Saltwater Song Parker I’m so sick of longing for things I can’t have. Three years of caring for my father and running his marina had stripped me of everything – my old life in the music business was gone—and now so was he. I wanted to start my life again, but even from the grave, the old man was controlling me and my brothers. I wanted to get back to who I was before, who Kelsey saw me as, but I didn’t know if that was even possible, no matter how badly I wanted it. Kelsey He discovered me in a bar at age seventeen and turned me into a singing sensation. Parker was my manager and my best friend, but he promised me from day one we’d never be anything more. That made the fact that I was hopelessly in love with him more than a little inconvenient. He’d been gone three years, and I’d missed him every day. Now I was going to get him and prove to him it was finally time for us to make music together again, on and off the stage. If you like high stakes small town romance with a hint of heat and a guaranteed HEA, Saltwater Song is for you. This small town romance friends to lovers romance is the first book in the new Marlin Shores trilogy by USA Today Bestselling author Monique McDonell and can be read as a stand-alone novel. The Marlin Shores Trilogy Saltwater Song Saltwater Tears Saltwater Wishes

Banner I survived my time as a marine, barely, and now I’m back home in Marlin Shores, running our family’s marina with my two brothers, both of whom would rather be somewhere else. I don’t know why Lexi avoids me when everyone else in town has welcomed me back with open arms until I discover underneath the pink hair and tough attitude is the girl I was friends with before she vanished years earlier. The more she wants me to keep my distance, the more I’m drawn to her. It’s clear we both have scars, maybe we can heal together. Lexi I don’t want Banner or anyone else to remember me as that broken girl. I need to stick to my plan to renovate my uncle’s house, sell it and get out of town. The only problem is the more time I spend with Banner, the more I want. He wants to help me, I know that, and I used to trust him. How can I let go of the past and build a future when I don’t even trust myself? I want to let him in, but I don’t know how. If you like high stakes small town romance with a hint of heat and a guaranteed HEA, Saltwater Tears is for you. This small town romance about two former friends finding their way home to each other is the second book in the new Marlin Shores trilogy by USA Today Bestselling author Monique McDonell and can be read as a stand-alone novel. The Marlin Shores Trilogy Saltwater Song Saltwater Tears Saltwater Wishes