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Jan Moran
1) Coral Cafe
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
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When Marina Moore decides to expand her farmers' market and pop-up dinner business, the next step is a café on the shores of Summer Beach. But challenges loom, and Marina must quickly become more creative than ever, especially when her college-aged twins need help. In the midst of it all, her sister Kai decides to create a local musical theater troupe. Their sister Brooke is having marital troubles, while their enigmatic grandmother Ginger continues...
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Summer Beach volume 2
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While renovating an old beach house, Ivy and her sister, Shelly, suddenly have full occupancy after wildfires force 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...
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Summer Beach volume 3
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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. And her neighbor's lawsuit could mean an end to the Seabreeze Inn. Yet her daughter Sunny's arrival in Summer Beach is also a chance to renew their strained relationship. While the mayor, Bennett Dylan, develops deeper feelings for Ivy, new trials weigh on their...
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Summer beach novel volume 5
Pub. Date
2021.
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"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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Summer Beach volume 1
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Ivy Marin's life implodes after discovering that her late husband had spent their life savings on a beach house. Strapped for cash as an art teacher, Ivy and her recently jilted sister head to Summer Beach to recreate their lives. If only renovating a historical home didn't unveil a host of hidden secrets in the beachside community -- and the mayor wasn't her former high school crush. Bennett Dylan led a campaign against Ivy's late husband to block...
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Summer beach novel volume 7
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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?
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Summer Beach novel volume 4
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"When sisters Ivy and Shelly Bay discover crates of vintage Christmas decorations at the Seabreeze Inn, they open their historic beach house to the village of Summer Beach. From a Gingerbread Bake-off and a Santa Sprint on the beach to a mysterious guest who has an unusual effect on those around him, the Seabreeze Inn is the place to be this holiday season. Families and friends come together, and love is in the air--until a priceless discovery at...
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"While Marina and Jack contemplate their future together, her sister Kai and her new fiance 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...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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"1956: When Caterina Rosetta inherits a cottage in the countryside of Italy from a grandmother she's never known, she discovers a long-buried family secret -- a secret so devastating, it threatens the future of everything her mother has worked for. Many years before, her mother's hard-won dreams of staking her family's claim in the vineyards of California came to fruition; but as an old murder comes to light, and Caterina uncovers a tragic secret...
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Summer beach novel volume 6
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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...
11) Sunshine Avenue
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Pub. Date
2023
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Visit Crown Island for sunshine and romance. What could be sweeter? Especially with Knox MacKenzie around...
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
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 5
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"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...
13) Beauty Mark
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Pub. Date
2017
Description
A treacherous boss. The client from hell. Can Scarlett survive a deadly career while an old friend turns into a new love? A fun, circle-of-friends series from a USA Today bestselling author.
Style meets suspense... In the glamorous world of high-stakes beauty and fashion, Scarlett Sandoval is a top intellectual property attorney flying between Los Angeles, New York, London, and Madrid. In the midst of a critical trademark deal between a top fashion...
14) Runway
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Pub. Date
2017
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A sabotaged fashion show. An Irish rock star. A missing bride. Can designer Fianna Fitzgerald survive her debut season? A fun, circle-of-friends series from a USA Today bestselling author. After Fianna Fitzgerald's debut runway show of her fashion designs, a walk on the Malibu beach with reclusive rock star Niall Finley nearly claims their lives when they get caught in high tides. Will the bond they form in those critical moments be enough to last...
15) Essence
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Pub. Date
2017
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An old family secret. A handsome Formula 1 race car driver. Can Dahlia handle the dangerous curves ahead when their worlds collide? A fun, circle-of-friends book from a USA Today bestselling author. When indie perfumer Dahlia Dubois steps in to lead the iconic, international perfume house her grandmother founded, she soon discovers that nothing is as it seems-including the intriguing man she met in Cannes, France.Soon, tensions rise in Monaco, where...
16) Style
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Pub. Date
2017
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Stalked by paparazzi, top model Penelope Plessen stands to lose everything. Though Stefan once broke her heart, he's the only man she trusts. Should she risk her heart to save her life? A fun, circle-of-friends series from a USA Today bestselling author. As a top international model, hard-working Penelope Plessen jets between runways of the world's most glamorous cities. This is the life she's dreamed of, yet it all implodes during Fashion Week in...
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Pub. Date
2017
Description
"Jan Moran is the new queen of the epic romance." –USA Today best-selling author Rebecca Forster
When French perfumer Danielle Bretancourt steps aboard a luxury ocean liner, leaving her son behind in Poland with his grandmother, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. The year is 1939, and the declaration of war on the European continent soon threatens her beloved family, scattered across many countries. Traveling
...18) Coral cottage
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
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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.
19) Coral Holiday
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Coral Cottage at Summer Beach volume 3
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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...
20) Sparkle
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Pub. Date
2017
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An Academy Award night jewel heist in Hollywood. An international insurance investigator. What happens when Jake falls for Elena, the sassy jeweler-to-the-stars he's investigating? A fun, circle-of-friends series from a USA Today bestselling author. When jeweler Elena Eaton is ensnared in a daring jewelry heist on the night of the Academy Awards, she discovers that nothing in La La Land is as it seems. As her sterling reputation and private life suddenly...
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