Welcome to White Pine Island! Just a few miles off the coast of Georgia, this island is accessible only by boat, plane, and your imagination. Many residents call the island home year-round, but day visitors and tourists bring plenty of excitement with them. Like other resort islands, there are quaint shops, cool restaurants, and friendly bars. There are several resorts on the island, but the queen of them all is the elegant Grand Hotel on a bluff with an ocean view. Owned by the extensive, multi-generational Phillips family, the Grand Hotel offers elegant service, five course dinners, and plenty of romance. White Pine Island Novella #1: Ned & Bethany Sometimes the heart hits a hole in one… Bethany Hinkle arrives at White Pine Island’s Grand Hotel for her sister’s wedding and to do a little environmental snooping. She snaps pictures of the hotel’s pristine golf course to ensure its compliance with EPA standards. Soon, she realizes that the course’s manager is as attractive as the course he so carefully protects. Ned Phillips feels the weight of family expectations squarely on his broad shoulders. The Phillips Family has owned and operated the Grand Hotel for three generations. For now, he manages the hotel’s golf course and makes plans for its future—plans that could be destroyed by Bethany’s spying. He gets close to the lovely environmentalist to watch for her next move until he gets too close to let her go. \\\\\* White Pine Island Novella #2: Ellen & Pete What happens when you fall in love with your best friend just when it’s too late? All her life, Ellen Phillips has loved working for her family’s Grand Hotel on White Pine Island. Flying the hotel’s airplane and piloting the island ferryboat while knowing someday she will inherit the luxurious resort is a fairy tale existence she has no desire to change. She’s always loved Pete McCormack, too. After all, he’s her best friend, confidante, and playmate. Until she suddenly sees him in a different light just before Christmas. Pete McCormack has made sacrifices for his family’s golf cart rental business on the island, choosing to stay home and run it instead of pursuing his dream of his own career on the mainland. When his parents announce their plans to sell the business so Pete can leave the island, he has to choose between the future he thought he always wanted and his newfound love for the woman he would be leaving behind.

Everyone deserves a second chance… Adam Bradstreet loves fighting fires for a big city department until a building collapse leaves him injured and feeling guilty for his partner’s death. With a five-year-old son in tow, he arrives on White Pine Island for a temporary position on the island department. He plans to recover physically and emotionally while spending time with his son. The last thing he expects is to meet someone like Samantha Phillips. As the director of weddings and special events for her family’s Grand Hotel, Samantha sees plenty of happy endings and joyful beginnings. She just wishes true love would find her on the island. When Adam and his son steal her heart, her toughest job is convincing the damaged firefighter that he deserves a second chance at love and life. When love won’t give up… Grant Phillips, the director of the Grand Hotel’s outdoor recreation department, is as carefree as an island son can be until an accident sends him to the White Pine Island Medical Clinic. The island’s new physician assistant, Kelsey Adkins, treats his injury and catches his interest. Grant soon sheds his playboy image as he pursues Kelsey with relentless determination. Kelsey has overcome a difficult past through hard work and fortitude. Although she’s building a life for herself on White Pine Island, she struggles to trust others. When Grant demands her love and trust, she resists until Grant proves to be irresistible.

Some secrets need a little time to tell… Celeste Fitzgerald and Mike Phillips danced around each other for four years until the spring night when they tangoed in his bed. Wary of relationships, Mike shoved her out the door in the morning. He’s been burned before, and no one knows that better than Celeste. Still, there’s something about the lovely, dark-haired artist he is unable to ignore. When she reaches out to him again in June, he can’t help but grasp her hand and pull her close. Loving Mike is the easy part for Celeste. Telling him she’s carrying his baby frightens her into silence. As the summer heats up, Celeste bides her time, waiting for the right moment to tell him that their one night together in the spring formed an undeniable link between them. When she reveals the truth, will he shoot away from her faster than a July Fourth rocket or color her world with a burst of fireworks? Can an unexpected island rhythm change everything? Although Easton Phillips loves being the resident architect for his family’s Grand Hotel, meeting Rose Webb isn’t on his drawing board. He’s heard of her reputation as a pianist, but when she comes to White Pine Island to play in the hotel orchestra for the summer, he discovers she’s far more than just a beautiful and talented musician. No matter how irresistible she is, Easton fears her aspirations are bigger than the island he calls home. Rose Webb always dreamed of playing piano masterpieces in concert halls, but a setback forces her to take a break. She hopes playing the piano with the Grand Hotel orchestra will restore her passion for music and energize her for the most important audition of her life. But what if her summer job comes with the unexpected—falling in love and questioning her heart’s desire?

