Chris Keniston
In
Mimosa Key for his brother Naughty Nate's wedding, Chase Ivory has a plan to
avoid his eccentric grandfather's matchmaking—hire someone to be his date for
the week. A beautiful and ditzy actress with no strings, and no commitments is
just the ticket for no complications.
Military nurse Lt. Cassandra "CJ" Lawson has seen too much. All she wants is quiet family time with her sister. Except, when her sister leaves town for a part in movie, CJ is left filling in for one little job—cozying up to a wealthy jetsetting billionaire.
What happens when simple and uncomplicated, becomes anything but?
How
does a wealthy, overworked CFO at a Fortune 500 company find a man when every
guy she's dated is more interested in positions and power than in her? Cue the
violins for an Italian pizzeria owner from Philly with a track record of dating
disasters and a real desire for love. Both apply to PERFECT MATCH, a TV reality
show advertising cutting edge technology to pair up ideal mates. Matches so
perfect, the show guarantees a wedding before the weekend is over.
But when Elizabeth Ellis and Val Corelli arrive at Barefoot Bay to star in the show's premiere episode, they discover the producers' idea of a perfect match is a lot different from their own.
Fiona Roarke
Can
Barefoot Bay work its magic when there's trouble in paradise?
Sexy, single hunk JD Macalister never expected to fall so hard or so fast. He's been burned by love—and a long-distance relationship—before and swore he'd never get hurt again. But the blonde beauty in the jade-green dress he meets at a friend's wedding isn't going anywhere. Especially not out of his arms.
Samantha Duke can't take her eyes off the tall, dark and dangerous-looking man she spotted the moment she walked down the aisle. Their instant connection dazzles her. And once he reels her into his grasp, she knows one night—or a hundred nights—will never be enough. But that's all the time they have, one hundred nights before she leaves JD behind.
Jeannie Moon
Josie
DeMarco moved to Mimosa Key three years ago to escape the scandalous heartbreak
that destroyed her life. She has a job and friends she loves on the idyllic
island off the coast of Florida, but her world is turned upside down when Tony
Granville seeks her help to escape the relentless paparazzi stalking him.
As Prince Anton Edward, heir to the throne of a small European nation, Tony can’t lead a normal life with the responsibilities of his title, and the constant scrutiny of his father, King Edward, hanging over him. But when Tony is back with Josie, the only woman he’s ever loved, he realizes he’s willing to give up his crown to be with her. What he doesn’t know is if she would give up the life she’s made for herself to be with him.
Jill Monroe
Molly
Waiter grew up on the fantastical stories of sunken ships, pirates and lost
treasure. As guardians of lost Le Cœur Surveillé – the Guarded Heart – each
young Waiter is warned of the curse: the one who possesses the Guarded Heart
will never find happiness in love. Fine with Molly! Ever since the hurricane
that tore through Mimosa Key, she’s been off love and on the lookout for
cash.
Bad boy adventurer Cooper Overton has been hiding a big secret – he has half the map leading to Le Cœur Surveillé. He’s determined to have Molly’s half, too, to save his tanking career. When the sexy beauty turns him down flat, he decides to heat things up – with seduction.
Molly’s determined to resist the gorgeous modern day buccaneer. She wants all or nothing, and no sexy usurper is going to horn in on her family’s two-centuries long quest. But how does she get the map from the man whose touch she can’t forget? Will she become one more Waiter to lose her heart? Or is Cooper her chance to find the jewel and break the curse?
Kiersten Hallie Krum
Driven
by wanderlust and insatiable curiosity, Quinn Forrester views every new gig for
her mixologist business as another chance for adventure. Until the night she
wanders down the wrong hallway and witnesses a mob murder. After a week on the
run, lack of funds and few options land Quinn in Barefoot Bay where she takes a
job tending bar at the swanky Casa Blanca resort…and hopes no wise guys show up
to make her sleep with the fishes. But nothing whacks a low profile like having
your Navy SEAL ex-husband walk through the door—especially when he’s the love
of your life you left behind.
Wild on the Beach
Discovering his restless ex-wife at Casa Blanca—and still going by his name—is enough to drive Lieutenant Commander Jasper McQueen wild. When she ran out on their marriage, Quinn left him a broken man. Now with his career in jeopardy and his sexy ex-wife at hand, Jasper is ready to chuck responsibility and submerse himself in a hedonistic affair—all sex, zero emotions—with the woman he won’t forgive and can never forget. And this time, when they’re done, it’ll be Jasper who does the leaving.
