Serenity Series

In the small beach town of Serenity by the Sea, Kassidy Russo tells a lie. Not a big lie that would harm other people. The kind of lie that causes a small inconvenience no larger than dripping ice cream on a hot day. At least that’s how she sees it.

She’ll come clean to her estranged sisters soon enough, but first she must convince them to stay in Serenity, keep their late father’s failing tavern, and clear out his neglected home filled with years of trash and junk. Before she does any of that, she should ask herself; when everything begins with a lie, how can it end with the truth?

Grant Hawkins arrives in Serenity by the Sea under a falsehood. His brother deceived him. But Grant agrees to stay a few weeks because his secret hides well in a quaint town with interesting residents. He also owes his brother this one last try to save what Grant has broken. And maybe he stays because the pretty woman in the tavern needs his help.
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But for two people who must learn that secrets only hurt those you care about, life seldom turns out the way you plan, and not everyone gets a second chance to start over, finding love in the midst of a storm will be as difficult as discovering the rarest sea glass in the sand.
Maren Russo knows better than anyone that sometimes life knocks your crown right off your head. Her event planning business crumbled to pieces like rotted driftwood thanks to a bridezilla extraordinaire. Without an income, she can’t keep her home or her daughter in college. She doesn’t want to strain her recently renewed relationship with her sisters and ask for a loan. That leaves one option. Consider the most outrageous idea she’s ever heard.   
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Shane Sutherland finds himself in desperate need of changing his bad image. If he doesn’t, he will miss out on the opportunity to manage his dream baseball team. When his car crashes near Serenity by the Sea, he thinks he’s found the answer to his problems. Too bad Maren thinks he’s lost his mind.

Maren and Shane find themselves in a secret arrangement that drags up their unresolved past like nets on the ocean’s floor. Telling lies to the people they love risks what they’re working to save. Or will a few hidden facts get them everything they want—except true love and the truth?
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​Ready to make her great escape, Bailey Russo’s plan to permanently leave Serenity by the Sea is thwarted by her quirky landlord, and she finds herself tied to the town in ways she couldn’t imagine. She never meant to stay as long as she had, but Serenity’s seashore magic and Bailey’s growing relationship with her sisters lulled her like the rhythm of the ocean until now.

Desperate to keep his young son safe, Jack Billinger can think of only one difficult way out of the mess he’s caused—convince his grandmother to sell her bookstore. He faces an additional problem and it’s in the form of his grandmother’s flighty, unexpected, and beautiful tenant.
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Bailey and Jack must navigate each other like ships lost at sea. Her free spirit determination to save the store rivals his practical resolve to sell. When the worst possible thing happens, they must put aside their differences or lose the chance to have what their hearts searched for from the beginning— love and belonging.    
When a DNA test sends Skyla Morgan to Serenity by the Sea, she has a chance to finally get what she wants—a place to lay her head and a family of her own. But revealing her identity to her half-sister will take courage she doesn’t possess. What if she is rejected by this unsuspecting family member? Another loss will destroy her.
Levi Hawkins returns to Serenity by the Sea in secret. Not the best plan because Serenity is a small town and someone will see him before he’s ready to reveal himself. But Levi is known to take risks, and coming back might be worth the price. Or will it? Because he finds a mysterious woman asleep on his floor, and she is more than he bargained for.
Christmas is a time for miracles and Skyla and Levi are due. They are thrown together by chance—or perhaps fate. This unexpected union will force them to face the lies they tell themselves—and others—or lose what little they have managed to preserve.  
Book 5 coming 2026