PROMISE AT REFUGE POINT - Sample

Next in the Jewell Cove series... a story of secrets, summer flings, and two survivors who find solace in each other...

Summer Arnold is the sweetheart of Jewell Cove. There isn't a job she hasn't worked or a life she hasn't touched. But Summer has a secret. No one in town knows the truth of her early childhood, nor the disgraceful ancestry that she hasn't acknowledged. Her shame is an emotional wall keeping the world from getting too close. Now, her latest job-working on a documentary about the history of Jewell Cove-is threatening to unearth her secrets.

It's one disaster after another for Jax Brodie's documentary, until he hires Summer Arnold. His personal assistant's knowledge of Jewell Cove and insight into his production problems are invaluable. She works her way into her personal life too, teaching the chronic overachiever how to trust those around him and helping him to realize that the man he's become is... enough.

While a relationship wasn't in either of their plans, Jax and Summer find themselves growing closer. Little by little, Summer's emotional walls begin to crumble, That is until Jax learns the secret of Summer's heritage. Now Summer must choose between running from the past and trusting the man she's come to love.