Beachread Stories

After discovering her fiancé has been cheating on her with one of her colleagues, Emily Jones calls off her wedding and leaves Sydney behind for a fresh start in Mudgee. With a new teaching job, a charming cottage and her best friend Izzy by her side, she's determined to rebuild the life that fell apart. The last thing she expects is Jake Bodero-handsome, quietly confident and heir to one of Mudgee's most celebrated wineries. Emily came to Mudgee to escape a broken heart. She never expected to find a man worth risking it for.

As an avid concert-goer, Ali never expected to be anything other than a spectator. Someone lost in a sea of screaming fans. But someone saw her, and it wasn't the band. A sound tech with big brown eyes and floppy hair. Maybe Ali is about to be swept into the music scene in a way she never expected - to see beneath the lights and blaring sound. Come along and see.

Zara O'Conner returns to her home town of Indigo Bay after two years away to spend the summer with her Nan and escape her parent's divorce. But things in Indigo aren't how she remembers them. Her two best friends are no longer speaking to each other, and she's determined to put things right before she leaves at the end of the summer. Most surprising is Ethan Maxwell, the annoying boy she grew up with, is suddenly charming and irresistible . . .

A collection of drabbles from my writing journals, school papers, and random thoughts. Some might be decent, some might REALLY suck. I'll let you decide. Enjoy :)

Can an unexplained breakup and ten years of heartache be cured by the romance - and endless buffets - of a tropical cruise? When her sister is left at the altar, small town librarian Zoe Balis jumps at the chance to take the bride's unused ticket for the honeymoon cruise. But she didn't count on sharing a cabin with the man who broke her heart ten years ago! Army medic Nate Hyatt never told Zoe goodbye when he enlisted - or the real reason why he dumped her on prom night. And he never stopped dreaming about the girl he left behind. Could this voyage be a chance to fix his worst mistake? After all, a Caribbean cruise should be romantic... if he can convince her to move past ten years of bitterness and hurt. Once aboard the luxury liner, Zoe befriends a bored Internet mogul with more heart than tact. Nate vents his problems to a ship's photographer battling PTSD. The four team up on an island hopping treasure hunt. The stakes grow higher with each of Zoe's mysterious brushes with death. Zoe's never gotten over her first love, and is tempted to let Nate back into her life. But she's not willing to risk loving a man whose career keeps him in a combat zone. Can Nate breach her defenses and suture her broken heart? Grab a deck chair and see if they survive the stormy relationship seas as they cruise toward love!

A lonely divorcee in her 50s finds happiness, unlikely friendship ... and love at the place she hates the most: the beach. ☀️ According to Google, it takes an average of one to two years to recover from a divorce, regardless of who wanted to end the marriage. Marcie Jacobs is nearing the 2.5 years mark. She didn't want it and certainly hasn't recovered, especially now that her ex-husband, Nick, is dating Allyse, a beautiful thirty-year-old who is everything she's not: Thin, young, adventurous, and a total beach lover. When Nick suggests they sell their shared beach house and spend their summer vacation together fixing it up ... just the two of them, Marcie-a total beach hater, agrees, feeling a glimmer of reconciliation hope. To her shock and horror, however, it's not Nick who shows up. It's Allyse. Despite their differences , the two women make a friendship pact for the next two weeks while they fix up the beach house and Marcie discovers what she's really been missing: Friendship. And somewhere along the way, she also finds love. ☀️ ©2021 by Sidney Brooks/Laura Bowers. All rights reserved. Plagiarism is illegal and punishable by law.

Sydnie's life had gotten a little ... predictable. She went to the same boring job every day and had the same boring conversations until a mysterious stranger showed up and changed everything. What was his secret? Perhaps it had something to do with the Strawberry Watermelon Wendy's beverage he was constantly sipping from. Whatever it was, Sydnie wanted in.

Usually I don't like when people, especially strangers touch me, but this time was an exception. His dark hair flowed in the wind, and I couldn't help but stare at his strong hand running over the redness on my calf. For some reason, I wanted this perfect stranger to touch me all over right then and there. He started at me, "Is there anything I can do? Theres a lifeguard that can bring ice, he's right over there!" "No!" I say, "Really, I'm alright." I expected him to walk away after that, knowing how guys are these days. Shy. Too shy to introduce themselves in person, and not behind a cheesy pickup line through DMs. He held out his hand, "I'm Nicky, sorry we had to meet under these circumstances. " I stare at him a little shocked, " Hi I'm Em." "Hi, Em. I saw you before on the street riding my bike, you are very hard to forget." I giggle a little. Is this the serendipity I've been waiting for my entire life?

