cottage by the sea kept her going through the darkest days of her illness. But now that she's finally made it to her new home, she finds the reality is a lot more complicated, starting with the secretive—but undeniably intriguing—man next door.Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are ...