He’s a broken man searching through the past for answers.She’s his childhood best friend he had no idea he was in love with.Thomas Capshaw never thought he’d put his dreams of being a sketch artist on the back burner and end up working in New York City far from home. The very last thing he expects is the inheritance of his famous grandfather’s beach cottage on the sandy shores of Florida where he … Florida where he spent his childhood summers.
Emeline Fischer is an aspiring artist trying to make ends meet, working an assortment of odd jobs while painting her dreams on canvas in hopes of landing her own gallery show someday. When she is Thomas’s waitress during her shift at the local beach diner, she immediately recognizes her sensitive childhood friend who promised long ago to protect her from her unstable home life when they were teens.
The two friends take a journey into their past through a box of photos left behind at Cap Cottage and rediscover their mutual passion for art – and each other. Thomas doesn’t plan to fall in love with Emmy – but maybe he’s always been in love with her. Can he forgive himself for his past mistakes and start over in the only place that ever felt like home? Or will his guilt and the demands of his cutthroat, big-city career prevent him from following his heart and reuniting with the only woman he ever truly loved?
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Run to the Sea by K.G. Fletcher
Narrated by Kelly Genelle Fletcher
Five Stars
Run to the Sea is the first book in the first book in the Reigning Hearts series by K.G. Fletcher. It is a contemporary romance that is wonderfully written with characters that really put you on an emotional roller coaster. Thomas Capshaw and Emiline Fisher were childhood friends who lost touch. When Thomas comes back to town to settle his grandfathers affairs, he and Em rekindle there friendship which might turn into something more. This book had me laughing, crying and wanting to throw my kindle on the ground. This to me makes a great book. I can’t wait to read/listen to the next book in this series. K.G. Is one of my must read authors. I highly recommend this book.
Run To The Sea is the first book in K.G. Fletcher’s Reigning Hearts series. A fantastic start to the Reigning Hearts series. This novel is based in a sleepy Florida seaside town. I enjoyed from beginning to end. She has a writing style that is easy to read and her stories flow really well. I. G. FLETCHER had created some amazing characters and Thomas and Emeline were no exceptions. I love a second chance romance how these two absolutely interact with each other. You root for these two. Your emotions will go through the ringer with this one it pulls on your heart.
That blurb had me hooked! Love a second chance romance set in a small beach side town! Thomas & Emeline where B/F’s as children then finding their way back to each other years later! I loved everything about this story, K.G. Fletcher wrote a perfect blend of sweet and sexy in this read! This one is worth the read! Yes happy we are getting Ginger’s story!
I really enjoyed listening to Run to the Sea by K.G. Fletcher because it was such a wonderful story about Emeline (Emmy) and Thomas (Cappy). They were childhood best friends and were reunited after Thomas’ grandfather passed away. Thomas lived in NY and had to take a leave of absence while dealing with his grandfather’s estate. Emmy lived in Florida all her life and was trying to make ends meet while pursuing her love of painting. They met up again and each has secrets and through a period of time, those secrets are revealed. Cappy and Emmy were a fantastic couple but it took them some time to come together. And just when you think everything is working out, a tragedy happens and their relationship is put to the test again. I received an audio copy of this book in exchange for an honest opinion. I loved it and I loved all the characters in this book. K.G. Fletcher did a wonderful job of narrating this book. I highly recommend reading or listening to the book. It was wonderful!
Fantastic Story!
This is a new author to me and I can’t believe that I have never read any books by her before. This story about Thomas and Emeline is an emotional second chance love story that is utterly lovely and wonderfully written. The characters are lovable and relatable, and you can’t help falling in love with them.
I can’t wait to read more from this series.
I liked this story about a man finding his way home again and meeting his childhood friend to discover their relationship can be even better.
No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
Good dialogues
Characters is developed in to realistic personalities
Good chemistry between the main characters that’s developing in to intense feelings.
The storyline progresses nicely to a happy ending
4 solid stars
Would you give up wealth and status for a second chance at love?
Thomas Capshaw, or Cappy to his closest friends, never imagined life like this. Millions at his fingertips and a wealthy socialite on his arm. But the untimely death of his beloved grandfather suddenly makes him realize he’s been living a lie. After returning to his hometown too late for the funeral, he runs into childhood friend Emiline Fischer, or Em, and quickly realizes he wants more than what he has. He wants to reconnect to the places and people who make him feel at home. And, above all else, he wants a second chance at true love. But will a jilted fiancee threaten it all? And after distancing himself from Em for years, can Cappy hope to get close to her again? What better way than to squeeze into her life as she’s posing nude for an art class?