With the week of their wedding finally upon them, Washington, D.C., Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her fiancé, Senator Nick Cappuano, are at odds. In the aftermath of a tragic loss, they struggle to reconnect as the big day draws near, but their work keeps pulling them apart. When a new clue into a cold case surfaces, Nick asks Sam not to take any foolish chances before the wedding and to leave it alone for the time being. Sam agrees, but she can't let it go entirely and winds up trapped in an explosive situation. Then an unwelcome visitor from her past threatens her future happiness… With trouble at every turn, will Sam survive long enough to walk down the aisle?

This is a sneak peek into my debut novel "How to get Your Heart Broken". To be released March 21st 2016. If you like it, you can buy it here: E-book: http://amzn.com/B01D6SP980 Paperback: https://www.createspace.com/5971240 -- A self-proclaimed cynic, Eli is unsurprised by her boyfriend's betrayal. Yet, its impact goes beyond what she realizes; a cruel bet, an array of secrets, and a thousand lessons not yet learned teach her how to trust again as an unlikely boy shows her a kind of love she never knew existed. After Eli finds her boyfriend cheating on her, she seeks an escape. She heads to the beach to spend the summer before college with her two best friends. When Eli is unable to move past the betrayal, the girls devise a distraction; a bet about their handsome neighbor. Yet their thoughtless competition goes too far and their friendships are tested as they began to wonder how much they really know about each other and themselves. In the chaos, they manage to learn the truth about love, self-acceptance, and the journey back from rock bottom.

Marina and Noah meet in... unfavorable circumstances. Marina, being an island local, and Noah, having just moved into town with a mysterious past, don't get along after a filet mishap. But after learning more about each other, and their not-so-glamorous pasts, there is an undeniable attraction that both Marina and Noah try to avoid. The question remains: will they be able to ignore the passionate feelings, or will they succumb to the four letter word neither person has the courage to say? First story written, please be nice! Ill always take comments and notes in consideration, so feel free to add trope recs/ ideas!! Thanks <33 Unedited but my pet peeve is spellling errors so there should be very little :) why you should read my story: -chapters are short -MALE MC IS FINEEE -i didn't cast anyone so feel free to make ur own casting <33

The murder of two members of the Capitol Cleaning Service might’ve been just another homicide investigation—that is If one of them hadn’t been romantically involved with a married senator from Arizona. Lt. Sam Holland and her team are plunged into another complex case that at first seems open and shut. But as Sam tugs on the threads of the investigation she uncovers a deep, dark Washington secret that threatens the careers of some of the government’s highest-ranking officials. Racing to catch a killer before he can strike again, Sam and her fiancé, U.S. Senator Nick Cappuano, attempt to plan a wedding while her colleague Detective Tommy “Gonzo” Gonzales faces life-changing news.

The first time Travis North lays eyes on Liana McDermott, she’s wearing the most hideous bridesmaid dress he’s ever seen. He doesn't immediately recognize the world-famous super model who is attending her cousin Enid's wedding at the country club he owns. Thanks to Enid's shameless matchmaking, Travis and Liana become acquainted and later embark on a two-week fling intended to be free of emotion and entanglement. As Liana's return to work gets closer, however, Travis wonders how he'll ever let her go when the time comes while Liana considers whether he might be her true north. Two high-powered careers, two amazing weeks and a love that comes along just once in a lifetime. Is she ready to give up her career for a different kind of life? Does he want the same things she does? After insisting on an emotionless affair, she can't very well ask him. Or can she?

Light After Dark is a New York Times bestseller! Mallory Vaughn is at a crossroads in her life. A year after learning that Big Mac McCarthy is her father, she's spending more and more time on Gansett Island, surrounded by the large and boisterous McCarthy family. When she's laid off from her longtime job, Mallory goes to visit her family on Gansett and tries to figure out the next chapter. An unexpected job offer will have her packing up her home in Providence to move to the island for at least the summer, if not longer. She decides to make this the "Summer of Mallory," full of new adventures, new people and new opportunities. Will a new love also be part of the Summer of Mallory? Anything is possible on Gansett Island, especially true love. Take the ferry back to Gansett to catch up with the McCarthy family and their friends. Be on hand as Laura and Owen welcome their twins and the family comes back together for another summer of love and adventure on Gansett Island.

