St. James Sisters Collection Series by Tana Jenkins, Kate Kelley

A childhood marriage dream comes crashing into the rocky reality of adulthood in this sweet beach romance between a woman who is an island unto herself and a man for whom the world is not enough. As the two navigate conflicting ideas about the future of a small island's sailboat-building school, Sydney St. James realizes Devin Fox might be the life raft she didn't know she needed... moreA childhood marriage dream comes crashing into the rocky reality of adulthood in this sweet beach romance between a woman who is an island unto herself and a man for whom the world is not enough. As the two navigate conflicting ideas about the future of a small island's sailboat-building school, Sydney St. James realizes Devin Fox might be the life raft she didn't know she needed.Will Devin realize that Sydney, his first friend, first kiss, and first marriage proposal (at the tender age of thirteen), is a safe harbor for his heart- the last and only woman he's ever truly loved?Set in Mackinac Island, this interracial romance between a Native American man and a bi-racial, African American woman, is the first novella in the St. James Sisters collection. less