The Gull Motel

She has a reputation for being smart. He’s a walking temptation. But she has a beach motel to turn around without falling for the guy next door.

Savvy Thorpe needs a vacation. Just out of college, she heads to her favorite shabby motel on Florida’s Gulf Coast where her aunt and uncle always save her a room. She quickly finds out, though, that The Gull Motel is not just her home away from home. It’s hers to manage while her aunt and uncle take an extended trip. Skip McComber, The Gull’s former maintenance man, has been working on Savvy’s nuts and bolts for years. Now the owner of the bar next door, he’s renovating a pirate bar while keeping one eye on the girl he can’t get off his mind. For Savvy, keeping her cool running a motel in Florida heat is one thing, but she also stumbles on a plot to swindle land from the residents of Barefoot Key. How can she save her motel and help her friends in Barefoot Key while staying savvy about the sexy man next door?

The Gull Motel is the first book in the Barefoot Key series of funny, heartwarming beach romances set on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

Amie Denman lives in a small town in her native Ohio. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys walking and running outside. The helpless victim of a lifetime of curiosity, she’s been known to chase fire trucks on her bicycle just to see what’s going on. Amie believes that everything is fun: especially roller coasters, wedding cake, and falling in love.