Silver Bay
Kisses only. Any sex is implied and fully off page.
Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and One Plus One, in an earlier work available in the U.S. for the first time, a surprising and moving romance set in an old-fashioned seaside town on the verge of unwelcome change Liza McCullen will never fully escape her past. But the unspoiled beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the freedom and safety she craves—if not for herself, then for her young daughter, Hannah. That is, until Mike Dormer arrives as a guest in her aunt’s hotel. The mild-mannered Englishman with his too-smart clothes and distracting eyes could destroy everything Liza has worked so hard to protect: not only the family business and the bay that harbors her beloved whales, but also her conviction that she will never love—never deserve to love—again. For his part, Mike Dormer is expecting just another business deal—an easy job kick-starting a resort in a small seaside town ripe for development. But he finds that he doesn’t quite know what to make of the eccentric inhabitants of the ramshackle Silver Bay Hotel, especially not enigmatic Liza McCullen, and their claim to the surrounding waters. As the development begins to take on a momentum of its own, Mike’s and Liza’s worlds collide in this hugely affecting and irresistible tale full of Jojo Moyes’s signature humor and generosity.
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The one plus one
Same author's warm single-mum-meets-wrong-sort-of-man setup with class-clash tenderness, only funnier and road-trip messy instead of seaside and grief-heavy.
Me Before You
Same author, same opposites-attract slow burn and clean heat, but the ending breaks rather than heals, so bring tissues.
Happiness for beginners
Same single-mum-meets-her-opposite warmth and community feel, but comic and lighter, with less grief weighing down the romance.
Heart Bones
Another seaside-summer romance where grief and guarded hearts meet an unlikely wealthy outsider, though this one's darker and noticeably steamier.
Love, lies & lemon pies
Also a slow-burn built around losing a parent and hiding the truth, though it's a younger, gentler school-set story.
Slammed
Shares grief, small-town upheaval and a parent holding a family together, but it's angstier, more forbidden and noticeably spicier.