By the Sea (Traci Hall) Books in Order

Widowed and left with debt, Celia Langford heads to the coast to rebuild through cooking. Dive shop owner Dax Smith has reasons to guard his heart, but their chemistry makes a fresh start feel possible.

High-powered attorney Karma Aneko nearly drowns before officer Joe Porter pulls her from the sea. Both are carrying old damage, and the rescue becomes the start of a romance neither of them expected.

Jolie Gordon needs one good summer to keep her fishing boat business afloat. Her new bartender, Heath Hamilton, is rebuilding after his own loss, and their growing bond could be either salvation or another risk.

Animal control officer Sarah Murphy is determined to shut down the kind of puppy business she despises. Then wealthy single dad Franco de Silva steps into the picture, and his daughter makes the battle a lot more personal.

Tamsyn Lee is trying to survive a lonely Christmas season when blocked mystery writer Evan Hawke lands in her orbit. Helping him find his story may also force both of them to face what they have been avoiding.

Celebrity dancer Armand Vargas wants to turn fame into a future, not another heartbreak. When his former partner Zamira reappears, old passion and old hurt collide on and off the dance floor.

Darcy Smith has always known Al Cooper as her older brother's friend, not as temptation. When the rules between them start to shift, this seaside romance turns familiar history into something much more dangerous.

Sinead Monroe and Christian Sharp have loved each other since childhood, so their wedding should be simple. A cascade of disasters says otherwise, and the road to forever suddenly looks anything but smooth.

Video blogger Teagan Becker comes home for the holidays planning to save her family bakery and leave again. Beach-loving teacher Riley McSorley makes that exit harder, especially when opposites start fitting together.

After nearly dying in Mosul, Captain Brayden Hamilton comes home carrying wounds he cannot explain to his wife. Zoe refuses to give up easily, but saving their marriage will take more courage than either expected.

Maggie Kohl finds a naked stranger washed ashore and learns he may be a missing billionaire with no memory. As Michael Livingston's past starts catching up with him, attraction and danger rise together.

Mark Livingston was supposed to be dead, but he resurfaces when his brother's disappearance turns suspicious. Working with marina owner Madeleine Kohl brings romance into a mission already thick with danger.

Evelyn Banner needs her flower shop job to hold her life together, which makes developer Leif Hendricks bad news from the start. He plans to tear the place down, until she forces him to rethink what matters.

A year after a no-names night on the beach, widow Harper Philips keeps her promise to return to the bench by the sea. Jacob Orman does too, and both have to learn whether memory can survive real life.

Artist Lucia Constantine has spent years learning how to live with her past without letting anyone too close. Ronan O'Neill offers steadiness, family, and love, if she can believe she deserves all three.

A brief, blazing connection leaves Crysta Jones facing an unexpected pregnancy and a hard choice about her future. Dillon Bakersfield is not just chemistry anymore, and Christmas may force both of them to grow up fast.

Marc is shoved back into dating armed with terrible pickup lines and low expectations. Then he meets Harley, the woman running the speed-dating event, and one bad-night setup starts looking like a real chance.

Serenity returns to the beach town of her youth still haunted by the breakup that changed her life. Learning why Ryker left may hurt, but it could also open the door to a second chance.