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Cheshire Bay
Series · 9 books · 2021-2023

Books in series

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#1

Dreamers in Cheshire Bay

2023

Mia MacDonald loves Cheshire Bay more than she loves herself – just ask her former fiancé. Between the landscape, the people, and the idyllic setting, it’s her whole world. She’s happiest showing the area to people looking to enjoy a less-hectic, peaceful way of life and she’s not just Cheshire Bay’s number one realtor, she’s also their unofficial ambassador. On the hunt for a fresh, new property, recently divorced Zachary Newton-Garcia discovers the small town hidden gem nestled along the Pacific coastline on Vancouver Island. Offer accepted sight unseen, he’s finally ready to see the place in person and move forward with his future business plans. Until the effervescent Mia eclipses his heart and soul. Expecting someone older, Mia is pleasantly surprised by the dashing, handsome man who takes in every animated word she speaks. It’s an instant and intense connection, filled with a swept-off-her-feet steaminess she reserves for dreaming. Everything was perfect until she finds out the real reason Zachary bought a home in her utopia. The last thing she wanted was to declare war, but no one would change Cheshire Bay. Not even the charismatic man with two names.
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#2

Return to Cheshire Bay

2021

What better place to start over, than where it all began? Lily Baker needs a restart. No job, no boyfriend, and a baby on the way, she takes a break from her fast-paced city life to slow down in the seaside village where she spent her summers growing up, to re-examine her life. Back in Cheshire Bay, memories of her deeply trouble teenage years come flooding back. A face from her past, her neighbour Eric – a hottie with a heart of gold – doesn’t seem to care about Lily’s terrible reputation and welcomes her back with open arms. Could a romantic fling with him be in the cards? The more Lily settles into the beach life, the less she craves the urban hustle, and starts to feel like this is where she belongs. But small towns talk and small towns remember, and Lily’s going to have to deal with her past if she plans on making Cheshire Bay, and Eric, her future. Fans of Rachel Gibson and Jill Shavis will love this sweet and charming story of a straightened out bad girl coming home to her small town on Vancouver Island.
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#4

Awake in Cheshire Bay

2021

An emergency landing, a sexy stranger, and a night she’s never going to forget. Amber has never been lucky in love, that’s why her guard is way up. Her bar and her small-town life are all she needs. That is until a plane must make an emergency landing at the local airport, and a handsome stranger blows into her quiet life. She pours the mysterious Mr. Welsh a drink, and he wins her over with his charm, and sexy accent. He extends a request for her hand at dinner, and she accepts. What was only supposed to be a warm Cheshire Bay welcome for the unexpected guest turns out to be a star-filled night full of sizzling chemistry neither of them wants to end. As the sun crests the horizon, reality dawns. Now that she’s had a taste of what a true gentleman is like, she’s terrified of what happens when the sun rises and it’s time for him to leave. Readers who like Marie Force, T L Swan, and Jude Deveraux will love this red-hot small-town romance.
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#5

Christmas in Cheshire Bay

2021

Can a Christmas miracle happen even if you don’t believe in the magic? Mona has never gotten over her last visit to the family's summer beach home thirteen years ago. That was the heartbreaking day her beloved mother passed away. Now, with her sister planning a beach wedding on Christmas Day, Mona must confront her past. All of it. No matter how much it hurts. Upon arrival to her family's summer home, a twist of fate has her in desperate need of a plan B. In walks Jesse, the sweet—and handsome—next door neighbor, offering up a guest room in his house. Jesse's the type of guy that believes in the magic of Christmas, and wants to remind Mona what it's all about, even if she's not so sure she has any belief left. But like Mona, Jesse hides beneath his own scars and secrets. Can these two help each other heal old wounds even when their past hurts resurface? Will Mona be able to drop her walls and embrace the magic of the season and finally heal the damage from Christmas' past?
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#6

Journey to Cheshire Bay

2022

Iris is ready to clean up her life and start over. For real this time. No more drinking, homelessness, or failed suicide attempts. Her only viable solution is to leave her so-called friends behind and fly across the country to a place where her past can't follow her - Cheshire Bay. As she boards her only means of escape, she's gobsmacked to see her seatmate is the nerdy kid she tormented back in high school. FML. Terrified and breathless, she can only hope her visible scars have rendered her unrecognizable. Holden has put his past behind him, including those awful years in high school where he was picked on because he was smarter and younger than his peers. Grown up and filled out, he's ready to start his dream - a bright future he's had planned out for years which finally starts in forty-eight hours. However, he has to get there first. That, unfortunately, includes a six hour flight beside the girl who made his high school life a nightmare. When the plane makes an emergency landing halfway to their destination, Holden asks Iris for help in taking a new journey. With him. Maybe together they can get home. Trying to redeem her wicked past, Iris begrudgingly agrees. But low on cash, and even shorter on time, one way or another the journey will be epic. This story will be exclusive to the Kiss & Tell anthology coming Sept 6th.
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#7

