


Books in series

#1
Love on the Boardwalk
2019
She’s hiding a broken engagement.
He’s concealing his true birth heritage.
They’ll have to trust their hearts even if they’re sure love is a lie.
Now that Eva Halloway is back in her hometown of Cinnamon Bay, she has one full plate with the grand re-opening of her newly inherited boardwalk cafe and a broken engagement to hide from the town gossip mill. First, Eva must bury her bruised heart, and second, she must ban the ridiculous Cafe Amour drink from the menu. But, sexy stranger, Mac Jenssen strolls into her cafe and before she knows it, they’ve both sipped on the legendary love concoction. By the end of the day, Eva is up to her neck in a feud with a trio of matchmaking little old ladies and wondering if she can trust herself to help Mac uncover his past.
Macklin Jenssen arrives in Cinnamon Bay to search for the family who gave him up for adoption. Instead, he finds Eva, a legend about love, and a lighthouse with ties to his past. Plus, a spiced drink that is out of this world delicious. He hasn’t bargained for any of it, but he isn’t saying no to love either. In fact, the more he comes to know Eva, the more he’s considering a permanent move. Too bad she’s made up her mind about him, and the odds aren’t in his favor.
With town gossip and crazy bat-wielding locals, Eva and Mac face an uphill battle. It might be opposites attract or even fate, but they will have to learn to trust in each other and the power of love if they ever want to find their happily ever after.
Delve into a new world of romance, mystery, and magic in the quirky coastal town of Cinnamon Bay, North Carolina.

#2
September Breeze
2019
A misleading ad brings one woman to the door of a widowed father of two. She's looking for a temporary place to live, he's looking for a nanny to stay with his troubled girls. Someone who won't quit after a few weeks.
Tess Dixon never stays in one place long. A fairly successful songwriter, she travels from town to town to experience life, but what she doesn't tell anyone is that she's escaping her painful past. When a chance to stay on set to write songs while a movie is being filmed brings her near Cinnamon Bay, North Carolina, she jumps on board. When a local woman overhears her conversation about a mishap with a living situation, she doesn't hesitate to hand Tess an ad. Curiosity leads her to the family's door.
Brian Taylor is desperate for a long-term nanny who won't be scared off by his daughters' antics. Who would have thought a Wife and Mom wanted ad conspired by his daughters and a trio of matchmakers would lead the perfect applicant right to his door? There's only one She's temporary, and Tess changes their lives instantly.
When Brian gets a diagnosis he doesn't know how to accept, he has to come to terms with what all of this means for his future. Tess helps him cope and learn to adapt, but his feelings for her deepen. She doesn't deny she cares for him and his daughters, but somehow, she has to confront her past in order to have a future...
Delve into a new world of romance, mystery, and magic in the quirky coastal town of Cinnamon Bay, North Carolina.

#3
Playing Doctor
2019
He's a single dad looking wanting a stable home for his daughter. She's back in her home town of Cinnamon Bay hoping a fresh start. Now, they're vying for the same job... and the heated competition may turn frenemies into lovers.
Allie Stapleton left Cinnamon Bay for college swearing to never return to the small town where she'd grown up. A few years after landing in the big city to put her MBA to use, she decided the cubicle and the salary that paid for an apartment the size of her walk-in closet back home just wouldn't do. So she returned. The hospital was hiring a new director and she had the education and just enough experience to be a contender. Her only competition was the resident doctor at the hospital, the boy next door.
Single father, Trace Collins loved being a surgeon and raising his daughter in his home town, but the hours were impacting his daughter in the worst way. His coveted position at the hospital didn't matter– he needed to make a change. Then a position opened up that might just challenge him: hospital director. He applied immediately, expecting to be a shoo-in until he heard Allie was in town.
They'd played doctor growing up, and while competing for the same position should've put them at odds, it only seemed to put them in the mood to take this rivalry to the bedroom instead of the boardroom.

#4
Jewel of the Bay
2019
Fate pushes them together, but bad luck threatens to keep them apart.
Certified Camp Director Mecca Raleigh was on her way to a job interview in Jacksonville when she got detoured in Cinnamon Bay, North Carolina. Fate throws the perfect position in her lap and she decides to make the sleepy coastal town her home, but ever since then, everything that can go wrong, does.
From the start, she butts heads with the park manager, the handsome and stubborn Carter Lewis. She deals with injuries, overly concerned parents, equipment failure, and food poisoning.
Carter is there to lend his reluctant support, although nothing involving Mecca is easy.
Still, in getting to know her, he sees a woman worth helping. A woman worth loving. Until the ex-wife he thought he’d never see again returns to the picture. The ex-wife who is confined to a wheelchair due to his mistake.
Now Carter and Mecca have a choice to make: stick together through the rough waters, or call it quits.
Delve into a new world of romance, mystery, and magic in the quirky coastal town of Cinnamon Bay, North Carolina.

