Nicole Ellis Books in Order

Dahlia arrives in Candle Beach expecting to settle her aunt's estate and leave fast. Instead, she inherits a crumbling house, a struggling bookstore, and a growing attraction to neighbor Garrett that could change everything.

Young widow Maggie Price has rebuilt her life around the Bluebonnet Cafe and her son. When her late husband's brother returns to fulfill an old promise, their growing feelings threaten to expose a secret neither of them can ignore.

Gretchen is determined to finally leave her hometown behind, and a coveted sales job looks like her way out. Then she falls for Parker, the son of her parents' rivals and the man competing for the same future.

While managing the Boathouse Event Center during her in-laws' absence, Jill is handed a high-pressure wedding and a body in the water. The murder of a groomsman threatens both the family business and Jill's safety.

Jill Andrews is already stretched thin as a mom and wife when she finds her neighbor dead on the beach. With her pregnant sister-in-law Desi becoming the top suspect, Jill starts digging before her family is torn apart.

What should have been a preschool auction turns into a murder case when Jill finds a local coffee roaster dead in his office. Her friend Brenda is blamed, and Jill races to clear her before she loses far more than her freedom.

Jill is already stressed by haunted house planning and a new moms group when a woman is found dead at Angela Laveaux's house. Solving the case means juggling murder, motherhood, and some uncomfortable truths about her own life.

Jill hopes a lakeside family vacation will finally help everyone unwind. Instead, she finds a man killed with a marshmallow roasting stick and gets pulled into a mess of vandalism, suspects, and trouble at the struggling resort.

Charlotte has worked hard to build her quirky gift shop in a vintage Airstream, and the last thing she needs is a barbecue food truck parked beside it. Luke wants a fresh start in Candle Beach, but their old history makes peace hard.

Sarah is tired of always being the supportive friend and never the one chosen. When she meets funny, kind Patrick, there is one obvious problem, he is already engaged.

After her mother's death, Angel learns her past was built on secrets and heads to Candle Beach searching for the truth. Adam offers to help, but the answers she uncovers could cost both of them the future they want.

Jill is buried in Christmas party prep when a trip to a retirement home with her son's preschool class turns up a murder. The case seems distant at first, until a family connection makes the holiday stakes sharply personal.

Amelia is no longer sure she wants the future she built around Candle Beach's restored hotel. When widowed actor Jordan arrives with his young daughter, a beachside connection turns into a romance that will be tested by distance, family, and grief.

Maura has long dreamed of turning the old Candle Beach Hotel into a museum, so the sale of the property feels like a disaster. Then she clashes with the new owner, Aidan, and has to decide whether his plans, and his heart, can be trusted.

Meg hopes turning the inn's old barn into a restaurant will finally move her life forward. A mysterious journal, shifting relationships, and painful losses force several people in Willa Bay to rethink what happiness should look like.

Zoe's long-planned wedding career falls apart just as the aging inn she calls home is thrown into crisis. As she, Meg, and Cassie face crossroads of their own, a buried family secret changes the future of Willa Bay.

Cassie sees her dream bakery within reach, but money worries and lingering feelings for her ex-husband Kyle make every choice harder. Around her, other Willa Bay residents are facing big decisions of their own.

Christmas in Willa Bay brings moving plans, a surprise newcomer, family tension, and fragile new beginnings. Tia, Cal, Cassie, Samantha, and Debbie all find that the holidays can stir up as much uncertainty as joy.

A new year pushes several Willa Bay residents into uncomfortable change. Sam, Libby, Jessa, Andrew, and Debbie are all juggling family strain, secret worries, and fresh starts that may remake their futures.