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    The wrong woman rocked his world. Is fate rewriting his future?


    The Gansett Island Series, Book 4

    Since he won the Academy Award for best original screenplay a few years ago, Grant McCarthy's personal and professional lives have fallen apart. Abby, the woman he was supposed to marry, is engaged to someone else, and Grant is back at home on Gansett Island helping to run the family marina business while his father recovers from a serious injury. While all Grant's focus should be on winning back the love of his life, pesky Stephanie, who runs the marina restaurant, is working her way under his skin and into his bed. As Tropical Storm Hailey cuts off Gansett Island from the mainland, Grant suspects Stephanie is hiding something big from her past. When he finds out what it is, what will be more important to him? Winning Abby back or helping Stephanie to right a terrible wrong?


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley &Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)


    "Ms. Force has the ability to make you fall in love with her Island and all of the quirky and sweet characters that reside there. I can't wait to read the next story in this fantastic series! FALLING FOR LOVE is another keeper in the McCarthy's of Gansett Island series!" —Joyfully Reviewed

    Their dreams are within reach. But first they’ll have to put the past away.


    New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! 

    Owen Lawry is days away from leaving Gansett Island to attend the trial of his father, who is charged with assaulting his mother almost a year ago. He has spent his entire adult life trying to outrun his violent past, but the upcoming showdown with the father he hasn't seen in more than a decade has him spending far more time in the past than in the present. His biggest challenge is convincing his pregnant fiancée, Laura McCarthy, to sit out the trip. The last thing he wants is to expose the woman he loves to the pain of his past.


    Laura is determined to stand by Owen's side throughout the trial and into the life they have planned together. The trial and her final divorce papers are the only things standing between them and the wedding they have looked forward to all year. Can she convince Owen to let her in and allow her to help him through this difficult time? And what will become of the man she loves if his father walks free?


    As Owen and Laura prepare for the emotional battle with his father, his mother, Sarah, finally comes clean about her violent marriage with Charlie Grandchamp, the man who has been her friend and companion for months now. How will Charlie react to hearing Sarah's secrets, and will their relationship move forward now that he finally knows the truth about why she can't bear to let him touch her?


    Catch up with all your favorite Gansett Island characters from the past ten and a half books and meet several new characters, including some McCarthy cousins on the island for Laura and Owen's wedding, who will be featured in future books.

    While Gansett After Dark could be read as a standalone story, readers will enjoy it more if they have read the rest of the Gansett Island Series, particularly book 6, Season for Love.


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie) 

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey) 

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney) 

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie) 

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace) 

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany) 

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby) 

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David) 

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex) 

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie) 

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie) 

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope) 

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda) 

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin) 

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn) 

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound...


    Gansett Island Series, Book 8


    A New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestseller!


    Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound...


    Adam McCarthy has had a really bad week. In addition to nearly losing his three brothers in a tragic boating accident, his now ex-girlfriend has double-crossed him right out of the successful computer company he founded in New York City. What he needs is a few days at home on Gansett Island to make sure his beloved brothers are safe and to get back in touch with what really matters—his family, his friends and the tiny island that soothes his battered soul. On the ferry ride home, he runs into an old family friend who's had her own share of heartache, and Adam helps her through some rough moments, sparking an unlikely alliance.


    Abby Callahan has come home to Gansett, single once again after her relationship with Dr. Cal Maitland blows up in her face. After two epic failures in the game of love, she's decided this is going to be the summer she busts loose and finally has some fun—and she's shaking things up in a big way! The new Abby swears, drinks, gets a tattoo, sleeps around and generally does anything her kinder, gentler alter ego wouldn't have dreamed of doing.


    Before too long, Adam has appointed himself her guardian and is determined that the only sleeping around she's doing is with him. That is… unless his brother Grant is willing to risk his newfound happiness with Stephanie to keep Adam from rebounding with his ex. And what happens when Adam and Abby realize their summer fling has taken a serious turn, especially when he gets the chance to return to New York and fight for the company that's rightfully his? Abby has already followed two men off the island. Does she have it in her to find out if the third time really is the charm?


