Ladera by the Sea

4 primary works

Innkeeper's Daughter

by Marie Ferrarella

Published 1 January 2013

From foes to friends to…forever?

Screenwriter Wyatt Taylor can't let his dying father's work on a book about century–old Ladera Inn by the Sea come to naught, even if fulfilling that promise means going toe–to–toe with the innkeeper's spitfire daughter. His history with Alexandra Roman dates back to a competitive childhood rivalry, so he expects more of the same animosity. He must really be grieving to be caught off guard by Alex's beauty and compassion.

For Alex's part, working with Wyatt is unfamiliar territory. The sooner she helps him realize his father's dream the sooner he'll be on his way and she can get back to caring for her family. Yet all it takes is one unexpected kiss to teach her that sometimes change can be for the better. Much better.

A Wedding for Christmas

by Marie Ferrarella

Published 1 January 2014

Just how...committed...is he? There is nothing Cristina Roman loves more than being a mom. Although working as the chef at her family's inn, Ladera by the Sea, is a close second. And a quickly rising third is her new - or actually old - love interest, Shane McCallister, the local contractor. After her soldier husband's tragic death, Cris thought she would never be able to move on. But with the way Shane bonds with her five-year-old son, she might be persuaded. Except then her in-laws sue her for custody of Ricky. Now facing every mother's worst nightmare, she'll do anything not to lose her child, and Shane is determined to help. Could her sister's Christmas wedding be their inspiration?

Safe Harbor

by Marie Ferrarella

Published 1 January 2014

If he stays, she's in danger. But if he leaves...

All Mike Ryan can tell her is his name. Revealing any more to this beautiful stranger would put her in danger. And he's not willing to jeopardize Stevi Roman's-or her family's-safety any more than he already has. Why this angel has taken him in, nursed him and trusted him, he can't fathom. But it has been the best few weeks he's ever known. For the first time, Mike can imagine having a real life, a real identity, a real future. Stevi has done more than save him. She's inspired him.

And that's why he has to go. The safest thing he could do for all of them is to disappear....

Saving Home

by Marie Ferrarella

Published 1 January 2015

There's more than the inn at stake...

Logan MacArthur had to have grown up under a rock. Was anyone really that cold-blooded? Sure, Andy-the youngest Roman daughter-understood that attorneys had to be detached and analytical, but Logan took it to a whole new level. How could she make him see that acquiring her family's beloved inn for his client-the State of California!-was so much more than just a real estate transaction?

She had only a few days, with Logan marooned by torrential rains at Ladera by the Sea, to figure out if he actually had a heart, and if she could thaw it just enough. For her family's future. And maybe for hers...