This is a definite sweet and seductive romance, where the author is beautifully melodical with her words and descriptions. The hero and heroine are striking in their wholesomeness and care, showcasing both their vulnerabilities and strength. Even after reading the book, the characters were so richly developed they continue to dance through my thoughts, and I love the ripened sweetness of this beautiful story.
Such a good read! I loved Emeline & Thomas’s story, they were friends since childhood and after years apart they reconnect as adults. They have such a strong bond that I fell in love with. Emeline’s friend Ginger makes several appearances in the book and she is seriously the best! I cannot wait for her and Rusty’s story
I absolutely loved this story! It was sweet, endearing and down right perfectly written. Emeline and Thomas aka “Cappy” we’re best friends growing up. Thomas goes away for college leaving Emeline behind with out any contact for several years until his grandfather passed away. When he comes back to get closure from the guilt he has for what he had said to his grandfather he finds Emeline still living in their home town. These two find they have feelings for each other and that his grandfather had known all along when they come across a box of pictures they hadn’t even known his grandfather, who was a famous photographer, had taken of them during their childhood and teen years.
I’m a sucker for small town romance and second chances and this book deff hit the spot! If you love stories that make you want to move to a small town and find love this is the story for you!
A fantastic start to the Reigning Hearts series. This novel is based in a sleepy Florida seaside town. Aspiring artist Emeline Fischer has lived there her whole life but her best friend Thomas “Cappy” Capshaw left for college at 18 and didn’t come back. When his beloved grandfather, Pop, dies and leaves him Cap Cottage, Thomas returns home to tie up his will. A chance encounter with Emeline in the local diner, reignites feelings he thought were long-buried, but can he give up his life as a prestigious New York architect for a small-town life after all these years?
I really enjoyed this book, it was just the right balance of sentimentality, feel good and reality. I liked the characters of Emmy and Cappy, and the fact that they weren’t perfect, they made mistakes and had to sort them out. I particularly liked the seaside setting and the fact that Emmy could “run to the sea” whenever she needed to escape. Wouldn’t we all like that? It was a romantic and love-filled story about following your instincts and your dreams, but above all valuing friendship. 5/5 for me- I can’t wait to read book 2.
I absolutely loved Run to the Sea by K.G. Fletcher. It is the first book in the Reigning Hearts series, and I cant wait to read more. The story was so sweet and while it had some sad moments, the happily ever after was appreciated. This is the story of Emeline Fischer and Thomas Capshaw. They were best friends as children, and lost touch after Thomas, or Cappy, went to college. He finds himself lonely and trapped in New York City, stuck in a job he doesn’t enjoy and in a relationship with a woman he doesn’t love. He returns home to settle his grandfather’s estate after he passed away, and ran into Emeline, or Emmy, on his first day back home. Their reunion was not pretty, and she all but storms out. She is a waitress in a diner, as well as works various jobs throughout town. She is the epitome of a struggling artist, painting in all her free time. But, destiny quickly brings them back together and the friends reunite. With their shared passion of art, and a box of photographs left behind from Thomas’s famous photographer grandfather, they become best friends again. Read the story to uncover their love for each other and steps they take to make things work.
Run to the Sea by K.G. Fletcher is the first book in the Reigning Hearts series. This book is about two childhood friends finding each other, and their way.
I found this book to be so emotional. The author does an amazing job at creating a very real connection between you, the reader, and the characters. It felt like I was living every single emotion that they were each feeling.
The story carries this level of emotion well. It doesn’t take away from it but it also doesn’t let it down. It is well written and so engaging.
This author always seems to know how to write a good book and so far this is my favourite. I am looking forward to the next in the series.
Run to the Sea is a book about second chances. Thomas or “Cappy” leaves the little home town where he was born and raised leaving behind his family and his best friend Emeline. His family was not happy about him leaving town to go to college in New York to become an architect. Emeline and Cappy were best friends and thick as thieves growing up. When Cappy up and left he left Emeline behind as well even ignoring her many letters that she sent him. Years later Cappy’s beloved grandfather passes away leaving him his house. Cappy comes back to his home town area to decide what to do with his life. His life in New York is definitely not what he thought it would be. Once in town he reconnects with Emeline who has certainly grown up and has secrets of her own. Is this the second chance they both want? What happens when old hurts comes to the surface? I really enjoyed this book and feel like it was really well written.