    Another wild summer on Gansett Island is under way, complete with new stories for many of your favorite couples from past books! You'll also see more of Dan and Kara, David and Daisy, and find out whether Carolina has made peace with her relationship with the much younger and very sexy Irishman, Seamus O'Grady. Ready? Set? Let's go back to Gansett Island!


    Author's Note: While Waiting for Love is *more or less* intended to be a stand-alone story, you'll enjoy it so much more if you read the earlier books first:


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)


    “I LOVE LOVE LOVE every single little thing about Longing For Love!!! It was simply PERFECT!! I think that it is definitely my favorite of the series so far!! I love Blaine and Tiffany and I love how Marie Force wrote their relationship with such a mixture of love and laughter. I was sucked in immediately and I never wanted to leave!! Blaine *sigh* I never wanted Longing For Love to end and I found myself trying to read slower to prolong the story. I wasn't ready to leave Gansett Island!! Just an awesome book filled with romance, love, laughter, tears, conflict, a little angst, HOT SEX, more laughter and more tears~everything that I have come to expect and love from Marie Force and this series." BEST OF THE BEST rating.” —Belle's Book Bag

    She's waited a long time for her second chance at love...

    A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller!


    It's been twelve years since Jenny Wilks lost her fiancé in the 9/11 attacks in New York City. Since then she's been floundering, trying to find her way. Taking the job as lighthouse keeper on Gansett Island was the best thing she could've done for herself. On the island she's found amazing friends and a wonderful new life. There's only one thing missing and that's romance. She's recently asked her new friends to fix her up with some of the island's more eligible men. While her friends are busy arranging dates for her, Alex Martinez comes to cut the grass at the lighthouse.


    He's given up everything to come home to Gansett to care for his ailing mother...


    Alex has gone from cultivating orchids at the US Botanic Garden in Washington to cutting grass on Gansett, like he did as a teenager. Running the family business with his brother while managing their mother's dementia requires Alex's undivided attention until a sexy lighthouse keeper shows him there's much more to life than work and endless obligation.


    During a scorching summer heat wave on Gansett, Jenny and Alex take comfort in each other, and what begins as a hot summer fling quickly becomes something much more lasting. But will it hold up beyond the heat wave when real life intrudes on their sexy interlude?


    Catch up with many of your favorite characters from past Gansett Island books in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling McCarthys of Gansett Island Series!


    "With the McCarthy's of Gansett Island, Marie Force makes you believe in the power of true love and happily ever after. Over and over again." --Carly Phillips, NY Times Bestselling Author of the Serendipity series


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    The hardest word in the world isn’t “no.” It’s “yes.”


    Gansett Island Series, Book 12

    New York Times & USA Today bestseller!


    She’s avoided men all her life… 

    Growing up with an abusive father, Katie Lawry learned a thing or two about men and has made a conscious choice to stay far away from them. Until the day of her brother Owen’s wedding when she’s rescued from nearly drowning by Shane McCarthy. With everyone who matters to Katie assuring her that Shane is one of the good guys, she feels safe to give in to the attraction that simmers between them. Katie has waited a long time to take a chance on love, but is Shane the right guy for her? 


    He’s ready to move on… 

    More than two years after a painful divorce, Shane has a life on Gansett Island that makes sense to him. With his father, sister and beloved baby nephew living close by and a job that he enjoys, Shane is content if not entirely happy. One thing he knows for sure is he’s tired of living in the past. Spending time with sweet, sensitive, sexy Katie Lawry makes him feel hopeful, and he might be ready to risk his heart again. 


    Surrounded by the Gansett Island community, Shane and Katie take an important step forward together, but is their new relationship strong enough to withstand an unexpected challenge? 


    Enjoy Shane and Katie’s story while catching up with some of your Gansett Island favorites in this latest book in the New York Times bestselling McCarthys of Gansett Island Series! Start the series with Book 1, MAID FOR LOVE!, FREE everywhere ebooks are sold. 


    The Gansett Island Series 

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie) 

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey) 

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney) 

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie) 

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace) 

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany) 

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby) 

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David) 

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex) 

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie) 

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie) 

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope) 

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda) 

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin) 

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn) 

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark ( Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)


    He gave her a hand when she needed it. Can he give her forever?


