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The Beach Escape
by Rachel MageeBeach adventures. New beginnings. And turtles.Molly Lawrence could use an escape. After all, her fiancé dumped her at her rehearsal dinner for her best friend. Fortunately, she has a short-term veterinarian assignment in Emerald Cove, Florida. A friendly workplace, beaches, and summer—what could be better? Grant Torres shows up with a patient she wasn&’t expecting: a giant loggerhead sea turtle. Soon Molly is immersed with helping Grant at the turtle hospital he manages, and work leads to snorkeling, sunset sails, a wedding date—and unexpected feelings. But even as they help injured turtles return to the sea, Molly and Grant both plan to leave soon on new adventures of their own. Can Molly heal her own heart? And could love turn out to be the ultimate destination?
A Beach for Albert: Capacity (Mouse Math)
by Eleanor MayEach read-aloud book in the Mouse Math series focuses on a single, basic math concept and features adorable mice, Albert and Wanda, who live in a People House. Entertaining fiction stories capture kids&’ imaginations as the mice learn about numbers, shapes, sizes and more. Over 3 million copies sold worldwide!When the People go away to the beach, Albert decides to make a beach of his own in the backyard sandbox. The only problem is—how to fill up his "beach" with water? Every Mouse Math title includes back matter activities that support and extend reading comprehension and math skills, plus free online activities. (Math concept: Volume/Capacity)
The Beach Girls (Murder Room #542)
by John D. MacDonaldLeo Rice seems like a nice enough guy, but why does he have to choose their beach? He could head ten miles up the Florida strip and everyone could just live happily ever after - no questions asked.But Leo Rice does ask questions ... and suddenly Stebbins' Marina, an oasis of easy living, hard drinking and free love for its residents, is in jeopardy. And in less than a month, their paradise will be interrupted by twisted emotions, buried hatred - and brutal murder.
The Beach Girls
by John D. MacdonaldLeo Rice seems like a nice enough guy, but why does he have to choose their beach? He could head ten miles up the Florida strip and everyone could just live happily ever after - no questions asked. But Leo Rice does ask questions . . . and suddenly Stebbins' Marina, an oasis of easy living, hard drinking and free love for its residents, is in jeopardy. And in less than a month, their paradise will be interrupted by twisted emotions, buried hatred - and brutal murder.
The Beach Girls
by John D. MacdonaldSure, Leo Rice seems like a nice enough guy . . . but why does he have to choose their beach? He could head ten miles up the Florida strip and everyone could just live happily ever after--no questions asked. But Leo Rice does ask questions . . . and suddenly Stebbins' Marina, an oasis of easy living, hard drinking, and free love for its residents, is in jeopardy. And in less than a month, their paradise will be interrupted by twisted emotions, buried hatreds--and brutal murder. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz.
Beach Girls (Hubbard's Point #5)
by Luanne RiceLuanne Rice is a rarity among novelists today; she's a true storyteller. Her unique ability to weave together the bonds of love and family with the challenges and rewards of everyday life has garnered her eight consecutive top-ten New York Times bestselling paperbacks. With Beach Girls, Luanne Rice returns to the place that she was born to write about--the Connecticut shore--to tell a story about a family of women whose lives encompass three generations, their histories intertwined with that of the mystic coastal town that has forever bound them to one another.Beach Girls explores the complex and contradictory territories of love, family and friendship. Luanne Rice's sensuous prose and unforgettably rich and textured characters guide us toward a truth that lies within and sometimes beyond our dreams--an enduring strength that we all must embrace to find our way home and into the hearts of those we cherish most. Beach Girls is an enthralling novel of haunting beauty that will resonate long after the final page is turned.From the Paperback edition.
The Beach Holiday: Escape for the summer with this gorgeous new holiday romance!
by Isabelle BroomWhen a struggling writer meets a Hollywood actor in The Hamptons, she decides to use his life as the basis for a love story - but her pursuit of success comes at a price . . .A somebody. A nobody.A love story waiting to be written . . .All aspiring novelist Honor has ever wanted is to be successful. It's the only way she can impress the father who abandoned her, the boyfriend who gave up on her, and the nagging voice in her head that tells her she's not good enough.Still, wanting to tell a story is not the same as having a story to tell, and Honor knows she needs to find a new source of inspiration.When she's invited to spend a summer abroad in The Hamptons, Honor realises it could be the dream setting for a book, especially when a chance encounter provides her with the perfect leading man.But blurring fact and fiction is a dangerous game, and Honor soon discovers that writing her way to success might come at the expense of her own happy ever after . . .(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The Beach Holiday: Escape for the summer with this gorgeous new holiday romance!