Run to the Sea (Reigning Hearts Book 1)
By KG Fletcher
Run to the Sea is book one in the Reigning Heart series by KG Fletcher. What we have in this book is a wonderful second chance romance with the storyline centering around Emeline and Thomas. Emeline and Thomas before entering college had spent most of their summers together. What I liked about Emeline and Thomas is that I found both of their characters to be strong. How ever they both have gone down different paths in their lives which becomes apparent in how they are together and in the choices that they are making. I absolutely loved how this book came together and it didn’t take long to fall in love with the main characters. This is the type of story that in some places will pull on your heart strings and pull you right into the book with in the first few pages. I really do recommend this book and if the rest of the series is like Run to the Sea then I can’t wait to see what we have coming next.
Run to the Sea (Reigning Hearts Book 1) by K.G. Fletcher is a wonderful story about second chances. It is an emotional but heartwarming read and well written with characters that are sweet and lovable, sexy and each a little broken. I enjoy K.G.’s stories and this is no exception. It is a book that I was unable to put it down, I devoured it in one sitting because I had to know what was coming. The story complex and multi layered and yet totally simplistic and sizzling and sweet, sexy and tender.
Emeline was startled to see the man in front of her, her childhood best friend was just a boy when left. Seeing him now dredges up so many memories.
Thomas has lost himself and now he is back in the one place he once loved so much, a place that may soothe his soul. What he finds and finally realises is something he should have known.
I know you will love this sweet tale as much as I did. I am waiting to see what comes next from K. G.
Run to the Sea by K.G. Fletcher was this wonderful second chance romance about two childhood friends. Thomas “Cappy” Capshaw and Emeline “Em” Fischer spent every summer together before Cappy left for college. After year apart, Cappy has returned to Sanderville Beach to close up his grandfather’s gallery, what he didn’t expect to run into Em after all this time. Will Em forgive Cappy for never keeping in touch and why does Em feel like home more than New York?
Cappy and Em story pulled at all the right heartstring for me. I loved that even after his death Lawrence Capshaw was playing matchmaker with these two. I really wanted to hate Fiona but I ended up feeling sorry for her and looking forward to a book for her to get a HEA. Just like Kelly’s last series, she hooked me from the first chapter and has me wanting more of these characters.
Run to the Sea ( Reigning Hearts Book 1) by K G Fletcher. I’ve grown to love K G Fletcher’s books. This one is no exception. Its the story of Emeline Fischer and Thomas Capshaw aka Cappy who are best friends growing up on the beaches of Florida. Emeline is an artist who has to work all kinds of jobs to make ends meet. Cappy has moved on to New York City working as a Sketch Artist. When he finds out he was given his grandpa’s beach cottage after he passed he heads back to Florida. He never expected to see Emeline again but he runs right into her at the cafe he visits. They end up going down memory lane and emotions are all over the place. Emeline has always loved Cappy and Cappy has always loved Emeline. Will they let down their defenses and take a chance on love. Read Run to the Sea to find out.
Run to the Sea is a sexy sweet story about 2 long lost loves. Through no fault but their own, mostly Thomas’ fault, the two lose contact with each other. But fate brings them back together, hopefully forever.
Fletcher is not new to me but for some reason, she does surprise me every time I read one of her books. She’s a writer that pulls you into the story and takes you for an adventure. Nothing too wild and crazy but an adventure none-the-less.
This story is a stand-alone, meaning there is no story before it. Even though the characters have a past, Fletcher is able to tell their story with no confusion to the present events.
I recommend this story and this author. She is one to watch and one click every chance you get!
Wanna ‘run to the sea’ and get away? Well I do believe the that KG Fletcher has managed to encapsulate the perfect little weekend getaway between the covers of Run to the Sea. I absolutely could sit her and tell you for hours my favorite moments in this novel, there were many and truly it’d turn into a verbatim quote by quote review so you would only miss out on the good stuff for yourself that way. Instead I will tell you this is one of those books that just about anyone can relate to. We have all been at that point in our life that our MC’s were in, questioning every decision we ever made and if we are truly where we should be at this point in life. The moments worth making into a novel are the ones in which we make pivotal decisions in what we definitely need going forward. Cappy and Emmy both find themselves in this moment and we get a front row seat to all of the beautiful emotion, drama, laughter, love, and memories that accompany this.
I couldn’t put this book down from page one to the very end and found myself devouring it in just one short rainy afternoon. The scenery and the way that Fletcher writes it is transformative in the sense that I felt as if I was right there breathing in the salty sea air and the dragging my toes in the warm sand. I would say every moment was worth every bit of a five star rating and I can’t wait to find out what will come next from the pen of KG Fletcher!