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Nicole Ellis
Nicole Ellis writes contemporary fiction set in coastal towns. Her books include The Inn at Willa Bay, The Sea Star Bakery, A Haven on the Bay, The Sunset Cottages, and The Riverside Dance Studio.
The Inn at Willa Bay
Synopsis
The Inn at Willa Bay opens Nicole Ellis's Willa Bay series, set in a fictional seaside community in Washington State.
Zoe Tisdale is finally building the wedding-planning career she wanted, until her elderly landlord and friend Celia is hospitalized and the future of the historic Inn at Willa Bay — Zoe's home as well as her venue — is thrown into doubt. Her friend Meg gave up a prestigious chef's position in the city to care for her mother; now that her mother has recovered, Meg has to decide whether she still wants the life she set aside. Cassie, a single mother working as a pastry chef, finds her job threatened when an old rival comes back to town. Across the country, Shawn finishes a restoration project and takes a phone call from a woman he has never met that sends him back to Washington.
The book braids the four viewpoints together around the inn and the secret attached to it, and is written as the opening of a longer small-town series rather than a self-contained novel.
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Characters
Zoe TisdaleProtagonist
A wedding planner living at the Inn at Willa Bay whose home and business are both at risk.
MegProtagonist
A chef who came home to care for her mother and is weighing whether to leave again.
CassieProtagonist
A single mother and pastry chef at a local lodge, facing a returning rival.
Lady CeliaSupporting
The inn's elderly owner and Zoe's landlord, whose hospitalization sets the story in motion.
ShawnSupporting
A restoration carpenter drawn back to Washington by an unexpected phone call.
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