Deirdre is almost 40, estranged from her teenage daughter, and determined not to feel sorry for herself. She does the best she can with the cards life has dealt her and she's dreaming of another island wedding...but it certainly can't happen with the widowed Chief of Police.
Deirdre Bernard has a restraining order against her, because her daughter lied about everything. She's moved across the island to Getaway Bay, where she's trying to rebuild her life one day at a time.
Wyatt Gardner has been a widower for years now. He's tired of the political games and constant pressure of his job as Police Chief, and with his daughter happily married, he thinks it's time to start dating again. When he runs into Deirdre leaving the Sandy Singles event, he decides to be brave and ask her out.
And...she says no.
Deirdre doesn't think it's smart to date the Chief of Police. Though she's not violent and her daughter was never in any danger, the protective order is still there. And she doesn't want to tell Wyatt about it. Better to just steer clear of the man, even if he does make her heart-strings vibrate.
She can say no to him, but Deirdre can't say no to her boss when she's assigned to plan the year-end celebration at the police station. And who will she need to coordinate with the most? Wyatt Gardner. As they spend more and more time together, Deirdre finds her resolve to keep her family secrets waning.
Can Wyatt and Deirdre find a way through their past heartaches to their very own island wedding?
Find out in this military romance, which is a clean and wholesome romance story, with a wedding consultant, a widower, and plenty of secrets that are bound to be discovered! Also available in paperback and audiobook.
Books in this contemporary romance series:
1. The Island House - military, forced proximity, second chance at love, later in life
2. The Island Scandal - billionaire, friends to lovers, fake relationship
3. The Island Hideaway - enemies to lovers, prince, royalty romance, forced proximity
4. The Island Retreat - friends to lovers, medical romance, beach, tortured hero
5. The Island Escape - rockstar romance, billionaire, beach
6. The Island Storm - single dad, stranded romance, forced proximity, opposites attract
7. The Island Wedding - later in life, widower, second chance romance
Read them all - and listen to them all in audiobook too!
USA Today bestseller Elana Johnson writes adult contemporary beach romance. She is the author of over 130 books across two names, and there's nothing better than sun, sand, and swoon-worthy kisses! Unless it's a sweet-and-sexy cowboy - read those under her pen name of Liz Isaacson. Learn more about her sweet beach romances at www.elanajohnson.com. Join her texting group by sending the word SAND to 474747 and get exclusive sales, freebies, and more.