    The Gansett Island Series, Book 5

    All her life, Grace Ryan was the “fat girl.” Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time. During a boat trip to Gansett Island with the new guy in her life, Grace refuses to have sex with him and finds herself abandoned without a dollar to her name at McCarthy's Gansett Island Marina.


    At home for the summer awaiting the launch of his debut CD, music star-in-the-making Evan McCarthy is performing at the Tiki Bar when he notices Grace looking lost in a sea of happy people. Evan comes to her aid and quickly finds himself smitten. But the last thing Grace needs after all she’s been through is a guy who “doesn't do relationships.” Will Evan change his ways to win Grace's heart?


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon 

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)


    "Another solid entry into the McCarthy’s of Gansett Island series. Marie Force continues to create characters that readers can identify with and make you want to visit fictional Gansett Island and its residents." —Night Owl Reviews

    Her life has been full of hard knocks. Will he be one more? 


    Gansett Island Series, Book 9 


    Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island’s only doctor, he’s had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there’s more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly. Now if only he could find a way to forgive himself, he might be able to move on with his life without the woman he’d expected to love forever…


    Daisy Babson, probationary director of housekeeping at McCarthy’s Gansett Island Inn, is in bad need of a fresh start after her relationship with Truck Henry took a violent turn, leaving her battered and broken—in more ways than one. As she recovers from her injuries, her days are made brighter by her visits with David Lawrence. The kind and caring doctor who tended to her after the attack has become much more than a friend to her in recent weeks.


    Will these two wounded hearts take comfort from one another and move forward on a new path toward love together? Or will ghosts from the past derail them before they get the chance for their own happily ever after?


    Catch up with many of your favorite characters from earlier books in the Gansett Island Series, and get set for another summer of love on Gansett!


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    Life has a way of changing your plans. Sometimes for the better…

    Paul Martinez has been run ragged by the demands of managing the family’s landscaping business and his mother’s battle with dementia. It’s been so long since he had sex, he can’t remember the last time. The arrival of nurse Hope Russell brought some badly needed help to Paul and his brother Alex in managing their mother’s illness, but Hope’s presence has sparked a whole new problem for Paul—lusting after one of his employees, something his late father would never condone.

    Hope and her young son Ethan badly need this second chance on Gansett Island, and she’s determined to make her new job work for both of them. Kissing her boss, however, was not part of the plan. The more time she spends with Paul, the more she admires the way he cares for his mother and the attention he pays to her son. But when Paul finds out about her shameful past, will he still want her and Ethan in his life? 

    Come back to Gansett Island to find out what’s going on with all your favorite characters, including Mac and Maddie, Seamus and Carolina and the rest of the Gansett crew. Weeks before Alex and Jenny’s long-awaited wedding, Alex begins to worry that his bride is getting cold feet—or is something else going on? It’s September on Gansett where the days are cool, bright and sunny and the nights are hot and sexy!


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    After unspeakable tragedy, will her heart take a new journey…or walk a well-worn path?


    The Gansett Island Series, Book 3


    For four of the best summers of his young life, Luke Harris was in love with Sydney Donovan, a wealthy seasonal visitor to Gansett Island. Then Sydney went off to college and never came back. She married another man and had two children while Luke remained on the island, working at McCarthy's Gansett Marina and wondering what had gone wrong between him and the only woman he ever loved. Fifteen months after Sydney suffers the tragic loss of her husband and children, she's returned to Gansett to figure out what's next, and that may very well be a rekindled love affair with the one man from her past she’s never forgotten. But is she ready for a second chance at love?


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Victoria & Shannon (Episode 1)

    Book 18: Kevin & Chelsea (Episode 2)

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    Billionaire Jared James has everything a man could ever want except for the one thing money can't buy...


    CHANCE FOR LOVE, A Gansett Island Novella


    After forty days holed up in his house on Gansett Island nursing a broken heart, Jared James decides enough is enough. Determined to snap out of the funk he slipped into after his girlfriend refused his marriage proposal, Jared organizes a party for the friends who've seen him through the worst of his heartache. Now if only he could stop thinking about the love of his life and how he will survive the rest of his days without her...


    She was Elisabeth all her life until Jared made her his Lizzie...

    Elisabeth "Lizzie" Sutter knows she has no business chasing Jared after she turned down his lovely, heartfelt marriage proposal in a moment of sheer panic. It didn't take long for her to realize how foolish she'd been. Now all she can do is hope it's not too late to set things right with the one man she can't live without...


