Seaside Valleria Box Set (Books 1-5)

Five chances to fall in love…

One Mexican Army vet falling in love with his employee.
One woman haunted by the past moving on with her many-night stand.
One kickass chef and the restaurant critic who nearly destroyed her career.
One woman who has never felt beautiful and the doctor she met by chance.
One woman recovering from an abusive relationship and learning what love really means.

These are standalone books in the series with an HEA and no cliffhanger, and feature sexy scenes and swearing. See below for full tropes and content warnings.

BOOKS INCLUDED IN BUNDLE

• Rush (Hector & Millie)
• Ripple (Persy & Sully)
• Raw (Frannie & Aiden)
• Ravage (Beth & Everett)
• Rise (Liz & Luke)

🏖️ Rush (Hector & Millie)

This slow burn romance features a virgin in her 30s and the disabled Army vet who wants her, a family made of friends that loves one another (even while they annoy each other), and a look behind fictional pub walls.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Beautiful. A Mexican Hero. Sexy...And a real woman, not perfect not unrealistic beauty. Slow but SAFE.”

🏖️ Ripple (Persy & Sully)

This novel features a divorced Irish woman recovering from a tragic loss and the Irish cop who wants her.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Heartbreaking and beautiful…A story of healing at [its] core.”

🏖️ Raw (Frannie & Aiden)

One kickass chef. The critic who nearly destroyed her career. A love neither of them expected.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Delightfully written. A story of identity, love and forgiveness...Passionate and angsty.”

🏖️ Ravage (Beth & Everett)

This novel features a woman who doesn’t think she’s beautiful and the man who does.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I love this story. Ups and downs but they still get back to each other.”

🏖️ Rise (Liz & Luke)

She thought she was done with love...until he gave her a reason to try again. This novel features a woman recovering from an abusive relationship and a man moving past his divorce.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The last book in this series. A beautiful read especially with all the epilogue[s] at the end...Their journey to love is a bit crazy, a whole lot of drama and passionate. Another thing you get is family isn't always blood related but in fact is the good people around you that support and love you always. So sad the series is ending but what a way to end it.”

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Welcome to Valleria, a country nestled along the Mediterranean. Whether it’s the small towns or larger port cities, you’re sure to find a friendly face—or more—along Valleria’s seaside shores. Far from the politics of the palace, follow this group of friends as they find love, support each other, and perhaps even meet a royal or two at the local Masillian pub, the Seashell.

MAIN TROPES

• found family
• small town
• baking/cooking/chef romance
• beach romance
• boss-employee romance
• doctor/medical romance
• enemies to lovers
• he falls first
• hero with disabilities
• heroine with glasses
• love after abusive relationship
• love after divorce
• love after tragic loss
• military (Mexican-Vallerian army vet)
• multicultural romance
• overcoming negative beliefs about body and self
• sexy fling becomes more
• single dad
• slow burn romance
• virgin heroine in her 30s
• workplace romance

Content/Trigger Warnings

Please note that all of Marianne Knightly's books feature sexy scenes and swearing.

Here are some of the content warnings/triggers you'll find across the whole bundle. Triggers vary by book so each book will not have all of the following.

• Physical assault (by side character to main character)
• Emotional and verbal abuse (past and present)
• Loss of child in heroine's past
• Betrayal (professional betrayal; no cheating)
• Negative self-talk about body and self-worth
• Woman overcoming past abusive relationship (discussion of past abuse and confrontation with abuser in 'present')
• Man moving past divorce
• Woman moving past divorce