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    Beach Read Recommendations: Women’s Fiction

    women at the beach

    If you haven’t taken my quiz yet to get beach read recommendations tailored just for you, check it out here.

    If your result is Women’s Fiction…

    Women’s Fiction is one of my personal favorites because it explores relationships…but not just romantic ones. From the relationship between siblings to parent-child relationships and even friendships, women’s fiction dives into real life problems readers can identify with and even learn from.

    Annual roundups of can’t-miss beach reads often feature women’s fiction prominently, especially from authors who have become synonymous with summer like Elin Hilderbrand and Mary Kay Andrews. Perhaps the original beach read, women’s fiction set at the beach has almost become a category of its own, but you don’t have to choose a title set at the beach for your women’s fiction read to qualify as a beach read. It’s just whatever you want to put in your beach bag or kick back in on your own porch with, and if you ask me it doesn’t matter what time of year it is. The beach lifestyle is a state of mind.

    If you want women’s fiction set at the beach, try:

    Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax

    There are six books plus a novella in this series, and it’s my favorite series of all time!

    Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand

    She has so many books it’s hard to know where to start, but this was my first read by her.

    Sullivan’s Island by Dorothea Benton Frank

    Another author with lots of books to choose from, but this was her first.

    Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews

    And no, I didn’t just choose this one because of the name.

    On Folly Beach by Karen White

    I also recommend her Tradd Street series if you love Charleston and don’t mind ghosts

    Moon Shell Beach by Nancy Thayer

    Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey

    Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore

    If you don’t care whether it’s set at the beach, try:

    Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing by Allison Winn Scotch

    My all-time favorite book of hers is The Song Remains the Same

    One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

    The Book Club by Mary Alice Monroe

    Virgin River by Robyn Carr

    Yes, there was a book series before there was a Netflix series

    Curious about the other quiz results? Here are links to those recommendation pages:

    Contemporary Romance

    Thrillers

    Historical Romance

    Have others that should make this beach read recommendations list? Obviously I can’t read *all the things* myself, so I’d love to hear your recommendations! Contact me

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My hubby has written extensively on the Florida Highwaymen, and we are lucky to get to see so much of their work here in Florida. This group of more than two dozen African American painters captured the Florida landscape in bright, vivid colors from the 1950s on. They could often be found selling the paintings out of the trunks of their cars. 

You used to be able to nab these paintings in garage sales around the state from people who didn't know what they had. However, those days are long gone. Now, these paintings can go for tens of thousands.

One of the original Highwaymen, Roy “R.A.” McLendon, was in attendance last evening. How work hangs in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture.

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The woman blushed and seemed embarrassed that Lucy had caught her looking through the shelf. "Do you have Hydrangeas on Hill Street?"

"I do." Lucy nodded, moving to the left of the woman and plucking the title off the shelf. "I read it when it first came in. It's a lovely book."

"I feel a little silly." The woman opened the book and turned it so Lucy could see the author photograph on the back flap. "It's my first book. I still get a little thrill every time I find it in a bookstore." Her cheeks still flushed pink, her eyes not meeting Lucy's.
    Cheers to 2022 🥂 In fiction writing accomplish Cheers to 2022 🥂

In fiction writing accomplishments this year:

💋 I landed the incredible @authorjessicalepe as my #KissPitch mentor

💻 I edited my Little Free Library romance 

📨 I started querying my Little Free Library romance 

🎉 I got 10 full requests so far 

⌨️ I started editing my country music romance

✍️ I started outlining a new story 

Considering how busy I've been as @sportsbizmiss this year, that seems like a lot! Excited to see what 2023 brings. I really feel in my gut like it's the year I'll get a book deal for my romance! 🤞 Just putting that out into the universe!
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