Andy Howard dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Andy refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Scooter Stahl, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table. Scooter's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now ... to keep his hands off Andy.

Sequel to Nights in Sandbridge In the midst of the best year of Andy Howard’s life, he gets an unexpected letter. His father is dying, and he needs to come home and be with his family. But home is a beachside diner and the warm acceptance he’s never found anywhere else. Family is Dockside’s staff, especially Andy’s boyfriend, a southern gentleman who still clings to secrets and past loss. Neither have anything to do with New York City, or Howard Industries, or the boy Andy used to be. Scooter Stahl’s life has been like the waves, one tumble after another, until he finally found solid ground in Andy. But he’s never been able to shake the thought that Andy was meant for better things. When Andy is called home to a life and place where Scooter is utterly lost, Scooter wonders if he has anything at all offer this remarkable man. Will he lose Andy forever to cold corporate politics and the bride Andy’s parents chose decades ago?

Sequel to Daybreak in Sandbridge Life is pretty good for Scooter and Andy Stahl-Howard these days. The restaurant is doing well and they’re happy with their little family. Then Scooter’s sister meets an untimely end, and Scooter and Andy are suddenly guardians to a niece they’ve only met a handful of times. Their attempts to make a home for the bereaved child are complicated by Andy's mother, Scooter’s ex-lover, and the man who claims to be Billie’s father. But whatever her parentage, Billie is a Stahl through and through—stubborn and hot-tempered and not remotely interested in making a life in the one place her mother had sworn never to return. Will she ever learn to call Dockside and Sandbridge home?