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St. Petersburg, Florida, The United States

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I write novels that explore friendship, self-discovery and the challenges life brings us, leavened with a touch of humor. I'm proud of all my books and perhaps best known for my "Ten Beach Road" titles including the USA Today bestsellers, Ten Beach Road and The House on Mermaid Point, and for While We Were Watching Downton Abbey.

I was born in St.Petersburg, Florida and grew up on St. Pete Beach within spitting distance of the Gulf of Mexico. I went, appropriately enough, to Sunshine Elementary School where recess and art class sometimes took place on the beach, and the highlight of every school year was the annual fish broil.

It’s hard to be a type-A personality when you grow up in such a laid back environment, but I managed. Convinced that ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 64,143 ratings · 6,389 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ten Beach Road (Ten Beach Road, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 10,895 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Break-Up Book Club 3.84 avg rating — 8,203 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	While We Were Watching Downton Abbey 3.73 avg rating — 7,702 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ocean Beach (Ten Beach Road, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 5,264 ratings — published 2012 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House on Mermaid Point (Ten Beach Road, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 4,385 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunshine Beach (Ten Beach Road, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 3,398 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accidental Bestseller 3.81 avg rating — 3,179 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magnolia Wednesdays 3.78 avg rating — 3,174 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding 3.97 avg rating — 2,993 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Beach Ever (Ten Beach Road, #6) 4.11 avg rating — 2,806 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Murder at Sea (Thursday Club Mysteries #2)

by Sheila Hudson

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“She read novels. One book after another, sometimes at the rate of one a day, for a solid year. An acceptable form of escape that didn’t leave a hangover.”
― Wendy Wax, The Accidental Bestseller

tags: reading-books

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“I raise my glass. We toast like the bookworms we are. "To the end of a chapter." "To Turning the page," Dorothy adds. "And Starting a new one.”
― Wendy Wax, The Break-Up Book Club

tags: contemporary-romance, friendship, humor

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“whenever I do a signing or a talk, people are really curious about the business and the whole creative process.”
― Wendy Wax, The Accidental Bestseller

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Polls

June BoTM Nominations ~ Beach Read ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 Books move onto Final Round

28 Summers

by Elin Hilderbrand

4 votes, 13.3%

Shipped

by Angie Hockman

4 votes, 13.3%

Porch Lights

by Dorothea Benton Frank

4 votes, 13.3%

How the Penguins Saved Veronica

by Hazel Prior

4 votes, 13.3%

The Last Train to Key West

by Chanel Cleeton

3 votes, 10.0%

One Summer in Paris

by Sarah Morgan

3 votes, 10.0%

The Beach Café

by Lucy Diamond

3 votes, 10.0%

The Castaways

by Elin Hilderbrand

2 votes, 6.7%

The Forgiving Kind

by Donna Everhart

2 votes, 6.7%

My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding

by Wendy Wax

1 vote, 3.3%

Swimming for Sunlight

by Allie Larkin

0 votes, 0.0%

30 total votes

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“Because I know what it's like to pour your heart and soul into a book, day after day after day, when it comes to the work of other authors, I either give them five stars -- or say nothing! I simply can't bring myself to do anything else.”
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