Lola Jones has moved seventeen hundred miles across the country, to a beach full of memories. She hopes this new chapter in her life is peaceful, quiet, and simple. She’s not looking for love. She’s had that. She’s had the knee-buckling, heart-pounding love. The best friend, through thick and thin, type of love. And it’s gone. She knows that doesn’t happen twice in a lifetime, and she’s okay with that. Ben Scott has that simple, quiet life, but maybe he’s finally ready for more. Is he ready to open his heart up again? Lola and Ben are both looking for something, but what if they find each other? Could cupid’s arrow find Lola twice?

Debbie is starting over. The recently divorced, former heart surgeon, is moving from Colorado to Folly Beach, South Carolina. She’s decided it’s finally time to focus on her heart and what she wants. And she isn’t going to let the messiness of love get in the way. Love is overrated. She was married twenty-five years and it failed. She failed. She’d rather focus her energy on her dream of opening a yarn shop and surviving the busy holiday season. Jack couldn’t agree more about love being overrated. The notorious Folly Beach bachelor has a reputation to prove it. The former major league baseball player has earned that title and it’s served him well. But he didn’t count on Debbie moving to his island. Did this Southern charmer ever have control over his heart and what it wants? With the help of some island characters, he might finally realize that love cannot be controlled.

This book has been edited for a more pleasurable reading experience. Sarah Helen Montgomery from Bismarck, North Dakota no longer exists. Sarah, now Cora, lands in Folly Beach, South Carolina in hopes of a new life. A life without Darren, her abusive ex-boyfriend. The day she won the lottery was her ticket out and she took it. She’s changed her name, her address, her appearance, everything. She hopes she can keep a low profile in the beautiful beach town, but then she meets the Folly Beach police officer, Casey Reed. Is he one of the good guys? Grandma Ruth and all of the town characters will show her the way. Will she be able to love again? What happens when Darren tries to find her?

Kerrie doesn’t know how it happened, but the last twenty years have flown by. She’s survived being a widow and single mom, and then she focused all her energy on opening her floral shop. Dating took a back burner and she’s never thought much about it. But, that was before Kerrie was faced with enduring the singles table at three of her friends’ upcoming weddings. Don’t get her wrong, she loves weddings. As the owner of Southern Belles, weddings are her bread and butter. But, the singles table? It’s got her rethinking her relationship status and dating gives her the hives. Mack, a perpetual casual dater, is also not looking forward to the singles table, but he refuses to bring a date. The one time he brought a plus one, to a wedding, she had him walking down the aisle before the cake was even cut. What a disaster. So, what if Mack and Kerrie are each other’s fake dates? They both get what they want. Kerrie gets out of the dreaded singles table and Mack won’t stress that she’ll get the wrong idea. Can they make everyone believe their charade? It’s the perfect plan, and no one gets hurt, right?

Dani’s fiancé dumped her the same day she was laid off from her job at a big finance firm. Two weeks later, she’s kissed Boston goodbye and allowed a wedding magazine to steer her to her next destination, Folly Beach, South Carolina. She tells herself she will use this extended vacation to focus on what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Does she want to stay in finance? Should she move back to Florida? These are questions she will try to answer and she doesn’t need the distraction of the local, bakery owner. The handsome, easy on the eyes, bakery owner. Cam has lived on Folly Beach for eight years, and his main focus is, and always will be, his son and the bakery. He’s worked hard to make A Beachin Bakery a success while being a single dad. Life is good, boring maybe, but good. Dating is the last thing on his mind. Until he meets Dani Krum, the newest visitor to Folly Beach.