Coastal Hearts: The St. Simons Novels

This collection contains three full-length Christian romance novels set on St. Simons Island. In The Art of Rivers, Rivers Sullivan carries scars from a bullet wound and the loss of her fiancé in a brutal attack. An art therapist by training, she travels to St. Simons Island to see the beach cottage and art gallery she inherited from her fiancé. There she discovers recovering addicts running the gallery. James Cooper Knight, who dedicates himself to addiction counseling after his cousin's drowning, rescues Rivers from a sandbar. As they grow closer, both struggle with their feelings—Rivers doubts she can trust someone in recovery, while Cooper fears a relationship will damage his family further. Star Rising follows Star Youngblood, who works for Priscilla Kelly and wants to protect her from her neglectful son, Paul. Paul, a corporate pilot who lost his faith after betrayal on the mission field and his father's death, returns home to be near his declining mother. As Paul and Star each try to protect Mrs. Kelly, their own hearts become vulnerable. For the Love of Joy centers on Davis Donnelly, an outreach minister uncertain whether his marriage ended after signing divorce papers years ago. When he finds his wife, Joy Jennings Donnelly, she is injured while protecting her son. Joy must now rely on the man with the most reason to resent her.