by Isabelle BroomA somebody. A nobody.A love story waiting to be written . . .All aspiring novelist Honor has ever wanted is to be successful. It's the only way she can impress the father who abandoned her, the boyfriend who gave up on her, and the nagging voice in her head that tells her she's not good enough.Still, wanting to tell a story is not the same as having a story to tell, and Honor knows she needs to find a new source of inspiration.When she's invited to spend a summer abroad in The Hamptons, Honor realises it could be the dream setting for a book, especially when a chance encounter provides her with the perfect leading man.But blurring fact and fiction is a dangerous game, and Honor soon discovers that writing her way to success might come at the expense of her own happy ever after . . .
The Beach Holiday: Escape for the summer with this gorgeous new holiday romance!
by Isabelle Broom'The book of the summer!' BellaA somebody. A nobody.A love story waiting to be written . . .All aspiring novelist Honor has ever wanted is to be successful. It's the only way she can impress the father who abandoned her, the boyfriend who gave up on her, and the nagging voice in her head that tells her she's not good enough.Still, wanting to tell a story is not the same as having a story to tell, and Honor knows she needs to find a new source of inspiration.When she's invited to spend a summer abroad in The Hamptons, Honor realises it could be the dream setting for a book, especially when a chance encounter provides her with the perfect leading man.But blurring fact and fiction is a dangerous game, and Honor soon discovers that writing her way to success might come at the expense of her own happy ever after . . .The perfect novel to escape with:'An absolutely perfect holiday read' Heat''Funny, evocative, empowering and deliriously romantic - an absolute summer essential' Katie Marsh'A sizzling holiday romance' Cressida McLaughlin'A gorgeous summer tale' Pernielle Hughes'I adored it!' Liz Fenwick
The Beach Holiday: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a heart stopping twist for 2025
by Nina ManningDon't miss the next utterly gripping and spine-tingling thriller from bestselling author Nina Manning, available to pre-order now!You won't want to leave... until you can't.After dumping her boyfriend and fleeing England, Sadie can't help but say yes when she's invited to visit an island just off the coast of Fiji.The island is exactly what Sadie imagined: paradise. Beautiful sunsets, gorgeous white beaches and with no wifi, Sadie can finally try to escape her past.But she quickly discovers that there's more to the island than meets the eye.Why are only women able to visit? Why is a section of the island off limits? And why does no one seem to want - or be able - to leave?As Sadie begins to question everything, she starts to uncover a dark secret that lurks in this haven. But now she's stuck on a remote island with no way out...
The Beach Holiday: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a heart stopping twist for 2025
by Nina ManningYou won't want to leave... until you can't.'Utterly compelling - read this in one weekend' Catherine Cooper'The perfect destination thriller' Gemma RogersAfter dumping her boyfriend and fleeing England, Sadie can't help but say yes when she's invited to visit an island just off the coast of Fiji.The island is exactly what Sadie imagined: paradise. Beautiful sunsets, gorgeous white beaches and with no Wi-Fi, Sadie can finally try to escape her past.But she quickly discovers that there's more to the island than meets the eye.Why are only women able to visit? Why is a section of the island off limits? And why does no one seem to want - or be able - to leave?As Sadie begins to question everything, she starts to uncover a dark secret that lurks in this haven. But now she's stuck on a remote island with no way out...Don't miss the next utterly gripping and spine-tingling thriller from bestselling author Nina Manning, perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke and Sarah Goodwin.Readers are gripped by The Beach Holiday:'I didn't want this book to end' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'Dark and compelling' Sarah Clarke 'Suspense-filled, unputdownable and an addictive page-turner' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'A great escapist read full of intrigue and simmering tension' Helen Cooper 'Thrilling' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Beach Holiday: An utterly gripping psychological thriller with a heart stopping twist for 2025
by Nina ManningYou won't want to leave... until you can't.'Utterly compelling - read this in one weekend' Catherine Cooper'The perfect destination thriller' Gemma RogersAfter dumping her boyfriend and fleeing England, Sadie can't help but say yes when she's invited to visit an island just off the coast of Fiji.The island is exactly what Sadie imagined: paradise. Beautiful sunsets, gorgeous white beaches and with no Wi-Fi, Sadie can finally try to escape her past.But she quickly discovers that there's more to the island than meets the eye.Why are only women able to visit? Why is a section of the island off limits? And why does no one seem to want - or be able - to leave?As Sadie begins to question everything, she starts to uncover a dark secret that lurks in this haven. But now she's stuck on a remote island with no way out...Don't miss the next utterly gripping and spine-tingling thriller from bestselling author Nina Manning, perfect for fans of Lucy Clarke and Sarah Goodwin.Readers are gripped by The Beach Holiday:'I didn't want this book to end' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'Dark and compelling' Sarah Clarke 'Suspense-filled, unputdownable and an addictive page-turner' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'A great escapist read full of intrigue and simmering tension' Helen Cooper 'Thrilling' Reader review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Beach House (The Book Club #2)