Wild on the Rocks
But a mob enforcer has tracked Quinn to Barefoot Bay. With her days numbered, Jasper may be her only shot at living through the night—if Quinn can get him to believe in her one last time.
Leigh Duncan
His
secret might save the Super Min, but will the truth cost him his heart?
Tasked to bring a group of mom-and-pop convenience stores under one corporate umbrella, willowy blonde Charlotte Oak seizes the opportunity to secure her future...by any means necessary. But the hunky clerk who refuses to sell the Super Min to her not only blocks Charlie’s path to success, he forces her to take a good, hard look at herself. And she doesn’t like what she sees. Self-made billionaire Josh McLean does, though. When the golden-haired beauty struts into his Aunt Charity's Super Min, Josh wants nothing more than to wine and dine the newcomer like only the head of a Fortune 500 company can...until he discovers Charlie’s real purpose in coming to Barefoot Bay will destroy the heart and soul of Mimosa Key.
Lucy Lakestone
Rival
reporters, a dangerous story, a forbidden attraction ...
Ambitious reporter Roz Melander can’t return to her big-city career until she saves the struggling Florida newspaper her family founded. But rescuing the Mimosa Gazette won’t be easy with handsome nemesis Alden Knox in her way. Cynical after working in the tabloids and haunted by an old mistake, he’s starting over at the upstart Times, covering the glitterati streaming to the island’s Barefoot Bay resort. When a fishing boat blows up in the Gulf of Mexico with a famous actor on board, both scramble to get the scoop on why. Roz is in it for the news, and Alden’s in it for the gossip — but someone will go to great lengths to stop either of them from finding out. As they chase clues, they face another obstacle: their simmering attraction. Working together against a dangerous enemy might be the only way to survive, but can they get the stories they need when what they really want is each other?
Mandy Baxter
The
last thing Emily Proctor wants to do is attend her ex-boyfriend, Brad’s
wedding. But if she ditches the posh, destination affair, everyone will know
that she’s a coward—not to mention the fact that she still isn’t over the
heartbreak at being passed over for her former best friend. The only thing that
could be more humiliating than going to the wedding is going alone. No way is
Emily going to let that happen…
Chance McCall has been in love with Emily for as
long as he can remember. She was his first love, the only girl he could never
get out of his head. So when she asks him to attend her loser ex’s wedding and
pose as her fiancé, he’s more than willing to play the part. The beautiful
resort at Barefoot Bay is the perfect place to charm and romance her. But when
he realizes that Emily isn’t over Brad—and that Brad might not be over
Emily—Chance has no choice but to step up his game or miss out on a second chance
at his first love…
Maria Geraci
HOT,
RICH, AND POWERFUL MEETS HIS MATCH AT A DESTINATION WEDDING IN BAREFOOT BAY
Jack Martinez has the world at his feet. Heir to
Florida's most lucrative personal injury law firm, women love him and insurance
companies quake at the mention of his name. But Jack harbors a secret wish. He
wants to start a small practice of his own, away from the limelight, and he's
counting on his younger brother to finish law school and take his place at
their parents' firm.
Felicity Reed wants to save her family's dying
PR company. Landing a big client like Jack would be a dream come true, but
she's made a pitch and he's already shot her down. Which makes it awkward when
her baby sister and Jack's younger brother decide to do a destination wedding
at the Casa Blanca Resort in Mimosa Key.
When the soon-to-be newlyweds announce that
they're deferring law school, Jack offers Felicity a deal; help him convince
the young couple to stick to their original plan and he'll give her PR firm a
slice of his business. Which seems easy enough until Felicity finds herself
actually falling for the arrogant ambulance chaser. Now she's going to have to
make a choice between family loyalty or a chance on a forever love.
Marilyn Baxter
A
woman whose touch can heal. A man who doesn't want to believe.
Family woes bring Jillian Logan home to Mimosa
Key, but she faces more trouble in her new job as a massage therapist at the
Casa Blanca Resort in Barefoot Bay. Right away she’s given a special
assignment: a wounded soldier who is a good-looking player with sex appeal and
who threatens to throw her delicately balanced life off-kilter. Sam Hartman,
AKA Hart Throb, views the beach as just another sandbox all too reminiscent of
the hellhole where he was injured. And the alternative therapies that Jillian
offers him? He considers them pure voodoo. He would rather move their relationship
off the massage table and into his bed, but as much as he wants her touch, it
forces him to face the demons that still haunt him. Can the heat of their
unlikely connection heal them both?
