First in the USA-Today and Kindle Top-20 bestselling PACIFIC HORIZONS series!
In these interconnected romantic novels, characters facing tragedy, heartbreak, and painful family secrets are drawn to the wild beauty of the natural world. Breaching whales and howling wolves refresh their spirits, but only human love can heal their souls.Haley knew that carrying her twin sister’s baby would be a … twin sister’s baby would be a sacrifice.
She just didn’t know how great.
Pregnant, overworked, and driven to the end of her rope by the neediness of the sister and widowed mother who depend on her, a high-powered young attorney seeks refuge with a week’s vacation on the Alaskan coast. As overachiever Haley soaks up the serenity of her unexpectedly agreeable surroundings, she finds something else she doesn’t expect — deep feelings for the wildlife-loving boat captain who reminds her how to laugh.
With her unborn niece or nephew on the way and thousands of miles of ocean between their lives and careers, Haley and Ben settle for a friendship. But back home in California, the emptiness in Haley’s heart begins to fester. When her pregnancy takes a frightening turn, she must examine what really matters — and rediscover the childhood dream she never realized she had lost.
Praise for romantic fiction by Edie Claire:
LONG TIME COMING
“Emotionally gripping, suspenseful and superb… I was held in wonderment over much of this story and realized early on to expect the unexpected. This is a story of trust, love, friendship and healing. Ms. Claire is an author I hope to see more of in the future. If Long Time Coming is any indication of her writing talent, I will be first in line at the bookstores to get more of her work. This is a positively splendid tale from start to finish and is highly recommended.” Reviewer’s Choice Award — Road to Romance
“Two words. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! Edie Claire has written a wonderful novel about friendship, love, guilt and death… Utterly riveting.” Rating: 10/10 — Contemporary Romance Writers
MEANT TO BE
“One of the best books I have read this year… An element of suspense runs through the pages, and the endearing tale builds to a crescendo of excitement and thrill while warming the heart. Meant To Be is a powerful story of love, healing, discovery and truth… I closed the covers wishing I could stay inside the green world of Meara and Fletcher’s mountain. Ms. Claire has woven a tale that touched my soul and will live as a cherished keeper to read again and again. I am pleased to award Meant To Be our finest honor, RRT’s Perfect 10.” Perfect 10 Award — Romance Reviews Today
“Meant to be written, read and remembered in your heart decades after you’ve turned the last page. Edie Claire is an exceptional author and keeper of the heart.” — Writers Room Magazine
“A paragon of superbly written, compelling women’s literature.” — My Shelf
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Fantastic! I loved every page. The characters, storyline, and pacing were perfect! Plus, I appreciated that it’s sweet.
Made me smile a lot. Loved the romance aspect. Real romance, no biological sex descriptions.
I loved the basis of Haley escaping her work and sister and mother’s drama on the excuse to review the property left to her by her uncle.
I really struggled with her rationalizations for her position with the legal firm. Apparently, so does she.
I loved the story development and building of the relationships.
I loved how it all ended up.
An outstanding story of wonderful, mature, adorable and reliable love!
Witty banter between the two lovers was excellent, and I liked how it was very much a romance that had little to do with sexual chemistry
This is my first book by this authorEdie Claire. I liked the suspense in this story that had a good plot which kept me reading to the end. There was beautiful scenery discriptions. I also have adopted chidren and reaaly felt the emotional aspects of this role from all sides. A great read.
I give this book a 4.3: wish the star system allowed for extra points!
The characters were likeable and their decision making reasonable. The book progressed nicely with even pacing, and the plot was believable. This was the first book of this author’s I read, but I will look into other works.
Good read!
Loved this book! Couldn’t put it down!
I like that there were two mature characters who put friendship and caring first. They knew there was love and treaded slow and carefully with humor and correspondence.
A relaxing afternoon read with wonderful characters! A well written story that kept me entertained for hours.
Excellent writing and wonderful characters. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
Wonderful story set in Alaska.
This book reminded me of Robyn Carr. I loved the real adult characters who had to make hard decisions and had to really get to know themselves in order to do it. I read a lot of books and this one definitely stood out.
Haley is an environmental lawyer who’s worked 60+ hours a week for the last four years. Her mother and sister have always depended on Haley to handle any of their life crisises. Micah her twin is currently using Haley as her surrogate after losing several babies. Michelle, her mom is the very best at applying guilt if Haley doesn’t fulfill her needs. Haley is ready to explode.
Micah is over the edge with worry about Haley’s baby. If she could she’d lock up her sister until her baby is born to protect it. Even with this worry, she’s hollering at Haley, picking fights with her husband and just ramping up Haley’s blood pressure.
An uncle died and left his Alaskan property to the twins. Haley decided to take a seven day vacation an check out their inheritance. This just gives Micah more ammunition to holler at Haley. At four months pregnant and so stressed out Haley needs to get on a plane quickly before she implodes.
Great story!
Good read. Read it fast. Characters were interesting enough that I bought the series.
Enjoyable read
How could a lawyer and a boat captain coming from opposite sides of environmental focus exist in an adult relationship? While enjoying the scenery in Alaska a new understanding developed. I loved the descriptions of the beauty of Alaska and the character development. This book just felt good! I really didn’t want it to end.
Unique love story which also brought Alaska to life. The author really re-created the beauty I felt while vacationing there. It made me realize all over again how fortunate I am to live in a country with such variety and magnificent beauty.
This was a delightful book that also taught a lot about Alaskan wildlife and the preservation of it.
This was a nice romance. The characters were wonderfully written. I enjoyed getting to know them. This book is part of a series but can be read independently.