USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson welcomes you back to Cliffside Bay to explore the rich, heartwarming stories of the characters who brightened the original five novels in the series. Each book in the Cliffside Bay Series is intended to be read and enjoyed as a sweet standalone, but for maximum enjoyment read this binge-worthy series in order. From USA Today bestselling author Tess … author Tess Thompson comes a trio of sweet standalone romances set in an idyllic coastal town full of charming and colorful characters whose journeys warm the heart and touch the soul.
Meet Brody Mullen and Kara Eaton as they overcome their protective instincts and learn to wholly trust one another as they fall in love.
Embrace freedom from the painful past with Jackson Waller and Maggie Keene, who unexpectedly receive a second chance to write their own story.
And celebrate with Zane Shaw and Honor Sullivan when they realize that their imperfections are what makes each of them perfect for the other.
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enjoyed this series
Absolutely love this series! Great writing, fabulous characters – flawed and honest but not too gritty. A real comfort read but unputdownable at the same time. Definitely recommend!
Best type of series. One book bled into the next yet you could start anywhere. Beginning to end, I loved how well written all the characters are and how the books naturally flowed from one to the next. I even started plotting what or who would be next!
So good that I bought and read the rest of the books in that series as I wanted the entire story.
Book 1: Traded
A Tess Thompson book, for me, is a destination. Regardless of the storyline all of her books are beautifully written, compelling and emotional, this one is definitely one of them. A beautiful start to this series.
This does have a HEA and could be read as a standalone.
Book 2 – Deleted.
Original concept wrapped in a bit of mystery with a lot of heart. Would have liked little more insight into their reconnecting, seemed rushed.
Book 3: Jaded
I wasn’t certain what to expect from Honor and Zane’s story as they are both so headstrong and stubborn but honestly, this is one of my favorites. With loads of drama and suspense this book will keep you guessing at every turn.
Like a good cook, Tess Thompson bastes her stories with flavor and richness, bit by bit, until they’re bursting with all the necessary ingredients—warmth, caring, tenderness, love, and lots and lots of romance.
In Book 1 of the Cliffside Bay books you meet Brody and Kara, a football superstar and a woman on the run. Book 2 focuses on Jackson, a hometown doctor, and Maggie, a hopeful Broadway star. And Book 3 highlights Zane, a restaurant owner, and Honor, Brody’s assistant.
One of Thompson’s gifts is creating family. Not just the biological ones but the ones that come from friends. From community. From strangers stepping up to help those in need. Cliffside Bay may be a sleepy town on the Northern California coast, but life throws some horrendous curves to the people who live there. To offset these challenges, grit and determination weave through all the stories along with the pure and simple love of people who care, people who have your back, people who put you first because that’s just what you do.
Get the tissues ready. My eyes teared up many times over the beautifully tender moments. It’s not always a straight line to “I love you and want to be with you,” but the journey is well worth the rocky detours. Thompson’s stories shine. I know you’ll love these Cliffside Bay books as much as I did.
Great series!
The Cliffside Bay has three different story lines that will keep your interest as the characters are strong, likeable with complicated lifes. You will discover their secrets and heartaches. Good storytelling and enjoyed all three of these books by Tess Thompson.
The series was great!
I began the first book and kept reading through it and onto the second and then the third. The characters are well written and real. The interweaving of the friends and the people in the small town of Cliffside Bay brings the reader into the stories and their lives. Truly enjoyed these books.
I would have given these books 5 stars were it not for so many typos. Words were missing, some duplicated and verb tense was wrong a few times. I liked that there were many layers to the stories and the people.
Love the strong women characters and the complex males that they are attracted to. I like the unexpected twists she always tosses in.
I loved the characters and how real they were. Pleasure read.
The bundle contains three individual stories of Brody and Kara, Jackson and Maggie, and Zane and Honor. Cliffside Bay, an idyllic coastal town is the setting for the series. Each story builds upon the last and by the time I finished the bundle, I was hooked and ended up reading another 3 or 4 books in the series. In some ways, the stories are rather formulaic but are interesting and engrossing nonetheless. There is always
a very interesting or unlikely twist in one or both main characters and embedded stories within the story; these make the series more unpredictable than you would otherwise expect.
This is an excellent read. I enjoyed all three of these books and looking forward to the rest of the series. This series has so much to it. Different than a lot of the contemporary writers. Interesting plots. Highly reccomend this series.
Love this author!!!!
Had a hard time putting these books down. While the books were set up with two main characters and chapters devoted to one or the other, the interweaving of the additional characters reminded me a bit of Maeve Binchy’s writing (in reverse). Where Binchy would start out with a bunch of independent characters who would inevitably influence each other by the end of the book, the characters added along the way in these stories, that you wanted to root for, or who were mentioned in passing, often entered the story again at a later date, sometimes not until later books. While each of the females endured almost unimaginable (and slightly fantastic) trials, the crafting of the stories and the candid, relatable characters made it seem less far fetched. I also loved that the author took the stories beyond the point most would (and did so skillfully) and that she ended without the blatant taunt/cliffhanger to the next book. I look forward to reading more.
Thoroughly enjoyed all three stories in the Cliffside Bay series. Each story integrated all of the characters into each book which made an interesting and enjoyable concept. The stories not only contained developing romances, but included intriguing circumstances surrounding the various characters which kept my interest. The author, Tess Thompson, weaved stories that brought the characters to life with realism including heartaches past and present. In my opinion a talented author is one who is able to write romantic novels keeping a reader’s interest without having to fill pages with explicit sexual activity descriptions and that is exactly what she accomplished.
Highly recommend this series!
A wonderful collection! All 3 stories kept me thoroughly engaged. I can’t wait to read more of this series!
It got repetitious at times but I thoroughly enjoyed following the characters through the many diversions