Milo Cusano is in perpetual motion. While coaching the youth soccer league and spearheading the latest Beachside community event, Milo is set to open Fry Guy–a shop featuring his signature savory fried potatoes and crispy onion rings–during the busy summer season. Determined to stake his claim on the boardwalk, Milo enlists the help of his family to launch the newest Beachside Boys sensation. But when Milo learns his high school crush has returned to Beachside, his focus falters.Ja...

When Leo Cusano is recruited to host a Beachside-themed Halloween murder-mystery event, he nearly flatlines. Leo’s love for costumes and festive role-play isn’t enough to revive his faltering spirit. The pressure of finding a location for his dessert bar, crafting delicious sweet treats, and training two rambunctious puppies has Leo drenched in a sinister funk.Arie has no choice but to resurrect her sexy handyman from crabby beast to cosplay hunk. Arie volunteers Leo (and his entir...

Things are looking bright for Zeke Cusano. He has everything he wants: a thriving boardwalk pizza shop, a close-knit family, and news that his arch nemesis in pizza-making is retiring. Even better is the prospect of a summer seduction with the newest resident in Beachside. Between her daily ride down the boardwalk atop her longboard and her love for bread and cheese, the new girl in town has a knack for pulling Zeke’s attention away from tossing dough. But when her identity is revealed as ...

Ester Cusano is happy to support her grandsons’ culinary adventures, enjoy time with her feisty best friends, and savor the attention of handsome college dudes visiting Beachside. Even if sassy flirtations boost her confidence, Ester leaves genuine romance to her grandsons and their partners. Plus, her book club’s selections provide enough steamy encounters to last a lifetime. But when she meets an unconventional college coed, Ester experiences her own romantic plot twist.Silas Gal...

Leo Cusano is very good with his hands. He can build a chef’s kitchen, save a librarian from the perils of a burned-out lightbulb, and—best of all—Leo can craft a decadent pastry like no one else. But when it comes to the gorgeous redhead dishing out sweet treats from her food truck, he’s all thumbs.Arie Winters left her landlocked hometown to bring her cool desserts to Beachside. With only one month to show her bosses she has what it takes to make her food truck thrive, Arie dives...

Ester Cusano is happy to support her grandsons' culinary adventures, enjoy time with her feisty best friends, and savor the attention of handsome college dudes visiting Beachside. Even if sassy flirtations boost her confidence, Ester leaves genuine romance to her grandsons and their partners. Plus, her book club's selections provide enough steamy encounters to last a lifetime. But when she meets an unconventional college coed, Ester experiences her own romantic plot twist.Silas Gal...

When Jackson proposed a Hawaiian destination wedding on New Year’s Day, he knew the end of the year would be festive. What he didn’t realize was his laid-back, merry-and-bright style would be dwarfed by the dazzling spectacle of the Cusano family’s plentiful traditions. Between exuberant celebrations, wedding planning, and reuniting with his former team for a charity surf tournament, Jackson feels the pressures of the season.After Milo fries a massive Thanksgiving turkey, finds the...

When movie starlet Poppy Hendricks is snapped by the paparazzi chasing Tank, her adorably wild puppy, through Central Park West in her pajamas, the gossip columns cannot get enough of the drama.As the newest addition to the cast of the highly anticipated screen adaptation of the hottest romance novel since, well, you know when, Poppy knows her reputation is on the line.On the eve of relocating for the movie shoot, Tank has another very public, highly embarrassing social gaf...

The moment Reagan Langley signed her divorce papers, she felt a wave of relief followed by a sickening realization. Her marriage didn’t fulfill any of her needs.In celebration of her new relationships status, Reagan is gifted a salacious romance novel. The more spicy sex scenes she enjoys the deeper her curiosity grows.The impulse to understand her new cravings leads her to Reign, a local sex club, and into the capable hands of Caleb Dunn. Their chemistry is instantaneous, ...

Is he a snake in the garden...Diesel guards her loyalties and her privacy fiercely. In order to protect both, she never wavers from her ironclad shell of self-control. So when intrepid entertainment blogger Elliot Archer breaches the gates of Eden, the nightclub sensation over which she reigns, her defenses heighten. Is Elliot here to document her kingdom, or tear apart her paradise?Or the key to her salvation…Just as she feared, Elliot begins to break down her walls....

In a singular moment of passion, Blake Roman sparked a wild inferno that has consumed my soul.I revisit that day more than I care to admit. They are memories I should forget, but can’t.He won’t let me.The resolve to move beyond my wild past buckles under the pressure of Blake’s relentless pursuit, but he doesn’t know the secrets that keep my heart caged.He can’t see the scars that prevent me from truly loving someone else.I won’t lie, I still want hi...

Early in my life, I escaped from a poisonous home, accepted the embrace of a caring family, and fell deeply in love with a man whose passion changed me forever.But my joy would not last.I know the jagged pain of a shattering loss.Through the darkness of grief, I created a paradise within the walls of an abandoned industrial warehouse while my damaged heart beat in lonely existence.I survived.My name is Diesel.This is my story.