Grace Greene

Large Print Edition She lost her husband years ago. Now, she may lose the one person-and the one place-that still holds his memory. Amelia Hennipen has spent years quietly mourning her beloved husband, Simon. But grief doesn't offer rest-not when the past lingers in every room of Hennipen House, and not while caring for Simon's aging grandmother, Henny, whose mind is slowly slipping away. This Thanksgiving, new neighbors Nathan Shaw and his young nephew, bring fresh laughter and the warm aromas of home-cooked meals back into the house. For the first time in years, Hennipen House feels alive. Plans for a memorable Christmas are underway... until Henny's daughter arrives with news that will break her promise and change everything. What is best for Henny? Amelia doesn't know for sure, but she does know this will break the promise they made to Henny. Amelia must decide: will she walk away from the home and the increasingly difficult obligations to Henny, the woman who is more like her mother than her own? Or will she fight for one more Christmas at Hennipen House, and maybe even a chance at more to come? A heartwarming holiday novella about love, memory, and the quiet courage it takes to choose the people who matter most.

She lost her husband years ago. Now, she may lose the one person-and the one place-that still holds his memory. Amelia Hennipen has spent years quietly mourning her beloved husband, Simon. But grief doesn't offer rest-not when the past lingers in every room of Hennipen House, and not while caring for Simon's aging grandmother, Henny, whose mind is slowly slipping away. This Thanksgiving, new neighbors Nathan Shaw and his young nephew, bring fresh laughter and the warm aromas of home-cooked meals back into the house. For the first time in years, Hennipen House feels alive. Plans for a memorable Christmas are underway... until Henny's daughter arrives with news that will break her promise and change everything. What is best for Henny? Amelia doesn't know for sure, but she does know this will break the promise they made to Henny. Amelia must decide: will she walk away from the home and the increasingly difficult obligations to Henny, the woman who is more like her mother than her own? Or will she fight for one more Christmas at Hennipen House, and maybe even a chance at more to come? A heartwarming holiday novella about love, memory, and the quiet courage it takes to choose the people who matter most.

A Dancing Tide, the second book in the Barefoot Tides two-book series, continues the story of Lilliane Moore of Cub Creek in rural Virginia, who accepted a temporary companion job for ninety-year-old Merrick Dahl of Emerald Isle, North Carolina-and discovered it's not always so easy to go home again. That even if you do, you'll find your life has changed in unexpected ways.How do you put the pieces back together? Should you try?Lilliane accepted the job because she needed the cash, but the biggest payoffs were the new friendships she made and the realization that she is more tied to protecting her family history and homeplace than she'd ever understood. Now she wants freedom to travel or to make changes in her life, but she is torn between that desire and needing to do right by her deceased parents and their memory-most specifically, protecting the numerous sculptures her father crafted in his workshop before his death twenty years earlier. The workshop can't stand forever, and she, herself, is almost forty. What will become of her family home and treasures if something happens to her?She can't be in two places at once-helping Merrick at the beach and in Cub Creek protecting the homeplace. Whatever choice she makes, she risks failing everyone-her friends, her family and herself, and her future.Take a trip to the beach in the Barefoot Tides Series (A Barefoot Tide and A Dancing Tide). It's always good to take a risk and to dance barefoot in the tide.

A Dancing Tide, the second book in the Barefoot Tides two-book series, continues the story of Lilliane Moore of Cub Creek in rural Virginia, who accepted a temporary companion job for ninety-year-old Merrick Dahl of Emerald Isle, North Carolina-and discovered it's not always so easy to go home again. That even if you do, you'll find your life has changed in unexpected ways.How do you put the pieces back together? Should you try?Lilliane accepted the job because she needed the cash, but the biggest payoffs were the new friendships she made and the realization that she is more tied to protecting her family history and homeplace than she'd ever understood. Now she wants freedom to travel or to make changes in her life, but she is torn between that desire and needing to do right by her deceased parents and their memory-most specifically, protecting the numerous sculptures her father crafted in his workshop before his death twenty years earlier. The workshop can't stand forever, and she, herself, is almost forty. What will become of her family home and treasures if something happens to her?She can't be in two places at once-helping Merrick at the beach and in Cub Creek protecting the homeplace. Whatever choice she makes, she risks failing everyone-her friends, her family and herself, and her future.Take a trip to the beach in the Barefoot Tides Series (A Barefoot Tide and A Dancing Tide). It's always good to take a risk and to dance barefoot in the tide.

A Dancing Tide, the second book in the Barefoot Tides two-book series, continues the story of Lilliane Moore of Cub Creek in rural Virginia, who accepted a temporary companion job for ninety-year-old Merrick Dahl of Emerald Isle, North Carolina-and discovered it's not always so easy to go home again. That even if you do, you'll find your life has changed in unexpected ways.How do you put the pieces back together? Should you try? Lilliane accepted the job because she needed the cash, but the biggest payoffs were the new friendships she made and the realization that she is more tied to protecting her family history and homeplace than she'd ever understood. Now she wants freedom to travel or to make changes in her life, but she is torn between that desire and needing to do right by her deceased parents and their memory-most specifically, protecting the numerous sculptures her father crafted in his workshop before his death twenty years earlier. The workshop can't stand forever, and she, herself, is almost forty. What will become of her family home and treasures if something happens to her? She can't be in two places at once-helping Merrick at the beach and in Cub Creek protecting the homeplace. Whatever choice she makes, she risks failing everyone-her friends, her family and herself, and her future.Take a trip to the beach in the Barefoot Tides Series (A Barefoot Tide and A Dancing Tide). It's always good to take a risk and to dance barefoot in the tide.

