Escape to Jekyll Island: Gem of the Golden Isles Series Book One

by Sandy Malone

Tally Davis is working as a wedding planner in the Caribbean when Hurricane Maria hits, so she evacuates Puerto Rico and goes home to Jekyll Island, Georgia, and launches her own company there. But not everybody is happy that Tally is back, and some people want to make sure she doesn't stay.

Genres: Fiction

260 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2024

About the author

Sandy Malone got her Journalism degree at The Ohio State University and was a reporter and editor for major news publications before she returned to her hometown of Washington, DC, for a career in public relations and government affairs. She began planning destination weddings professionally after her own was nearly a disaster and planned more than 500 weddings in the Caribbean.

Sandy authored hundreds of articles published on BRIDES, WeddingWire, and HuffPost. And she starred in TLC's reality TV show “Wedding Island.” In addition to a DIY wedding planning guide, she has ghostwritten books for well-known reality TV stars (including a Real Housewife). Most recently, she was editor of The Police Tribune.

Sandy and her husband, Bill, recently moved to Jekyll Island, Georgia, with their coonhound Sherlock. This book is her first work of fiction.

Reviews

[Tova Jean Shirah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Beach Read of 2024!! Highly recommend!!
I was blown away by this book! This book had it all: mystery, suspense, romance, gorgeous landscapes, laugh out loud humor and more! The main character is so relatable as she escapes from an island’s natural disaster back to the mainland to re-start her life and create a business venture from her past experiences. She leaves an old boyfriend and his crazy family and rekindles an old friendship that develops into something more. I couldn’t put this book down - I literally read it in two days! This new author has something special to offer its reader. I will definitely be starting book 2 and can’t wait for book 3! Highly recommend!!

[Dawn Barron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute - easy summer read!

[Morgan Boudreaux · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is cute :) I finished the two books I brought to Jekyll and wandered into the Jekyll Market hoping to find a paperback section. I picked up this book, and finished it in one sitting at the pool. It was lovely to read a book with descriptions of my favorite place in the world.

[art.books.chemistry (SamE.) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Escape to Jekyll Island is a perfect little real life snippet that is wildly relatable to anyone that has been through a major upheaval in their life. It's also incredibly CUTE. Sandy wrote the perfect second chance romance with a second chance career for a solid lovable down-to-earth FMC. No spoilers but I can't wait to see more of the male love interest! My only "complaint" is that Tally's ex didn't get more of the karma he deserved...
This is an adorable small-town romance with some fun and quirky characters (oh, Aunt Etah...) while also being a relaxing beach read with just enough of extra stuff going on. Also great for anyone recovering from working in the wedding industry that needs to remember why they quit! Hehehe, ok so I do miss some parts of it but *not* the monster-in-laws or inevitable day-of problems. Or the hours for that matter; people don't believe me when I say as the caterers we would be up at 5am and would often not finish until 2am the next day..... I do kind of miss pizza fries and coffee at 3am with my parents though, it was still fun if exhausting.

[Vanessa Shearer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Read

I live in the Golden Isles so when I saw this book I had to read it. It was great to "know" the setting and really visualize the scenes.

[Janice Arnold · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have added this to my favorites. I can’t wait for book 2.