    Author's Note

    We got to know Jared in Time for Love, when David and Daisy befriended David's elusive landlord who'd come to the island seeking refuge after a bad breakup. We saw him again inMeant for Love, when he reconnected with Wharton classmate Jenny Wilks. Readers were eager to know more about the woman who'd broken Jared's heart, and they wanted to know what I had in store for him. The more I thought about his story, the more I realized what I needed to do. I hope you'll enjoy this brief visit with some Gansett Island friends as well as the introduction of a new couple.


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki) 

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    Take a long vacation on Gansett Island…uninterrupted!


    With nearly 4 million ebooks sold since Maid for Love debuted in 2011, the New York Times bestselling Gansett Island Series has become one of the most beloved romance series available today. Read three books in the series: Falling for Love, Hoping for Love and Season for Love in this special offering.


    Book 4: Falling for Love

    Since he won the Academy Award for best original screenplay a few years ago, Grant McCarthy's personal and professional lives have fallen apart. Abby, the woman he was supposed to marry, is engaged to someone else, and Grant is back at home on Gansett Island helping to run the family marina business while his father recovers from a serious injury. While all Grant's focus should be on winning back the love of his life, pesky Stephanie, who runs the marina restaurant, is working her way under his skin and into his bed. As Tropical Storm Hailey cuts off Gansett Island from the mainland, Grant suspects Stephanie is hiding something big from her past. When he finds out what it is, what will be more important to him? Winning Abby back or helping Stephanie to right a terrible wrong?


    Book 5: Hoping for Love

    All her life, Grace Ryan was the "fat girl." Taunted and teased and ignored by her peers, she tried every diet ever invented to no avail. Desperate to change her life as her twenties slipped away, she decided it was time for drastic measures and had lap-band surgery. More than a year later, she's lost 130 pounds and is venturing into the dating world for the first time. During a boat trip to Gansett Island with the new guy in her life, Grace refuses to have sex with him and finds herself abandoned without a dollar to her name at McCarthy's Gansett Island Marina. At home for the summer awaiting the launch of his debut CD, music star-in-the-making Evan McCarthy is performing at the Tiki Bar when he notices Grace looking lost in a sea of happy people. Evan comes to her aid and quickly finds himself smitten. But the last thing Grace needs after all she's been through is a guy who "doesn't do relationships." Will Evan change his ways to win Grace's heart?


    Book 6: Season for Love

    His idea of permanence is the VW van that takes him from one gig to the next…

    Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy free lifestyle. But after meeting Laura McCarthy and helping her to land the job as manager of his grandparents’ hotel on Gansett Island, Owen decides there’s something to be said about a roof over his head and a warm, sexy woman in his bed.

    Laura, a newlywed who discovered that her husband never quit dating, came to Gansett for her cousin Janey’s wedding, but ended up staying after she met Owen and took on the renovations to the dilapidated Sand & Surf Hotel.

    As Owen and Laura’s attraction simmers during months of close proximity, they form a tight bond that will be tested when her estranged husband refuses to grant her a divorce. As summer turns to autumn and Laura and Owen take baby steps toward love, favorite characters from past Gansett Island stories continue to live their happily ever afters. 

    "With the McCarthy's of Gansett Island, Marie Force makes you believe in the power of true love and happily ever after. Over and over again." Carly Phillips, NY Times Bestselling Author of the Serendipity series.


    The Gansett Island Series 

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie) 

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey) 

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney) 

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie) 

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace) 

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany) 

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby) 

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David) 

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex) 

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie) 

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie) 

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope) 

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda) 

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)


    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)


    Book 17: Victoria & Shannon (Episode 1)


    Book 18: Kevin & Chelsea (Episode 2)


    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)


    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)


    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)


    His idea of permanence is the VW van that takes him from one gig to the next...

    The Gansett Island Series, Book 6


    Owen Lawry has made a living as a traveling musician and enjoys his footloose and fancy free lifestyle. But after meeting Laura McCarthy and helping her to land the job as manager of his grandparents' hotel on Gansett Island, Owen decides there's something to be said about a roof over his head and a warm, sexy woman in his bed.


