Michelle Podberezniak asked Mary Alice Monroe:

I'm so excited to read ON OCEAN BOULEVARD and that it's part of the Beach House series! How does an author decided when to create a series or just a single story?

Mary Alice Monroe That's a great question! When I wrote the first book in the series, THE BEACH HOUSE, it was a stand alone novel with no intention or discussion of it being a book series. When this book was released, it became a big hit with readers who told their friends about it, and then that group told more friends, and so on. The book soared with popularity thanks to word-of-mouth among readers, surprising us all in the very best way. Later, the idea took shape to write a follow-up, which was titled SWIMMING LESSONS. Then I moved on to writing other stories. But a few years later, the idea emerged to expand THE BEACH HOUSE story with a prequel, and well, the ball of ideas just kept growing. So now, nearly twenty years later, The Beach House series will continue with its sixth book, ON OCEAN BOULEVARD.

I'm so excited to share the story of the Rutledge family and how the summer ahead brings in a season of unexpected change for the women against the backdrop of another loggerhead turtle nesting season on the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island in South Carolina. You'll get to escape to the beach with these women and see how they weather the storms of life with grit and grace.

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