This photo was taken at Currituck, between Duck and Corolla, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It’s on the sound side, not on the Atlantic, but it is beautiful nonetheless.
Duck is the setting of my most recent book, a novella entitled Surf Song Inn, one novella of four in Coastal Promises.
If you’ve read any of my books, you know I write clean fiction. You know that my adult books all have romance elements. This novella is no different.
What is different is how the idea came to be. I was inspired to write Aimee when I visited the oldest standing schoolhouse in Arizona. The inspiration for Can’t Help Falling in Love, a novella in Smoky Mountain Brides, came from my publisher, who told me she wanted me to write a romance with the main character being a vet who treated the horses at Graceland. The inspiration for this novella came from falling in love with The Outer Banks in 2018 when I visited it for the first time.
When a group of writer friends and I decided to write novellas set on different islands, I knew mine would be set in the OBX (Outer Banks). But what would my story be? Who would be my characters? What kind of romance could I write in only 20,000 words?
After thinking about it, I decided on a country music singer escaping her hectic life for a brief respite in the OBX. The blurb is:
Dreams don’t always work out as imagined, a fact country music singer Rachelle has learned all too well. Burned out by the demands of her singing career, she flees from Nashville to a quaint inn in the Outer Banks of North Carolina where she hopes to find peace and clarity. Registering under her real name of Holly Bellamy and sporting a new hair color and style to disguise her true identity, she revels in being just a “regular person.” When she and the inn’s owner begin to develop feelings for each other, however, her life takes a turn she never expected.
Like the sound of it? Then be sure to go to Amazon and search for Coastal Promises. Read the blurbs for the other three novellas. Buy the e-book for $4.99 or the paperback for $14.99.
Then find a quiet spot with your favorite snack nearby, and escape to an island. Let the waves carry your stress away as you enjoy light romance set in very romantic locales.
I thank you in advance if you purchase the book and hope that you enjoy it. And on a side note–no, dreams don’t always work out the way we expected, but that doesn’t mean we should stop dreaming.
Dream on.
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