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      Christie Ridgway invites you to a special place of sun, sand and romance in her new series, Beach House No. 9. Enjoy this prequel novella and meet the people of Crescent Cove…

      Two miles of magic. That’s how Meg Alexander remembers her childhood home of Crescent Cove on the California coast. But Meg doesn’t believe in magic anymore—not since heartbreak made her leave at nineteen and kept her away for ten years.

      Yet Meg can’t say no when her sister asks her to temporarily step in as the cove’s property manager—and she can’t deny her instant attraction to handsome guest Caleb McCall. He sparks a desire that Meg hasn’t felt in a long time. But even as their incredible, incendiary kisses tempt her into a short-term fling, her head tells her to pull away.

      Can Caleb convince her to give love a second chance?

      Return to Crescent Cove in Beach House No. 9, Bungalow Nights and The Love Shack, coming soon from Christie Ridgway and Harlequin HQN.

      Beach House

      Beginnings

      A Beach House No. 9 Novella

      Christie Ridgway

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      Dear Reader,

      I want to take you away! I have a special place for you to visit, with sun and sand and magic. Not the hocus-pocus kind of magic, but the kind of alchemy that occurs when two strangers meet and know instantly the moment is a game-changer. Their hearts beat faster and there’s an exuberant lift in their bellies and even if they don’t want to feel like this, they just…do.

      Three full-length romances are ahead, Beach House No. 9, Bungalow Nights and The Love Shack. But for now I hope you’ll enjoy this first look at Crescent Cove as the sunshine breaks through the coastal fog to reveal a gem of a setting and a man and a woman who are about to uncover treasure…in each other. Both Caleb McCall and Meg Alexander have fractures of the heart that only the act of committing to each other can fully mend. I hope you’ll root for them and return for more Beach House No. 9 books.

      Here comes the sun!

      Christie Ridgway

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Excerpt

      This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle: wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.

      —Thomas Dekker, English writer and dramatist