Best Friends Series by Carly Quinn

Regan Hale is running away. She is finished being nice, sick of doing the right thing and tired of always being wrong. She jumps at the chance to spend a few weeks on the Olympic Peninsula caring for her ailing aunt. Regan's plans for quiet introspection and growing a backbone are derailed with the arrival of the doctor to whom her aunt has rented the guest cottage. J.T. Thomas has work to do and an idyllic former life to forget... moreRegan Hale is running away. She is finished being nice, sick of doing the right thing and tired of always being wrong. She jumps at the chance to spend a few weeks on the Olympic Peninsula caring for her ailing aunt. Regan's plans for quiet introspection and growing a backbone are derailed with the arrival of the doctor to whom her aunt has rented the guest cottage. J.T. Thomas has work to do and an idyllic former life to forget. The deserted winter beach outside Port Townsend seems to offer the privacy and gloom he desires and his first order of business is getting rid of the woman in his beach cottage when he arrives. Even with the help of her husband's ghost and the worlds most lovable dog, bringing these two together seems unlikely. When a careless moment turns them into each others worst nightmare, it may take the whole of the Pacific Ocean and the Great Wall of China to heal these two battered hearts. less

Carly Christensen needs five minutes of peace and quiet. After months of caring for her ailing mother and finding out how completely helpless her father is, she just needs five minutes, of quiet, in Hawaii. Mitch Jameson is flying solo for the first time in memory. No personal assistant, no gang of rowdy friends, no empty-headed models, he is disturbed by his discomfort... moreCarly Christensen needs five minutes of peace and quiet. After months of caring for her ailing mother and finding out how completely helpless her father is, she just needs five minutes, of quiet, in Hawaii. Mitch Jameson is flying solo for the first time in memory. No personal assistant, no gang of rowdy friends, no empty-headed models, he is disturbed by his discomfort. He feels a little less uncomfortable when he claims his seat in first class next to a woman with gravely serious green eyes, a decadent tumble of Scotch colored curls,and toes painfully, perfectly french manicured. Mitch knew exactly what to do with beautiful, serious women, he smiled, it was going to be a pleasant flight after all. less