All About The Sides

The Beachcomber Motel needs a miracle.

Jules Whittier is starting to regret the promise she made to her grandmother on her deathbed. The motel is even more dilapidated than it looked like in the pictures and it turns out that renovating it includes working with her estranged cousins Maddie and Gina — the same cousins who caused her to fail at running the last motel. But there’s no getting around the stipulations in Gram’s will, and Jules needs to make a success of the Beachcomber, not only because of the promise she made but also to prove to herself that she’s not a failure.

Nick Barlow doesn’t understand why anyone would want to renovate a dusty old hotel in a town that has no tourists, but when Jules comes in asking for the loan, he’s smitten and can’t get the application off the printer fast enough. Things are dull around Shell Cove and he’s looking forward to doing business with his new client… until his grandfather, the bank president, gives him a dire warning about Jules and her family and then refuses to approve the loan.

Maddie Montgomery has made a promise to her grandmother, too. She needs to help Jules and Gina reconcile. But, as she soon finds out, that might not be the only reason Gram sent her to Shell Cove. The town needs her special brand of optimism and organization to keep it from dying out completely.

Gina Gallagher’s life has hit rock bottom. Her real estate tycoon husband has disappeared after cleaning out both their business and personal bank accounts. When her grandmother makes her promise to learn to find joy in the little things and help out at the Beachcomber, she has no energy to refuse. Right now she has nowhere else to stay, but she doesn’t plan to keep her promise for long… until her stay at the Beachcomber yields some unexpected surprises.

None of them really wanted to come to the Beachcomber, but could the old motel be the exact thing each of them needs?

Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, From Blood and Ash, and Throne of Glass, this romantasy debut delivers high-stakes adventure, slow-burn romance, and a heroine who refuses to be tamed.

She was forged for war — then sentenced to marriage.
Bound to a kingdom. Hunted by a prince. Marked by a monster.

For a thousand years, the Unseen Shield has protected Rhea Ashwood’s kingdom, trapping the Angel of Death and his demonic army beneath a shadowy dome. As a Guardian — one of the kingdom’s elite soldiers — Rhea has spent her life fighting the creatures that manage to break through. Among a male-dominated order, she serves in its rare all-female unit — disciplined, loyal, and bound to no one.

So when the King decrees that all eligible women, including her unit, must take part in the Ceremony — a forced marriage rite to “preserve the population” — Rhea is furious. Guardians have always been exempt. And she refuses to be bound to anyone, least of all the possessive Crown Prince.

In truth, Rhea has a far more pressing issue: Jove, her bonded partner and closest friend — long presumed dead inside the Shield — is alive. Worse still, the Angel of Death has marked her as the key to his escape. Crossing the Shield to save Jove could doom the very world she’s sworn to protect.

Desperate for answers, Rhea turns to Kol, a sharp-tongued exile from the Banished — descendants of those who once served the Angel himself. Kol is reckless, infuriating, and far too tempting to trust. And when the Crown Prince forces his way into their mission, Rhea’s carefully guarded heart begins to crack.

With war looming and her heart pulled in three directions, Rhea must make an impossible choice:

Rescue the boy who shares her soul…
Or risk everything for the one who threatens to claim it.

Murder, Mystery, and a Dash of Mayhem

Best friends Claire and CC have always tackled life’s ups and downs together, but nothing could prepare them for the chaos of a small-town murder. When the notoriously unpleasant bank manager, Mr. Johnson, is found dead under suspicious circumstances, everyone in town is a suspect.

The new sheriff seems out of his league, so Claire and CC step in to investigate — despite his threats to keep out of it. With each clue they uncover, the case grows more tangled. A surprise heir to Mr. Johnson’s fortune, a missing college student, and a trail of secrets push the amateur sleuths to their limits.

Along the way, Claire’s talent for accidental disasters keeps landing her — and the sheriff — in hilarious predicaments. From car mishaps to dog biscuit mix-ups, sparks fly in more ways than one. But when danger strikes, Claire and CC face their biggest challenge yet: saving an innocent life before time runs out.

Will they solve the case, save Jamie, and live to tell the tale? Or will their meddling end in disaster?

An account of the first major military campaign embarked upon by the future Emperor of the Roman Empire, Marcus Ulpius Traianus, commonly known as Trajan. Follow Trajan and his detachment of the Seventh Legion from Hispania to Germania, meeting friend and foe as they clash and collaborate to save the Empire from rebellion.

HO HO HO. Santa Kev brings you the best in this year’s Christmas Horror stories. If you like your Christmas to be a little darker than most, you have come to the right place. Lock the doors, kick back, and let’s fill this Christmas with terror!