Second Chance at Sunshine Inn

Clipston (With This Ring) sets this charming romance against the idyllic backdrop of Coral Cove, N.C. After neonatal nurse Everleigh Harnett discovers she’s inherited half of her godmother’s North Carolina bed-and-breakfast, she’s surprised on returning to the coastal town to learn that brooding Cade Witherspoon—a mysterious man who used to work for her godmother—has inherited the other half. Everleigh wants to sell the property to fund a nonprofit, but Cade’s set on keeping the business running. Determined Everleigh moves into the inn in hopes of swaying Cade, but instead becomes enamored with him as he opens up about his troubled past in a fractured family. As Everleigh grapples with her own grief—and struggles to understand why her godmother wanted her to split the property with a stranger—she slowly chips away at guarded Cade’s emotional defenses, but when her efforts to help him mend fences with his family go too far and he withdraws, it looks like the budding romance and the inn’s future may be headed for ruin. Clipston builds the chemistry between gruff Cade and chipper, can-do Everleigh through a satisfying mix of flirty exchanges and revealing conversations as the two work to untangle their problems and, with the aid of their faith, find their way to one another. Readers won’t be able to resist this. (July)