Charmed in Cheshire Bay

2023

No kissing, no dating, and no matter what, absolutely no falling in love. These are three rules Summer Bates has vowed to honour after losing her one true love. Used as a pawn since then, both romantically and professionally, she’s sworn off all men and moved to the small town of Cheshire Bay to start over. In life. In business. But definitely not in love. Until she has a one-night stand with the gorgeous bookstore owner. Adam Normandy is the epitome of a small-town homespun hero, all wrapped in a sexy package. Annoyingly charismatic, he pushes Summer’s buttons. Including the one no one’s touched in years. As much as she tries to resist, he’s rousing new emotions she thought she’d never feel again. And she likes it. However, Summer’s past arrives with a vengeance, threatening to destroy her new career, her new life, and the budding romance with Adam. Can he be the hero she needs, or will she lose everything, including her happily ever after?
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#8

Second Chances in Cheshire Bay

2022

Thirteen years apart. Two shattered hearts beyond repair. One shot at a second chance neither of them saw coming. In a small town, the list of good-looking, age-appropriate, and single guys is already slim. Being the only doctor for miles, those choices become even narrower. When a speed dating event surfaces, Dr. Chloe Tarkin jumps at the chance to meet several eligible bachelors but is caught completely off guard when one in particular graces her table. The guy who once held the key to her heart. The other half of a pair of dreamers with big plans for their future. The swoony gentleman her soul never forgot. Or forgave. BJ Sutcliff moved to the bay area years ago to escape his past, his controlling family, and to focus on being who he wants to be. Never expected he’d run into anyone familiar. And he never imagined he’d run into the woman whose heart he shattered when he slammed the door on them all those years ago. He’s ready to make amends for the way he screwed up. This time, he’s not settling for second best, but he’d jump at a second chance - if she can find it in her heart to let bygones be bygones. Or are some mistakes just too much to forgive and forget?
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#9

Unforgiven in Cheshire Bay

2023

Revenge is never a fool-proof plan. Erin has learned to guard her heart and keep her secrets safely stashed away. When she’s asked to design a huge mural and collaborate on the project with a handsomely rugged man, she jumps at the chance to say yes and impress. What a gift to her business, and her mounting debt. How could she refuse? Until… she learns who he is. Blissfully single, David Dean is surprisingly smitten by Erin’s fierce tongue, her blunt honesty, and a willingness to call him on his bullshit, something no one has challenged before. It’s intoxicating, and because she’s a single mom, he wants to do right by her and treat her well, even if it comes across as old-fashioned. Until… he learns who she is. As his past business mistake collides with her aggressive social media smear, he starts to question their building attraction. Was any of it real? While revenge may have been part of her plan, destroying a heart – especially the one she’s fallen in love with – never was. Can they forgive each other or is the damage unrepairable?
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#10

Flirty in Cheshire Bay

2023

An estranged sister, a flirtatious connection, and the one thing she never thought she’d lose – her heart. Libby learns her donated kidney is no longer prolonging her estranged father’s life. He needs another, and preferably from the sister she doesn’t remember. Shocked, she’s now tasked with reaching out and convincing this familial stranger to donate an organ. But how? She can’t blurt it out. She needs to soften the blow. She needs a way in. Enter the fun and devilishly flirty older man, Landon Morris. As he sets his wise, ocean-blue gaze upon her, Libby fights against his charms, until she discovers his connection to her newfound sister. Suddenly, Landon has a lot more appeal, and she mirrors his flirtatious behaviour until he’s wrapped around her unintended finger, introducing her to his family and friends – and the older sister she never really knew. In the midst of her deceit, Libby finds she’s falling hard for Landon, and she worries the truth behind her actions will sabotage any future with him. Will her true feelings and intentions be enough to keep them together, or will she lose everything because she flirted with deception? Flirty in Cheshire Bay is an age-gap, sweet yet steamy, opposites attract romance filled with heartfelt moments and lots of swoon. One-click this final chapter of the Cheshire Bay series with an epic epilogue, to your reading library.

Author

H.M. Shander
H.M. Shander
Author · 26 books

H.M. Shander is a USA TODAY bestselling author, and a hopeless romantic and lover of chocolate, coconut and a damn good cup of coffee. She is the author of the award nominated Aurora MacIntyre Trilogy, the tantalizing The Ladies of Westside series, the bestselling series Accidentally in Love and the award winning book Return to Cheshire Bay. She writes swoon-worthy, gentle beta heroes, in sweet or steamy storylines that all end with a happily ever after. When not writing, she is a part-time librarian content to drive her children to the curling rink, the soccer pitch or any activity the kids are excited to be a part of. Happily married for twenty plus years, she believes she's married the sweetest man and the greatest inspiration for her heroes. Sign up for my newsletters: https://mailchi.mp/aab7f838497a/signup

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