This holiday novella is set in Magnolia Bay, South Carolina, by a popular Tracy Solheim.
September is a warm month on the beach, and a Navy SEAL runs while getting some well-earned R and R. Andrew Lanham, or Drew, is idly thinking of girls in a one-night-stand context, when he meets a stunning young lady called Jenna. However she's busy supervising the safety of sea turtle nests, and she doesn't have much time to think about men. Even military ones, which she can recognise at fifty paces, having grown up around them. Jenna works with the Fish and Game Department, though it doesn't say so on her bikini.
Drew is staying with his elderly godmother, Aunt Evie, and in no time he spots that her callers are after the quirky lady's money, for one cause or another. Evie is less delicate than she appears and capable of making up her own mind, but Drew is still concerned. And what exactly is going on between these marine biologists, Jenna included?
I love the sea turtle hatchery which Jenna plans to establish, bringing tourists and scientists alike to the town and helping to save endangered Loggerheads. If she can get it off the ground, on a more personal note, her parents will finally respect her and approve of her degree. Sadly the bright, devoted naturalist ladies are sometimes easily fooled by manipulative men, and Jenna's had a bad run of those guys. While there's a vacancy in her life, I can well see how a SEAL who freaks out from post-combat stress would not be the wisest choice to fill it. Miss Evie is also hiding a secret, and the more I saw of her the more I liked her. So there is plenty of tension to keep the reader busy as the story swings along via the beach to a Christmas finale.
I love this adult romance and will be grabbing Tracy Solheim's works any time I see them. HOLIDAY AT MAGNOLIA BAY would suit me at any time of the year.
After a mission goes terribly wrong, ending in the death
of
a teammate, Navy Seal, Drew Lanham, is forced to take a
leave from active-duty. Retreating to his godmotherβs
beach
house in coastal Magnolia Bay, Drew plans to spend the
three
weeks R&R licking his wounds and catching some rays while
the nightmares from his failed op fade. The last thing he
wants to do is mingle with the locals. What he doesnβt
count
on is an early morning encounter with a goddess rising
from
the sea. His interest is piqued and his body put on alert
when he finds out that same woman may or may not be after
his godmotherβs money.
Marine biologist, Jenna Huntley, has been searching her
whole life for a place to call home and Magnolia Bay is
that
place. Unfortunately, sheβs underutilizing her education
giving tours at the townβs turtle rescue center. With the
help of an octogenarian patroness, she maps out a proposal
to develop a turtle hatchery on-site. Everything is going
as
planned until the older womanβs godson arrives. Suddenly,
nothing is as it seems and Jennaβs future is hanging in
the
balance, with a sexy warrior pulling all the strings. Her
natural tendency is to help the damaged hero, but sheβs
sworn off letting military men in her life ever again.
Will Drew and Jenna be able to put their pasts behind them
and learn to trust their hearts long enough to enjoy their
Holiday at Magnolia Bay?
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