Margins
Margins
Sign in
Margins
Subscribe to our newsletter
548 Market St PMB 65688, San Francisco California 94104-5401 USA
hello@margins.app
·
+1 (650) 223-5283
Privacy Policy
·
Terms of Use
© 2026 Paratext Inc. All rights reserved
Shady Piers Clean Romance
Shady Piers Clean Romance
Series · 9 books · 2018
By
Alicia Best
Books in series
#1
Perfect Haven
2018
After a disastrous 26th birthday party, Olivia Donaldson flees her wealthy but overbearing parents and her controlling ex-husband and makes for Shady Piers, the former hometown of her now-deceased grandfather, in Maine. Desperate for even the most basic of needs she reluctantly accepts help from a local pub-owner Brent Scott, who takes her in and gives her a job. Even though she settles in well, Olivia's past comes back to haunt her and she needs Brent’s help once again, bringing them even closer together to a place where romance might just be in the air.
#2
Life Saver
2018
When Charlotte Olson becomes legal guardian of her young sister, it's tough to survive, even in the friendly setting of Shady Piers. Now, after a disastrous fire, she loses everything, and Charlotte must protect her sister from a much more serious threat to the life they have built together. After an embarrassing introduction, firefighter Neil Mack doesn't expect to see Charlotte again, but when he's called to the fire in her apartment block, he manages to get her and her sister to safety, despite great personal danger to himself. What neither of them know is the deeper threat, just around the corner, that will have serious implications for Charlotte, the handsome firefighter and those around them who they love. The Shady Piers Romance series novellas are 'clean and sweet' contemporary romances with happily ever after endings and no cliffhangers, that can be read as standalone novels all set in Shady Piers, Maine.
#3
New Page
2018
When
Everett Sullivan’s
wife dies in a tragic accident, he falls into a life of despair and grief that he cannot shake off, even five years later. Working in the local library which she set up, he whiles away his days watching it slowly run down, along with his own life. Teacher
Holly Burke
breezes back from the big city after a very public breakup with a prominent politician and she takes it upon herself to reignite Everett’s life, despite having challenges of her own to overcome. Finally, with time running out for the library, both come together to find that even with the chaos and upsets that life throws up, sometimes love can—and does—shine through. The Shady Piers Romance series novellas are 'clean and sweet' contemporary romances with happily ever after endings and no cliffhangers, that can be read as standalone novels, all set in Shady Piers, Maine.
#4
Starting Again
2018
After he completes an unjust jail sentence,
Blake Sullivan
attempts to make a fresh start, but finds that unsympathetic locals aren't so forgiving and he is made to feel a pariah
Delia Cain
is struggling to get her dream bakery business off the ground, so she generously offers Blake some minimum wage work to help her out, whilst also giving him some faith back in himself. But when an incident sparks Delia to question her trust in Blake, his hopes that he might have found something real to treasure are deeply questioned, giving him but little hope for a future he dared to dream. And then, out of the blue. . . The
Shady Piers Romance
series novellas are 'clean and sweet' contemporary romances with happily ever after endings and no cliffhangers, that can be read as standalone novels, all set in Shady Piers, Maine.
#5
Common Ground
2018
When
Maddie Lee
is forced to deal with a businessman she despises from the get-go, she is determined to stand her ground.
Adrian Knight
has always had a high opinion of himself, for the simple reason that in the mirror, he only sees perfection, unaware of how unattractive this makes him to all but the most superficial of women. But he starts to wonder if he's met his match when he comes up against Maddie, as they are thrown into a collaboration against a new threat in Shady Piers. Are there the beginnings of a grudging appreciating of each other, and even surprising, the rumblings of a much deeper relationship?
#6
Past Present
2018
As
Pearl Simon
endures a deteriorating and depressing relationship, matters are made worse by a work project that pairs her with an old flame from her college years.
Aaron Grant
never believed he was at fault for their acrimonious parting—nor did Pearl—so the distance apart over the intervening years was a relief to both sides. Yet working closely together brings stirrings of that earlier time, and begins to raise important possibilities neither might ever have thought possible.
#7
Bright Christmas
2018
The
Shady Piers Romance
series novellas are standalone novels, all set in Shady Piers, Maine. When
Hannah Wyatt
is sent to Shady Piers to cover their Christmas Extravaganza, her future career on a West Coast feature magazine will be decided by what she creates. But Christmas in Shady Piers depends on the continuing generosity of
Jackson Vokes
, who provides the center-piece Christmas tree every year (as well as trees for the all the locals too). Beset with personal problems surrounding his estranged wife and young son, Jackson is not feeling full of Christmas cheer this year and refuses to provide trees to anyone. So, to make Christmas happen in Shady Piers, Hannah must help resolve Jackson’s troubles, by acting as go-between for all the parties concerned and when she does, she finds there are more attractions to Jackson than she first realized.
#8
Happy Returns
2018
The
Shady Piers Romance
novellas are clean standalone romance stories, with happy ever after endings and no cliffhangers, all set in Shady Piers, Maine. Will Love EVER Find a Way? When
Meredith Thomas
returns home to Shady Piers for the huge birthday party her parents put on for her each year, she is frustrated with a writing career going nowhere. For her estranged and lifelong friend
Logan Nole
, his life has taken a very different turn. Now the single parent of a bubbly 4-year old, he has no time to spare as he works double shifts just to keep their lives afloat. An unexpected disaster forces him to ask for Meredith's help with his daughter and although they never saw romance in all those years of their youth, they are now drawn together. But Meredith has a secret she's held inside ever since she left, and just at the wrong moment, it comes back to haunt her.
#9
Healing Love
2018
The
Shady Piers Romance
novellas are clean standalone romance stories, with happy ever after endings and no cliffhangers, all set in Shady Piers, Maine. After pro-hockey player
Liam Banks
seriously damages his knee, he faces months of recuperation and a career in jeopardy, severely testing his emotional state. His life is in tatters until nurse
Natalie Steel
begins with his after-care program. As they spend time together he begins to fall head-over-heels for a woman for the first time in his life. His joy is short-lived as he finds his approach unexpectedly rebuffed. But Natalie has a secret of her own, one that she fears will never allow her to truly be loved.
Author
Alicia Best
Author · 9 books