    Laura, a newlywed who discovered that her husband never quit dating, came to Gansett for her cousin Janey's wedding, but ended up staying after she met Owen and took on the renovations to the dilapidated Sand & Surf Hotel.


    As Owen and Laura's attraction simmers during months of close proximity, they form a tight bond that will be tested when her estranged husband refuses to grant her a divorce. As summer turns to autumn and Laura and Owen take baby steps toward love, favorite characters from past Gansett Island stories continue to live their happily ever afters.


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)


    “With the McCarthy’s of Gansett Island, Marie Force makes you believe in the power of true love and happily ever after. Over and over again.” —Carly Phillips, NY Times Bestselling Author of the Serendipity series


    Marie Force weaves a magical story with Hoping for Love! I’m totally enamored with Grace and Evan! When I got to the last page I said, “noooooooo I don’t want it to be over!” I just love everything about Ms. Force’s McCarthys of Gansett Island series! These people have become like family. They make me laugh and cry and dream of love. Grace and Evan’s beautiful relationship blooms stunningly in Hoping for Love. Both characters have a lot of questions about their feelings and I love how Ms. Force leads these two down the path of love. —Joyfully Reviewed


    "Ms. Force has the ability to make you fall in love with her Island and all of the quirky and sweet characters that reside there. I can’t wait to read the next story in this fantastic series! Falling For Love is another keeper in the McCarthy’s of Gansett Island series!" —Joyfully Reviewed.


    Take a long vacation on Gansett Island…uninterrupted!


    With nearly 4 million ebooks sold since Maid for Love debuted in 2011, the New York Times bestselling Gansett Island Series has become one of the most beloved romance series available today. Read three books in the series: Longing for Love, Waiting for Love and Time for Love in this special offering. 


    Book 7: Longing for Love

    Series favorite Tiffany Sturgil steals the spotlight in Longing for Love as her new boutique Naughty & Nice opens in downtown Gansett, right in time for the annual spring Race Week festivities. Finally divorced and ready for a new beginning, Tiffany wonders if sexy Police Chief Blaine Taylor thinks of her as often as she thinks of him since their explosive encounter last fall.

    Blaine has been burned in the past by love affairs gone wrong, and he's wary about risking too much too soon. But he quickly discovers that Tiffany's sarcastic rejoinders and bitter outer shell hide a badly wounded heart of gold. He also discovers she's a "sex-toy fraud" and convinces her she can't possibly sell the merchandise without trying it out first...


    Book 8: Waiting for Love

    Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound...

    Adam McCarthy has had a really bad week. What he needs is a few days at home on Gansett Island to make sure his beloved brothers are safe and to get back in touch with what really matters—his family, his friends and the tiny island that soothes his battered soul. On the ferry ride home, he runs into an old family friend who's had her own share of heartache, and Adam helps her through some rough moments, sparking an unlikely alliance.

    Abby Callahan has come home to Gansett, single once again after her relationship with Dr. Cal Maitland blows up in her face. After two epic failures in the game of love, she's decided this is going to be the summer she busts loose and finally has some fun—and she's shaking things up in a big way! The new Abby swears, drinks, gets a tattoo, sleeps around and generally does anything her kinder, gentler alter ego wouldn't have dreamed of doing.

    Before too long, Adam has appointed himself her guardian and is determined that the only sleeping around she's doing is with him. Does she have it in her to find out if the third time really is the charm?


    Book 9: Time for Love

    Dr. David Lawrence has spent the last two years atoning for his sins and recovering from the devastating breakup with Gansett Island golden girl Janey McCarthy. As the island's only doctor, he's had ample opportunity to show his fellow island residents that there's more to him than the guy who disappointed Janey so profoundly. Now if only he could find a way to forgive himself, he might be able to move on with his life without the woman he'd expected to love forever...

    Daisy Babson, probationary director of housekeeping at McCarthy's Gansett Island Inn, is in bad need of a fresh start after her relationship with Truck Henry took a violent turn, leaving her battered and broken—in more ways than one. As she recovers from her injuries, her days are made brighter by her visits with David Lawrence. The kind and caring doctor who tended to her after the attack has become much more than a friend to her in recent weeks.