#5
Must Love Maybe
2019
A wounded man.
A single mom.
One summer love…maybe.
Lily Corwyn can do it all, or so she wants everyone to think. Juggling a three-ring circus of kids, doggy daycare and guest cottages in her beloved seaside village of Cinnamon Bay is all in a day’s work. When Ben Aldaine, her high school best friend, returns to town, Lily’s independent and hectic life is upended. Now, Ben’s teaching her daughter to drive, mending broken windows and melting her heart…but the last thing she wants is to trust in love and risk another broken promise.
War correspondent, Ben Aldaine, needs a place to heal his body and mind after a roadside bombing. With a little help from chance, or maybe fate, he’s landed back in his hometown. On the Bay’s Boardwalk, an accidental encounter with Lily Corwyn has Ben bumping into old dreams of his first crush and wondering if Lily’s the one who got away.
With doggy antics, a hunt for a mythical spice, and hot, stolen kisses, Ben and Lily have one sultry summer to discover that when it comes to love, there’s no time for maybes…
Cinnamon Bay Romances…
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Cinnamon Bay Series (each story is stand alone with its own HEA)
Love on the Boardwalk (prequel novel) by Connie Dave et al.
September Breeze by Nikki Lynn Barrett
Playing Doctor by Monique McDonell
Jewel of the Bay by Brea Viragh
Must Love Maybe by Holly Cortelyou
Beat of My Heart by Shannyn Leah
Hers to Choose by Connie Davé

#7
Hers to Choose
2019
She's living a secret life.
He’s trying to rebuild his shattered world.
Can they find the solace they need in each other’s arms?
All her life, Rani Kapoor has made it seem as if she follows her parents’ wishes. But she’s a master at breaking the rules and now she has a secret. By day she lets her parents pick her clothes, her friends and even her career as a lawyer, but by night, she’s Kara Quinn, the wildly popular, bestselling romance writer. It’s all smooth sailing until her parents spring an arranged marriage on her, and Rani rebels. Now, she’s hiding out in the perfect, beachy paradise of Cinnamon Bay.
Brock Gibson, owner of Cinnamon Bay’s finest restaurant, yearns for the simple life he used to have. Before cancer stole his mother and a lie concealed his true biological father. He’s torn between the man who raised him and the birth father pushing to meet him. On the secluded shores of the bay, Brock encounters a glorious beauty in a red sari, and she too seems to be carrying a weight of misery upon her shoulders.
Instant attraction blossoms, making it impossible for them to deny the depth of their emotions. But will they be able to break the ties that bind them to the past and find their happily ever after?
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Cinnamon Bay Series (each story is stand alone with its own HEA)
Love on the Boardwalk (co-written by Connie Davé, Shannyn Leah, Brea Viragh, Nikki Lynn Barrett, Monique McDonell, and Holly Cortelyou)
September Breeze by Nikki Lynn Barrett
Playing Doctor by Monique McDonell
Jewel of the Bay by Brea Viragh
Must Love Maybe by Holly Cortelyou
Treasure of My Heart by Shannyn Leah
Hers to Choose by Connie Davé

#8
Haunting on Seafoam Street
2019
The possibility of a future romance is threatened by past mistakes that won’t die.
Associate Camp Director Spring Astin knows what she wants from a relationship, and Cinnamon Bay newcomer Marshall Rownan is just the man to deliver. Unfortunately, he isn’t biting.
Their shared love of the paranormal brings them to the investigation of one of the Bay’s most haunted homes, but the only ghosts they can find are those of relationships past. Spring knows her heart and mind better than most and is ready to hand over both to Marshall within moments of meeting him.
Reeling from all the mistakes he’s made and forced to take leave from his teaching position, Marshall wants to focus on the haunting. He has no time for someone like Spring when his life has been nothing but a series of bad things happening to him.
Fans of Brenda Novak and Robyn Carr will fall in love with this brand new shared world that combines romance, mystery, and magic in the quirky coastal town of Cinnamon Bay, North Carolina.
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Authors

Monique McDonell
Author · 27 books
I am an author of fun, flirty fiction that always has a happy ending. I write contemporary women's fiction including chick lit and romantic comedies. I have released over fifteen novels including the Upper Crust and the Jewel Sisters series. I am also an avid reader, coffee drinker and wine lover.