Since sharing The Abalone Shell as I wrote it worked so well to motivate me to write it, I'm going to start doing that with its sequel, The Driftwood Promise, which is the story of Owen's sister Erin and Hope's cousin Gideon.
Here's the blurb:

From a young age, Erin McKinney has been taught that there’s only one man she can rely on—her older brother. The rest just aren’t worth the trouble. The one time she opened her heart and took a chance, the man reaffirmed her belief that it’s safer to be a...