Kilea Waterstone (16) is a first year history student at Harvard. She's yet to decide her major when she goes on a school trip to Greece. The trip is amazing, ofcourse except from the load of Greek mythology surrounding Kilea. But when Kilea decides to sit down at the pool and listen to music, she can't help but sing along. Kilea accidentally kills someone. She finds out more and more about her true nature. "Immortality is not a gift. It's a sentence."

Oceans and sunsets have been holding Love together for some time now. Until it's her senior year in high school, without her mother. Her dad, Malibu and her friends are the only things that seem to be the only positive light in her life. Love and her rich group op friends (heavy on the rich) have known each other for their whole lives. But what will happen when that dynamic will inevitably be disrupted? Love knows this all too well and is trying to see past it by trying to make the best out of this whirlwind of a senior year. Will she be able to ignore her problems at home, her anxieties, relationships and senior year? (dialogue from the book) Sometimes not reacting is enough reaction. Or how no response is a response. Something I probably need to learn. I always have something to say about anything. That's why my dad calls me king. A little weird when you're in middle school and kids are already making fun of your name, which is Love by the way. King Love, loves to be king. Basically. Growing up in Malibu is a dream, except for the growing fear of having your house being burned down by the California fires. What's also a dream is having parents who are smart and have money. I'm going to be plain honest with you right now. I know I'm a spoiled brat sometimes, honestly I try not to be, but money makes a lot of things easier. At least that's what my mother repeats after every story about her parents, my grandparents, who fled out of China to come to the oh so beautiful promised land of the United States of America. Just to live in the Bay Area and be proud that their daughter made it out of the Bay Area into Malibu with my dad. Even though they didn't like him when they started dating.

Paul Martinez has been run ragged by the demands of managing the family’s landscaping business and his mother’s battle with dementia. It’s been so long since he had sex, he can’t remember the last time. The arrival of nurse Hope Russell brought some badly needed help to Paul and his brother Alex in managing their mother’s illness, but Hope’s presence has sparked a whole new problem for Paul—lusting after one of his employees, something his late father would never condone. Hope and her young son Ethan badly need this second chance on Gansett Island, and she’s determined to make her new job work for both of them. Kissing her boss, however, was not part of the plan. The more time she spends with Paul, the more she admires the way he cares for his mother and the attention he pays to her son. But when Paul finds out about her shameful past, will he still want her and Ethan in his life? Come back to Gansett Island to find out what’s going on with all your favorite characters, including Mac and Maddie, Seamus and Carolina and the rest of the Gansett crew. Weeks before Alex and Jenny’s long-awaited wedding, Alex begins to worry that his bride is getting cold feet—or is something else going on? It’s September on Gansett where the days are cool, bright and sunny and the nights are hot and sexy! Approximately 90,000 words.

((Ongoing!)) Calli Reynolds has always felt out of place. But when a strange reoccurring dream one summer makes her start to think there might be more to her than she knows, she's swept up in a whirlpool of secrets deeper than the ocean. With the help of a bad boy who can't seem to stay out of her way, Calli must dive deep into the mysteries surrounding her past...before her past catches up with her. With all the cliches you know and love, Salt to Stone will pull you in with an allure as strong as the sea itself. (ROUGH DRAFT) Read the first ten chapters here. For more content follow @storiesbydaniella on Instagram.

When you're lost, sometimes the only place you can go is home. Broken over the death of her fiancé, Molly leaves law school to return to her childhood home in North Carolina. Expecting to lay low until she can figure out what else to do with her life, she finds herself in the arms of her high school sweetheart, the boy who represents everything from the past she tried to leave behind. Looking for an escape, she instead finds a way back to the girl she almost forgot existed and a future she never dreamed possible.

For twenty-eight years Maggie O'Donnell has been shrinking in the shadows of her family's expectations. Can a lone wolf photographer convince her to follow the desires of her own heart instead?