by Rochelle AlersIn Rochelle Alers&’ thoughtful, heartwarming series set on a picturesque North Carolina island, one woman&’s seemingly perfect life unravels—and a new chapter begins . . . It&’s been almost a year since Leah Berkley Kent left her lavish Richmond home to spend two months on Coates Island, North Carolina. There she found friendship with two extraordinary women, Kayana and Cherie. Together they formed a summer book club, meeting weekly at the Seaside Café. Leah also found the courage to finally stand up to Alan, her domineering husband of twenty-eight years. With her twin sons now grown, Leah decides to return to Coates Island again this summer. Alan&’s explosive reaction only convinces her that her marriage, and her old life, may be ending. But what comes next? Helping out at the Seaside Café, Leah grows closer to Kayana&’s widowed brother, Derrick. He knows what it&’s like to start over—he traded a Wall Street career for a beachfront house and a slower pace. Derrick is drawn to Leah, but wonders if she&’s truly ready to move on. It&’ll take a summer filled with lazy beach walks, bold new horizons, and book club meetings rich with shared laughter and support, for Leah to find the answers she&’s been looking for . . . Praise for The Inheritance &“The ambiance and flavor of New Orleans are on full display.&” —RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars &“A novel that resembles female bonding romance series like The Bride Quartet by Nora Roberts. . . . Capitalizing on its assets: the sensuous Big Easy setting and the rarely encountered middle age romance.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Beach House
by Amy June Bates Deanna CaswellA long, long drive.It's been a yearof dreaming, waiting.Now, summer's here.In a funny and heartfelt celebration of family, vacations, and the joy of the sea, Deanna Caswell and Amy June Bates capture the essence of summer--building sand castles, jumping the waves, and watching the stars come out after a long day at the beach--and the love that warms every moment.
The Beach House
by Georgia BockovenGeorgia Bockoven aims straight for the heart in a tale as timeless as waves beating against the shore. The beach house is a peaceful summer heaven, a place to escape mundane troubles. Here, four families find their feelings intensified and their lives transformed. With equal measures of heartbreak and happiness, this unforgettable story tells of the beauty of life and the power of love, and speaks to every woman who has ever clung to a child or loved a man. When thirty-year-old Julia, mourning the death of her husband, decides to sell the Santa Cruz beach house they owned together, she changes the lives of all the families who rent it year after year. Teenaged Chris discovers the bittersweet joy of first love. Maggie and Joe, married sixty-five years, courageously face a separation that even their devotion cannot prevent. The married woman Peter yearns for suddenly comes within his reach. And Julia ultimately finds the strength to rebuild her life--something she once thought impossible.
The Beach House: A Novel
by Georgia BockovenBestselling author Georgia Bockoven is at her powerful and emotional peak in this novel perfect for fans of Nancy Thayer and Elin Hilderbrand.Unlock the door to the beach house…a place where life slows down, people come together, and love is the strongest force of all.After you’ve given your baby to strangers, what do you say when someone asks if you have children?Fourteen years ago, Melinda Campbell was fifteen and a half, pregnant and terrified. Desperate to protect her baby from a malicious grandfather and needed at home to take care of her own critically ill father, Melinda makes the most generous, heart-wrenching choice of all: adoption. Now she’s living the successful life her father struggled to give her, but missing her daughter with a longing that shadows every joy.Jeremy Richmond knows the beach house the way a painter knows his canvas, intimately and focused on detail. His life revolves around his adopted daughter, Shiloh, the girl who’s owned his heart from the moment he first held her as an infant. They were a picture-perfect family until Shiloh was diagnosed with pediatric lupus and Jeremy’s wife walked away. When Shiloh tells her father she’s tired of fighting her illness and wants to meet her biological mother before it’s too late, Jeremy agrees to find a woman he has no desire to meet.From the moment Melinda and Jeremy come face-to-face, they realize their worlds will never be the same. Will the beach house that has harbored troubled hearts for decades prove to be the balm they need to heal…?
