Saltwater Sweets by Meredith Summers

Motel owner Gina Gallagher can’t believe that her future happiness hinges solely on tracking down her cheating embezzling louse of a husband. He ran off with all their money and now Gina wants her share back. She needs it to start her dream business. But when the P. I. she hired tells her that a mysterious person is looking for her, things get complicated. Her ex stole money from a client. Hopefully that person isn’t trying to get his revenge through Gina.

Samantha Walters has only one week to convince her mother, Deena, that her new boyfriend is a scammer intent on stealing the family chocolate business. Flirting with the guy in the motel room next door is just a way to distract herself from this unpleasant task…

Until she finds out the guy in the room next door is the son of the man trying to take advantage of her mother!

Cole Sullivan needs to convince his father that Deena is really a gold-digger after his money. So what if Deena acts sweetly and motherly? Cole knows all too well how good people can be at hiding their true intentions. And is it any coincidence that her daughter conveniently makes a visit Shell Cove at the same time as him? He’s convinced that mother and daughter are up to something, even if Sam does have an attractive smile and a nice laugh.

Deena and Chuck think it was a small miracle they found each other. They’ve both known years of loneliness after losing their spouses. Neither of them thought they would fall in love again, especially not at the age of sixty! Too bad convincing their kids that they are perfect for each other is going to take some work. That’s okay, though, because Deena and Chuck have a plan.

Plans go awry and events turn twisty and nothing turns out the way any of them thought it would, which ends up being exactly what each of them need.

Saltwater Sweets – book 3 in the Shell Cove series – is a standalone book that can be read without the previous books.