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Love on Palmar Island
Series · 6 books · 2021-2023

Books in series

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#0.5

Love in Quarantine

2021

Can you find love during a lockdown? Yoga instructor and grad student Emily Smithfield is stuck in her Charlotte apartment thanks to the stay-at-home order when she notices the cute guy in the apartment across from hers. Not much has changed for Noah Waters. He still works from home and rarely goes out. It’s his clients that struggle the most and make his work more stressful. When he steps away from his computer he notices her. The girl doing yoga on her balcony. Against all odds, these two strangers connect without spending time in a room together and sparks fly across the courtyard that separates them. But what happens when the lockdown lifts? Love in Quarantine is a clean romance with a HEA.
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#1

Don't Fall for Summer

2021

She's his best friend's little sister. He's the crush she can't get over. Braydon Kessler is burnt out and in need of a break from their quickly growing graphics app business. He heads down to Palmar Island to help his parents with home repairs and reflect on his status as the friend group's permanent bachelor. Summer Johnson had it all figured out; graduate top of her class, get accepted into a post grad program and work at the university to help pay for it all. After the job falls through, she's forced to move back home - temporarily. When she runs back into her childhood crush - her brother's best friend, she decides a harmless summer fling is just what she needs to get through this. With the perfect job offer on the line and budding new love, what will win in the end. Pick up the first of the Love On Palmar Island novels to find out. Don't Fall for Summer is a clean contemporary beach romance with a HEA and no cliffhangers.
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#2

Solace of Simon

2021

He thought he had it all … and lost it. Little did he know that true love was waiting just around the corner in a little hidden gem of a bookstore. Simon Johnson thought he had life figured out. Running a successful company, a stunning fiancée, a swanky uptown apartment. Within a matter of weeks it all comes crashing down and his best friend falls for Simon's little sister. He heads back home to Palmar Island to lick his wounds. Growing up in the shadow of her southern bell mother wasn’t easy. Neither is dealing with the string of gentlemen from good families the woman is trying to set her up with. Sophie Davenport would much rather spend her days running the quaint little bookstore she’s inherited from her paternal grandparents. Everything changes when Simon walks into The Book Nook and into Sophie’s life. Solace of Simon is a clean contemporary beach romance with a HEA and no cliffhangers.
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#3

Caring For Grace

2022

A single dad trying to find his way away from his career, a babysitter with too much on her shoulders, and the adorable nine-month-old who brings them together. Dr. Parker Flagg needs help with his daughter, Grace. After handling raising her by himself while teaching physics, he’s reached his limits. He finds himself back home on Palmar Island, trying to get his feet back under himself with the help of his mother and the small southern community he grew up in. When a friend asks him to help out at the local high school, he agrees under one condition. He needs a reliable nanny to care for Grace. Robin Warren hasn’t had the easiest upbringing. She’s making the best of it, taking any job she can to cobble up enough money to attend the local community college part time. When she hears about a babysitting job that allows her to continue her class, she jumps at the chance. What neither of them expected was the instant attraction they felt. Maneuvering the fine line between professional relationship and budding love is hard enough in a small southern town where gossip runs rampant. But when Parker’s ex-wife shows up out of the blue and wants back into Parker and Grace’s life, all bets are off. Caring For Grace is a clean contemporary beach romance with a HEA and no cliffhangers.
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#4

Dare To Love Again

2022

She’s a widow busy raising her daughter. He’s a man running away from his past. When their lives collide on sunny Palmar Island, will they find love or let their past take over? Maddie Collins lost her husband six years ago and is busy raising her eight-year-old daughter by herself while holding down a fulltime job at Palmar Island’s bookstore. The last thing on her mind is romance. Jake Hartwell left his life up north and found refuge in the charming island community. He loves his low-stress life as a kayak guide and has no intentions of getting attached to anyone. When Maddie’s friends give the bookworm a kayak tour as a present for her thirtieth birthday, their lives collide and sparks fly. But Willow hates Jake and he’s not ready to let go of his baggage. Can they overcome their obstacles and find love, or will they let this chance of happiness pass them by? Dare To Love Again was previously published in the "Finally Got It Right" Romance anthology. It is a clean and wholesome romance with no cliffhangers and a HEA.
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#7

Cross My Heart

2023

A washed-up country star has one last shot at reviving his career - and one last chance to find the love and family he always wanted. Hunter Madison is down on his luck and wallowing in it. If there’s one thing he knows, it was how to throw a pity party for himself, complete with loud music and rowdy friends. He drows his sorrow and numbs his pain until a much needed intervention makes it clear he can’t keep doing what he’s been doing for years. He’s on the verge of losing it all ... Stella Wilson is holding on by a threat. Since her husband’s unexpected death, she raised her girls by herself. Life hasn’t been easy the past few years, but she takes solace in watching her daughters grow and thrive. Until a country music star moves in next door and keeps them up, night after night. Out of desperation, she calls the police. Neither one expects what happens next. Hunter needs her to create the album that’s his last shot at reviving his career and makes her an offer she can’t refuse. If he can pull it off, he might have it all, including the love of a good family and the family he’s always wanted. But it means revisiting and finally dealing with old wounds. And convincing Stella he’s the kind of man she wants in her life. Cross My Heart is a clean contemporary beach romance with a HEA and no cliffhangers, and part of the Love On Palmar Island series.

Author

Susanne Ash
Susanne Ash
Author · 24 books
Susanne Ash writes sweet contemporary romance. When she's not busy putting pen to paper, she loves to cook, knit, and head out exploring with her husband and daughter. She lives close to the beach in beautiful South Carolina. You'll find that her setting is often a fictionalized version of her surroundings and the places she's visiting with her family.
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