It’s February, the month of romance and Valentine’s Day. And time for another story, another time.

I wrote a novella some time ago set on Sandhill Island. The island and the characters are fictional, but if I were to live on an island, that is where I would want to live.

My publisher, The Wild Rose Press, called for submissions having to do with ice cream on beach and the idea of an ice cream shop on the island I loved began to bloom.

Schoolteacher Sienna Schultz is still stinging from a bad breakup with her fiancé when she finds herself unexpectedly infatuated with a new man. While working her summer job at her aunt’s ice cream shop in the small tourist town of Sandhill Island, she meets Jake White, a college student from Corpus Christi who is working on a shrimper for the summer. Sienna is not ready for another relationship, but Jake is difficult to resist.

Sienna’s peaceful summer is shattered when a series of suspicious events unfold. Her aunt’s suppliers refuse to sell to her, putting the future of the shop in jeopardy. Then, when the store is vandalized, they wonder if someone is out to harm not only the business, but Sienna and her aunt as well.

Jake offers to help uncover who’s behind the incidents, which brings the two of them closer together. Can Sienna trust him…or is she headed for another heartbreak?

https://books2read.com/u/m2R8L1

I think you will like the light romance with a little suspense thrown in for good measure. Short and sweet, like the month. Happy Valentine’s month!

What are you reading/writing this week?