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Valentine Bay
Series · 5 books · 2018-2019

Books in series

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#1

Protecting My Heart

2018

Ella Fletcher spent all of high school in love with the boy next door - her best friend, Donovan. It was never more than that, but she fooled herself into believing friendship was enough. Donovan Valentine knew he could never make a move on his best friend Ella. After all, she depended on him. He was the only stable man in her life. If denying his feelings was the price he had to pay for protecting hers, then he was more than willing to pay it. Celebrating their high school graduation, they drunkenly took part in a marriage ceremony using fake IDs. But now, fifteen years later, it turns out that the IDs weren't so fake, and neither is the marriage. When Donovan returns to Valentine Bay to straighten things out, will this accident turn into the best thing that ever happened to them? \\\ Standalone romance with HEA and no cliffhanger. \\\
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#2

Rescuing His Heart

2018

To Genevieve Rollins, Gavin Valentine has always been a casual hook-up. A no-strings fling. The sexy fighter pilot was only in town when he was on leave, so it could never be more than that. She didn’t have feelings for him. What would be the point? But when he tells her he’s moving home to Valentine Bay, she just may have to rethink everything between them. Can she dig down under her sassy, sarcastic shell and find true vulnerability inside? For Gavin Valentine, life has taken a turn. Diagnosed with a medical condition that means he’ll never be cleared to fly again, he loses everything that matters to him, pretty much overnight. The future he’d always seen for himself is gone in a blink. Can the lone wolf pilot open up enough to let love in, and learn that sometimes the future you never pictured is the one you were meant to have? \\\ Standalone romance with HEA and no cliffhanger \\\ 18+
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#3

Rocking Her Heart

2018

Stand-alone Valentine Bay romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! When sexy rock star Jet Valentine’s five years of bad behavior finally causes his life to implode around him, he knows it’s time to make a fresh start. There’s only one place to do that: Valentine Bay. And there’s only one person who can help: his friend and rival since high school, Abby Baxter. When Abby Baxter reads all about Jet’s life falling apart, her heart goes out to him. But can any relationship they start in the aftermath survive? And how can she trust that he’ll still want her after his life is back on track? When all is said and done, will Jet find life with Abby as fulfilling as the thrill of the stage? And will Abby ever be able to trust that he does?
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#4

Playing By Heart

2019

Stand-alone Valentine Bay romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! Troy Valentine gave up everything when his parents died, leaving his career as a pro baseball player to come home to Valentine Bay and raise his little sister, Mila. It’d been so long since he put himself first or thought about what he wanted, it was hard to even remember what that felt like. Broadway star Alison Bartholomew needed a break from her high-pressure theater career and all the scrutiny and judgement that went with it. When she meets Troy on the first morning of her Valentine Bay getaway, she starts to wonder: could a short sabbatical turn into something more lasting? Troy and Alison can't help but be drawn to each other, but is the force binding them together stronger than the one pulling them in different directions? 18+
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#5

Unbreak My Heart

2019

Stand-alone Valentine Bay romance, complete with HEA—and plenty of heat and heart along the way! LUNA For ten long years, Luna Dobrevsi has managed to avoid setting foot back in Valentine Bay, the gorgeous Oregon Coast town where she was raised by her Grandma Grace and Grandpa Serge. The reason for that absence was easy to pinpoint: Connor Adams. Her first love. She was so afraid that if she saw him again, she'd never be able to leave. When her grandfather has a heart attack at Christmastime, though, she has to come back. Now the only question is...will she leave again? Or maybe it's...why did she ever want to in the first place? CONNOR When Connor Adams watched his first love Luna drive off to college, he knew they were breaking up. That part was very clear. What he hadn't known, though, was that it would be the last time he'd ever see her. Until now, anyway. She came back to help take care of her grandfather after his heart attack, and when he sees her, all the old feelings rush back. In fact, he realizes they never really left. Now he just has to wonder...does she feel the same? Can the magic of Christmas in Valentine Bay give a pair of brokenhearted high school sweethearts a second chance at love?

Author

Melanie Shawn
Melanie Shawn
Author · 90 books
NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling author Melanie Shawn writes HEAs filled with sweet and sassy heroines, cinnamon roll alphas, casts of supportive *cough: meddling* friends and family who put the fun in funny, toe-curling combustible heat, and sugary sweet “aww” moments that will have your hearts and e-readers melting.
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