Autumn at the Grand Hotel by Amie Denman & May Williams White Pine Island Stories A murder mystery weekend at the Grand Hotel reveals a case of true love Cora Phillips plans a murder mystery weekend for a special group of guests at the Grand Hotel, but a jewel thief takes the action in an unexpected direction. To unravel the heist, Cora relies on a handsome local cop who discovers the clues to the mystery and the keys to her heart. Tim Newcastle takes the job of island cop on peaceful White Pine Island, but the quiet pace offers him no chance to gain the heroic acclaim he craves. When he chases down a threat to Cora’s beloved family hotel, he discovers what being a hero means. Love, like fine wines and classic homes, becomes more delightful with time… Ten years ago, Vintner Anthony Donati foolishly pushed his young love Katherine Phillips away. When she returns to White Pine Island, divorced and with a daughter, he sees an opportunity to right the past. Katherine, recovering from the stress of a bad marriage, wants to prove her independence to herself and her family as she takes on the massive renovation of the Plantation House. The centuries old structure deserves a second chance so she works to revitalize the building in time for its grand opening during the Thanksgiving holiday. As Katherine’s romance with Anthony rekindles during the autumn days and nights, she wonders if they have a second chance, too. His rejection years ago hurt her deeply, but like the fine wine Anthony produces and her beloved Plantation House, some things improve with age. Can these two lovers cork up the past and move forward into a sparkling future?

Hazel and Ian Love requires just the right recipe. When Hazel Weaver lands a dream internship as a pastry chef at the famous Grand Hotel on White Pine Island, she pours her heart into sweet desserts and stunning wedding cakes. Icing and confections fall under her spell, but the reclusive head chef at the hotel keeps her at a bittersweet distance. Ian Dodd learned a painful lesson when a kitchen romance turned to disaster, and he vowed never to fall for someone in the restaurant business again. Especially not a beautiful and sweet baker assigned to his kitchen as part of her training. He resists her as long as he can, believing he’s protecting both of them until a Valentine’s Day Ball provides some magic and a secret ingredient. Francie and Christopher Can two hearts heal in time for Valentine’s Day? Francie Donati loves making fine wines in her family business on White Pine Island. Along with her brother and grandfather, she carries on the tradition even after a tragic sailing death takes the life of her father. A year after his loss, she can’t get her mind off the heroic Coast Guard Commander who tried to save him. Although he seems unapproachable, Francie knows there is plenty of heart bubbling beneath his surface. Lieutenant Commander Chris Sparks believes in honor and service at his island Coast Guard Station. Saving lives and keeping the ocean safe are beliefs that run through his veins. When a beautiful vintner tempts him with her sweetness, he relives his regret of the night he failed to save her father. More than that, Francie Donati believes in the power of family so strongly that she won’t look the other way when Chris gives up on his own parents. Is Francie’s love strong enough to make Chris stop bottling up his feelings and risk his heart?

When love is in bloom… Charlotte Nielson, the recently hired head gardener at the Grand Hotel, has labored to bring the resort’s already beautiful gardens in line with her artistic vision. She’s uprooted plants, re-routed paths, and even ripped out an established garden to make room for a model of the Grand Hotel, complete with its own fairy garden. All risks she hopes will pay off with the grand prize during White Pine Island’s Garden Weekend. Jay Archer, the Dolphin Inn’s gardener, is Charlotte’s only competition. He’s dark, handsome, and harbors an obvious dislike for her. Jay wanted the position at the Grand Hotel so much he imagined the placement of every flower and shrub in the extensive gardens. As consolation, he’s thrown himself into projects at the Dolphin Inn with the goal of besting the Grand Hotel’s new gardener. When Charlotte and Jay get coerced into revitalizing another garden on the island together, they discover a passion for each other that neither expected to take root and bloom. They’d loved each other once… Two years ago, Gigi said goodbye to Richard when she believed she was second in Richard’s heart. His professional golf career was just taking off leaving him little time for love. Gigi didn’t know yet what she wanted from life, but she knew she wanted a man who valued her more than his job. In the two years since, her design career has taken off with a popular line of purses and bags. On the verge of having it all, there’s just one thing missing from her life. The professional golf tournament life is a brutal one of travel and competition, but Richard and his colleagues stay in the finest hotels. When the tour goes to White Pine Island for a tournament at the Grand Hotel’s golf course, Richard discovers Gigi working in the hotel’s boutique but on the cusp of achieving her professional dreams. He’s never forgotten her, and not even accolades and trophies on the golf course have filled the empty hole in his heart. With only a four-day weekend to reconnect, can they show each other they’ve both changed enough to give their love another chance?