The Bookstore by the Bay

A sweet, closed-door novella about quiet hearts, coastal charm, and unexpected inspiration in a small seaside town.

Sometimes the quietest places help you hear your heart again.

After burning out on travel writing, Charlie Lane retreats to Harbor’s Rest — a quiet coastal town — to housesit her aunt’s old-fashioned bookstore. She’s not expecting much: just solitude, dusty paperbacks, and maybe a few rainy walks by the bay.

What she finds instead is a town full of gentle rhythms, a bookstore that seems to hold its own secrets, and a quiet artist named Eli whose sketches speak louder than words.

As the fog rolls in and the pages turn, Charlie begins to rediscover what she thought she’d lost — her voice, her purpose… and maybe, something that feels a lot like love.

The Bookstore by the Bay is a tender, slow-burn romance from the Sunlit Romance Novellas series — heartwarming love stories set in small towns filled with warmth, renewal, and quiet magic.