Don't miss out on Roxanne's novels that started it all
Introducing Barefoot Bay Timeless...a new trilogy celebrating the sexy silver fox hero! Set on the sun-washed sands of Barefoot Bay, these contemporary novels tell stories of second chances and redemption.
By her own admission, advertising copywriter Emma DeWitt is jaded, jilted, and jobless, but she goes over the edge when she learns that the resort villa that was supposed to be the site of her romantic honeymoon is occupied by a single man. But when the sexy silver fox who's staying in the villa surprises her with an irresistible offer to pose as his fake fiancée, Emma sees a way to have her week in paradise and begin healing her broken heart.
Mark believes every person has only one soul mate...and he's met, married, and buried his. Emma believes that love is a marketing concept created to sell fairy tales and expensive weddings. What if they are both wrong...and completely right for each other?
Barefoot Undercover
Barefoot Bound - Free
Barefoot Bound is the prequel novella (100 pages, no cliffhanger) that kicks off Roxanne St. Claire’s spinoff series, Barefoot Bay Undercover.
Former spy and current bad boy Gabriel Rossi is headed to Barefoot Bay to start and run a new covert operation, but before he goes, he has some business to take care of up in Boston. Family business. With the Rossi and Angelino family, that means there will be laughter, love, food, and forgiveness…and the possibility someone is in danger.
On the eve of his departure, Gabe learns that his grandfather, Nino, might be in some serious trouble. Gabe will stop at nothing to help the man he considers his best friend, even if that means risking his own life to save Nino’s. But even Gabe might not be sly and smart enough to protect Nino from the one thing that could really hurt this sweet old man…a broken heart.
So, before you slip off your shoes and go all the way undercover, get to know Gabriel Rossi, the hero at the heart of Barefoot Bay Undercover.
Barefoot Brides
Meet the Barefoot Brides -- three destination wedding planners who are experts at arranging dreamy "I do's" but haven't found their own happily ever after...yet. All that's about to change in Barefoot Bay, a beloved tropical setting for heartbreak and happiness from New York Times bestselling author Roxanne St. Claire.
Willow Ambrose has fought a battle with the scale for much of her life, but she has finally won the war. She hasn’t just cut calories -- she’s cut all ties to her past, too, and successfully carved out a new body and a new life. But when she comes face to face with someone who left an indelible mark on her heart years before, all that threatens to crumble.
Navy SEAL Nick Hershey is on medical leave, doing a friend a favor as a stand in “man of honor” at a beach wedding. He might not be that interested in the nuptials, but the wedding planner catches his eye the minute they meet. When he realizes Willow is a girl he knew in college -- and a girl he unintentionally hurt to the core -- he knows he has some making up to do.
Willow has learned how to beat every temptation...but Nick’s sweet as candy kisses just might be the one thing she can’t resist. However, the closer they get, the more the past threatens to tear them apart. Nick and Willow learn the hard way that they can’t change history, but does that mean they won’t have a future?
Barefoot Bay Billionaires
Zeke Nicholas has turned his mathematical genius skills into a mountain of money. But Zeke sits on that mountain all alone, longing for the one thing money cannot buy: a lifelong partner and true love. Enter Mandy Mitchell...the maid at his thousand-dollar-a-night resort.
The minute they meet, Mandy knows he’s exactly the kind of trouble she should avoid...but Zeke does have one thing Mandy needs to gain the independence she craves. Will he give it to her? One look at Mandy, and Zeke turns his relentless ability to get what he wants into a full-on seduction and he’s ready to give her anything. But can Mandy face down the secrets of her past to find a fairy-tale future with Zeke?
Barefoot Quartet
When all you hold dear is taken away . . .
When a hurricane roars through Lacey Armstrong's home on the coast of Barefoot Bay, she decides all that remains in the rubble is opportunity. A new hotel is just what Mimosa Key needs, and Lacey and her teenage daughter are due for a fresh start. And nothing, especially not a hot, younger architect, is going to distract Lacey from finally making her dreams a reality.
A second chance is the only thing you have left.
Love has already cost Clay Walker everything. And if he's going to have any chance of picking up the pieces of his life, he needs the job as Lacey Armstrong's architect. What's not in the plans is falling for the headstrong beauty. Her vision of the future is more appealing than anything he could have ever drafted for himself. Will Clay's designs on Lacey's heart be more than she can handle, or will she trust him to build something that will last forever?
Thanks for the shout out! It was a joy to write in the Barefoot Bay world. I hope readers enjoy Sam and Jillian's story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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