The Lowcountry Romance Collection
Sweet Caroline, Love Starts with Elle, Dining with Joy
Reeks: A Lowcountry Romance
Rachel Hauck
- Enjoy
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- Rachel
- Hauck’s
- Lowcountry
- Romance
- novels
- as
- an
- e-collection!Sweet
- CarolineLife
- hasn't
- always
- been
- so
- sweet
- for
- Caroline
- Sweeny.She's
- sacrificed
- her
- desires
- for
- others—unlike
- her
- mother
- who
- abandoned
- their
- family
- years
- ago.
- But
- when
- a
- friend
- challenges
- her
- to
- accept
- an
- exciting
- job
- adventure
- in
- Spain,
- Caroline
- says
- "yes"
- to
- a
- new
- destiny.But
- before
- she
- can
- pack
- her
- bags,
- Caroline
- suddenly
- finds
- herself
- the
- new
- owner
- of
- the
- run-down
- Frogmore
- Cafe—and
- forced
- to
- choose
- between
- her
- friends
- and
- her
- future.Then
- her
- first
- love,
- Mitch
- O'Neal,
- returns
- home
- and
- encourages
- her
- to
- seek
- God's
- desires
- for
- her
- future.
- With
- his
- help,
- she
- may
- just
- discover
- the
- true
- sweet
- life.Love
- Starts
- with
- ElleElle
- loves
- her
- life
- in
- Beaufort,
- South
- Carolina—summer
- days
- on
- the
- sand
- bar,
- coastal
- bonfires,
- and
- dinners
- with
- friends,
- sharing
- a
- lifetime
- of
- memories.
- She’s
- found
- her
- stride
- professionally
- as
- the
- owner
- of
- a
- successful
- art
- gallery.
- Life
- is
- good.And
- she’s
- found
- love
- with
- handsome,
- confident
- Jeremiah
- Franklin.
- But
- Jeremiah
- has
- accepted
- a
- large
- pastorate
- in
- a
- different
- state,
- so
- Elle
- turns
- her
- life
- upside
- down
- to
- take
- “the
- call”
- with
- him.
- When
- Jeremiah
- has
- a
- change
- of
- heart,
- Elle
- is
- hurt—and
- her
- faith
- is
- shaken.New
- York
- lawyer
- and
- recent
- widower
- Heath
- McCord
- imagines
- the
- lowcountry
- cottage
- he’s
- rented
- for
- the
- summer
- is
- the
- balm
- his
- grieving
- heart
- needs.
- That
- and
- time
- to
- connect
- with
- his
- little
- girl.
- He’s
- unprepared
- to
- meet
- his
- beautiful
- landlord,
- Elle
- Garvy,
- or
- the
- love
- her
- friendship
- awakens.But
- God
- has
- new
- blessings
- in
- store
- for
- the
- two
- grieving
- hearts.
- Can
- Elle
- trust
- so
- soon
- after
- losing
- Jeremiah?
- Can
- Heath
- release
- the
- memory
- of
- his
- wife
- and
- love
- again?
- Could
- love
- be
- as
- simple
- as
- trusting
- enough
- to
- take
- the
- first
- step?Dining
- with
- JoyHost
- of
- a
- regionally
- syndicated
- cooking
- show,
- Joy
- Ballard
- has
- a
- little
- secret:
- she
- can't
- cook.
- But
- when
- her
- show
- is
- picked
- up
- by
- a
- major
- network
- and
- given
- a
- prime
- time
- slot,
- her
- world
- heats
- up
- faster
- than
- a
- lowcountry
- boil.Enter
- Luke
- Redmond:
- handsome,
- creative,
- and
- jobless
- after
- having
- to
- declare
- bankruptcy
- of
- his
- Manhatten
- restaurant.
- When
- her
- producers
- ask
- him
- to
- co-host
- the
- show,
- Joy
- sees
- Luke
- as
- her
- way
- out.
- But
- Luke
- sees
- much
- more
- than
- just
- a
- co-host
- in
- Joy.Their
- relationship
- begins
- to
- simmer
- on
- and
- off
- set.
- Until
- Joy's
- secret
- is
- revealed
- and
- her
- reputation
- is
- ruined
- on
- national
- television
- by
- her
- rival,
- Wenda
- Devine.But
- could
- Devine's
- cruelty
- be
- a
- divine
- gift?
- Losing
- Luke—and
- her
- sister—forces
- Joy
- to
- consider
- where
- her
- worth
- really
- comes
- from.
- Could
- God
- be
- cooking
- up
- an
- even
- bigger
- adventure
- from
- the
- mess?
- And
- will
- Joy
- hang
- on
- long
- enough
- to
- find out?
