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The Cafe By The Sea
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 260
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.65 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Hallie Prescott steps away from a fast-paced hospitality career in Charlotte and rents a cottage in the coastal town of Sanderling Cove, she expects a quiet year to figure out what comes next. She does not expect to catch a tray of falling coffees at The Morning Tide Café, notice the handwritten Help Wanted sign by the door, or find herself drawn into the daily rhythm of a place that feels more alive than anything she has known in years.
Reid Calloway inherited The Morning Tide after losing his mother, along with decades of loyal customers, beloved recipes, and a business built more on memory than modern systems. He knows restaurants, but keeping his mother's café running without erasing what made it special is proving harder than he expected.
Hallie's experience in hospitality makes her a natural fit behind the counter, and soon her practical ideas begin helping the café find a healthier balance. As she and Reid share early-morning coffee, busy shifts, seaside dinners, beach walks, and the quiet routines of small-town life, friendship slowly becomes something warmer.
But Hallie did not come to Sanderling Cove looking for a new version of her old career, and Reid does not want to build his future around someone else's choices. As both begin deciding what kind of work, home, and life they truly want, they discover that moving forward does not always mean leaving something behind.
The Café by the Sea is a warm, clean contemporary romance filled with coastal charm, small-town community, café life, second chances, new beginnings, mature love, beach-town atmosphere, heartfelt friendship, and a slow-burn relationship between two adults learning that the right future may look different from the one they once imagined.
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