Love and suspense with a dash of Southern Gothic...From the award-winning author of Beach Rental and Kincaid's Hope Rachel Sevier, a lonely thirty-two year old inventory specialist, travels to Wynnedower Mansion in Virginia to find her brother who has stopped returning her calls. Instead, she finds Jack Wynne, the mansion's bad-tempered owner. He isn't happy to meet her. When her brother took off without notice, he left Jack in a lurch.Jack has his own plans. He's tired of being responsible for everyone and everything and wants nothing more than to shake his obligations, including the old mansion. The last thing he needs is someone who'll complicate his life further, but he agrees to allow Rachel to stay while she waits for her brother to return.At Wynnedower, Rachel becomes curious about the house and its owner. If rumors are true, the means to save Wynnedower Mansion from demolition are hidden within its walls, but the other inhabitants of Wynnedower have agendas, too. Not only may Wynnedower's treasure be stolen, but also the life of its arrogant master unless Rachel can save them all.

Beth Kincaid left her hot temper and unhappy childhood behind and created a life in the city free from untidy emotionalism, but even a tidy life has danger, especially when it falls apart. In the midst of personal disasters, Beth is called back to her hometown of Preston, a small town in southwestern Virginia, to settle her guardian's estate. There, she runs smack into the mess she'd left behind a decade earlier: her alcoholic father, the long-ago sweetheart, Michael, and the poor opinion of almost everyone in town. As she sorts through her guardian's possessions, Beth discovers that the woman who saved her and raised her had secrets, and the truths revealed begin to chip away at her self-imposed control. Michael is warmly attentive and Stephen, her ex-fianc , follows her to Preston to win her back, but it is the man she doesn't know who could forever end Beth's chance to build a better, truer life.

BEACH WEDDING is the fifth story in the Emerald Isle, NC Stories series and the third full-length novel. If the reader would like to read the Emerald Isle series in order (recommended), here's the list: BEACH RENTAL (novel), BEACH TOWEL (short story), BEACH WINDS (novel), BEACH WALK (novella), and BEACH WEDDING (novel). Book Description: Maia helped her friends find their happily-ever-afters Now she's ready for her own Along the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Crystal Coast from THE FRONT STREET GALLERY in Beaufort, NC, to the beaches of Emerald Isle and across Bogue Sound to Morehead City... Maia Donovan watched her friends find true love, and has dreamed of her own happily-ever-after, but wishes and reality don't always match up. When Maia met Joel Sandeford, she thought she'd found a man worth the risk of another broken heart. But she's hesitant. Joel lives out of town and always seems to be working. Maia, too, works long hours and spends most of her time managing THE FRONT STREET GALLERY. She fears the distance and their work ethics may spell disaster. Both Joel and Maia have assumptions and memories from their pasts that make living fully in the present a challenge. Maia doesn't realize the biggest obstacle to her happily-ever-after may be herself, and the memories she's hiding in her heart-that part of her heart that still belongs to her first true love. If Maia can't resolve her fears and give up those old feelings, then finding her happily-ever-after may become an impossible dream.

Off-season at Emerald Isle In-season for secrets of the heart... Frannie Denman has been waiting for her life to begin. After several false starts, and a couple of broken hearts, she ends up back with her mother, with whom she doesn't get along, until her elderly uncle gets sick and Frannie goes to Emerald Isle to help manage his affairs while he's recovering. Her uncle's oceanfront home, Captain's Walk, is small and unpretentious, and even though she isn't a 'beach person, ' she decides Captain's Walk in winter is a great place to hide from her troubles. But Frannie doesn't realize that winter is short in Emerald Isle and the beauty of the ocean and seashore can help heal anyone's heart, especially when her uncle's handyman is the handsome Brian Donovan. Brian has troubles of his own. He sees himself and Frannie as two damaged people who aren't likely to equal a happy 'whole' but he's intrigued by this woman of contradictions. Frannie's mother wants her back home and Brian wants to meet the real woman he senses is hiding behind the good manners and expensive clothing, but Frannie wants to move forward with her life. To do that she needs questions answered. With the right information there's a good chance she'll will be able to affect not only a change in her life, but also a change of heart.

Chasing happiness and finding joy are two very different things--as Jaynie Highsmith has discovered. Can she give up searching for the one and reclaim the other? Or is she fated to repeat the mistakes her mother made? Jaynie Highsmith grows up in Cub Creek on Hope Road acutely aware of the irony of its name, Hope, because she wants nothing more than to escape from it and the chaos of her childhood.Desperate to leave her past behind and make a new life, she is determined to become the best version of herself she can create. But when she does take off, she also leaves and forgets important parts of her past and herself.The new life is everything she wants, or so she thinks until she finds herself repeating the same mistakes her mother made. Is Jaynie destined for unhappiness? Is it like mother, like daughter? Did running away only delay the unhappiness she fears she is destined for?Seventeen years after leaving home, Jaynie needs a new fresh start and returning to Cub Creek is critical, but she promises herself that the visit will be as short as possible and then she'll be out and free again. However, a longer stay may be vital to her future because if she has any hope of changing her destiny, Jaynie must reconcile the past she turned her back on with her present.