Beach House
by Deanna CaswellA long, long drive.It's been a yearof dreaming, waiting.Now, summer's here.In a funny and heartfelt celebration of family, vacations, and the joy of the sea, Deanna Caswell and Amy June Bates capture the essence of summer—building sand castles, jumping the waves, and watching the stars come out after a long day at the beach—and the love that warms every moment. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version. Additionally for devices that support audio, this ebook includes a read-along setting.
The Beach House: A Novel
by Jane GreenFrom the author of Jemima J and Falling comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home.Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she’s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor’s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers. After placing an ad for summer rentals touting water views, direct access to the beach, and a sexagenarian roommate, Nan’s once quiet house is soon full of noise, laughter, and the occasional bout of tears. Between her eclectic new tenants and the sudden return of her son, Nan gets a taste of what life is like when you have someone to care for besides yourself. But just as she starts to happily settle in to her new existence, the arrival of a visitor from her past threatens to turn everyone’s lives upside down...From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Beach House: A Novel
by Jane GreenFrom the author of Jemima J and Falling comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home.Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she’s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor’s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers. After placing an ad for summer rentals touting water views, direct access to the beach, and a sexagenarian roommate, Nan’s once quiet house is soon full of noise, laughter, and the occasional bout of tears. Between her eclectic new tenants and the sudden return of her son, Nan gets a taste of what life is like when you have someone to care for besides yourself. But just as she starts to happily settle in to her new existence, the arrival of a visitor from her past threatens to turn everyone’s lives upside down...From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Beach House: A Novel
by Jane Green<P> Nan Powell is a free-spirited, sixty-five-year-old widow who's not above skinny-dipping in her neighbors' pools when they're away and who dearly loves her Nantucket home. But when she discovers that the money she thought would last forever is dwindling, she realizes she must make drastic changes to save her beloved house. So Nan takes out an ad: Rooms to rent for the summer in a beautiful old Nantucket home with water views and direct access to the beach. <P>Slowly people start moving in to the house, filling it with noise, laughter, and with tears. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family and friends expanding. Her son comes home for the summer, and then an unexpected visitor turns all their lives upside down. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
The Beach House
by Beverley Jones'I devoured it in a single sitting' C. J. Cooper, author of The Book Club'A tense, page-turning thriller' Lisa Ballantyne, author of Once Upon a LieThe Beach House was perfect place to hide. Or so she thought . . . When Grace Jensen returns to her home in Lookout Beach one day, she finds a body in a pool of blood and a menacing gift left for her.The community of Lookout Beach is shocked by such a brutal intrusion in their close-knit neighbourhood - particularly to a family as successful and well-liked as the Jensens - and a police investigation to find the trespasser begins.But Grace knows who's after her. She might have changed her name and moved across the world, deciding to hide on the Oregon coast, but she's been waiting seventeen years for what happened in the small Welsh town where she grew up to catch-up with her.Grace might seem like the model neighbour and mother, but nobody in Lookout Beach - not even her devoted husband Elias - knows the real her. Or how much blood is on her hands.The hottest, edge-of-your-seat summer thriller, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty and The Holiday by T. M. Logan.
The Beach House
by Shawn LaneAfter model and actor Mason Adams nearly died from a drug overdose and served time in rehab, his agent is convinced the quiet life is the perfect way to get his life and career back on track. So Mason rents a beach house for the summer in a seaside town to get away from his fast-paced, partying lifestyle in Los Angeles.Mason, however, isn't sure the sedate life is for him -- until he meets his neighbor, crime fiction author John Harding. Forced to retire from the fire department after a career-ending injury, John has found a new life in a modest beach house as a best-selling novelist. Life is good, but quiet and not exactly exciting, until Mason comes to stay next door.Unable to resist, they begin an affair. Once the summer ends, Mason knows he'll return to LA ... and he'll have to leave the man who has stolen his heart.
The Beach House: A Novel (The Beach House #1)
by Mary Alice MonroeKnown for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters Caretta Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother-coming just as her own life is spinning out of control-has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide "turtle lady" and renews old acquaintances long thought lost. But it is in reconnecting with her mother that she will learn life's most precious lessons-true love involves sacrifice, family is forever and the mistakes of the past can be forgiven.
The Beach House
by Mary Alice MonroeKnown for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters.Caretta Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother-coming just as her own life is spinning out of control-has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide "turtle lady" and renews old acquaintances long thought lost. But it is in reconnecting with her mother that she will learn life's most precious lessons-true love involves sacrifice, family is forever and the mistakes of the past can be forgiven.