    Will these two wounded hearts take comfort from one another and move forward on a new path toward love together? Or will ghosts from the past derail them before they get the chance for their own happily ever after? 

    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie) 

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey) 

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney) 

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie) 

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace) 

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany) 

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby) 

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David) 

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex) 

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie) 

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura) 

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie) 

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope) 

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda) 

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin) 

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Victoria & Shannon (Episode 1)

    Book 18: Kevin & Chelsea (Episode 2)

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)


    He’s like her fifth brother, but her feelings for him are far from platonic. 


    Gansett Island Series, Book 2


    Joe Cantrell, owner of the Gansett Island Ferry Company, has been in love with Janey McCarthy for as long as he can remember. At the same time, Janey has been dating or engaged to doctor-in-training David Lawrence. When things go horribly wrong between David and Janey, she calls her "fifth brother" Joe, one of the few people in her close circle who lives on the mainland. Janey decides a few days with Joe is just what she needs before she goes home to the island to face her parents and family with the news of her broken engagement. It was bad enough for Joe loving Janey from afar, but having her in his house is pure torture. Will he take advantage of this opportunity to show her what they could have together? And what will Joe's best friend and Janey's protective older brother Mac have to say about it?


    "Fool for Love was a treat to read with engaging characters and their deep love for one another. Marie Force writes wonderfully, romantic heroes that you just want to curl up next to!" --Joyfully Reviewed


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Victoria & Shannon (Episode 1)

    Book 18: Kevin & Chelsea (Episode 2)

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    A dozen days—and nights—to explore all the possibilities…

    Tobias “Slim” Jackson has the perfect life as a pilot on Gansett Island in the summer and in Florida in the winter. He’s happiest when he’s in the air, or at least that was the case before last summer when he met Erin Barton, Gansett Island’s newest lighthouse keeper. Now he can’t seem to find his usual enthusiasm for flying, winter in the sunny South or anything that doesn’t include her. 

    Erin has been stuck on pause since she lost her twin brother. She’ll tell you herself that her life has been a hot mess since Toby died. After dropping out of law school, she’s flitted from one pointless job to another, existing rather than truly living. Then she comes to Gansett Island to take over as the new lighthouse keeper and meets Slim, who happens to share her beloved brother’s first name. That small coincidence is enough to convince Erin that she needs to spend more time with the dashing pilot—except for the fact that he’s spending the winter more than a thousand miles from her.

    Now Slim’s come home to Gansett for the holidays and to hopefully pick up where he left off with Erin. He’s got twelve days before he’s due back in Florida to finish out the remainder of his winter obligations. A lot can happen in twelve days, but will it be enough to convince Erin that it’s time to start truly living again? Read Slim and Erin’s story and catch up with the rest of the Gansett Island cast in Desire After Dark


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

    It’s a summer of new beginnings and maybe even love.


    "Light After Dark is a welcome return to the island. We get real life family issues as well as believable characters and the must have - Happily Ever After." —Lisa at Comfy Chair Reviews

    Mallory Vaughn is at a crossroads in her life. A year after learning that Big Mac McCarthy is her father, she’s spending more and more time on Gansett Island, surrounded by the large and boisterous McCarthy family. When she’s laid off from her longtime job, Mallory goes to visit her family on Gansett and tries to figure out the next chapter. An unexpected job offer will have her packing up her home in Providence to move to the island for at least the summer, if not longer. She decides to make this the “Summer of Mallory,” full of new adventures, new people and new opportunities. Will a new love also be part of the Summer of Mallory? Anything is possible on Gansett Island, especially true love. 

    Take the ferry back to Gansett to catch up with the McCarthy family and their friends. Be on hand as Laura and Owen welcome their twins and the family comes back together for another summer of love and adventure on Gansett Island. 

    Book 16 in the Gansett Island Series


    The Gansett Island Series

    Book 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)

    Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)

    Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)

    Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)

    Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)

    Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)

    Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)

    Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)

    Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)

    Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)

    Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)

    Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)

    Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)

    Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)

    Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)

    Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)

    Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)

    Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & Shannon

    Book 18: Episode 2: Kevin & Chelsea

    Book 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)

    Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)

    Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

    Book 22: Rescue After Dark (Mason & Jordan)

    Book 23: Blackout After Dark (Full Cast)

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