Sturcombe Bay Romances

Vicky has always been sensible when it comes to love. What if this time she wasn’t? Vicky Marston inherits beautiful Bramble Cottage in a South Devon seaside village. Her fiancé in London keeps pushing her to sell it on as quickly as possible: it’s the sensible thing after all. But Vicky’s plans are disrupted by her new neighbour, Tom Cullen. Tom owns the local farm and makes no bones about his distrust of city types. Vicky wants nothing to do with the irritatingly grumpy farmer who is determined to misjudge her. Even if he is the most gorgeous man she’s ever met.

After ten years of globe-trotting, Cassie Channing returns to Sturcombe Bay to care for her ailing grandmother. Only to find herself face-to-face with Liam Ellis — the man she once loved and left behind. A devoted single dad and vet, Liam has moved on since the day Cassie left, or so he tells himself. But the moment she steps back into the village, old feelings come rushing back. Liam's determined to keep his distance — but the spark between them is impossible to ignore. And, as Cassie settles into village life and grows close to his daughter, staying away gets harder.

When Jess calls off her wedding just weeks before the big day, she flees to the coastal village of Sturcombe Bay. Trading wedding plans for Christmas chaos at the fading Carleton Hotel, the last thing she expects is Paul Channing — a rugged local man with an easy charm and captivating smile. Shelley has learned to keep everyone at arm’s length. But when Canadian pilot Alex Crocombe steps in to protect her at work, his quiet kindness begins to break through her walls. As Christmas draws closer, Shelley must decide if she dares to believe in love at last.

When Izzy Bishop’s life in London unravels, she escapes to the charming seaside town of Sturcombe Bay. A temporary teaching post at the village primary school, a cottage by the sea and the promise of quiet mornings on the beach. It's everything she needs to put herself back together. Then she meets the builder next door. Dan Tuckett is charming and far too sure of himself. He turns up at all the wrong moments, says all the wrong things, and gets under Izzy's skin from the second they meet. She's sworn off men — and she's certainly not falling for this one.