Clean romance with emotional depth
Sara Belgari writes found family, small-town settings, and characters who prove it's never too late to become who you were always meant to be.
THE ASPIRING AUTHORS BOOK CLUB
In the coastal haven of Warinyah Bay, Clara's legacy lives on through an unlikely book club that changes lives, mends broken hearts, and proves that family isn't always the one you're born into—it's the one you choose.
Perfect for fans of clean romance,
The complete Warinyah Bay Series: Five books. Five love stories. One community that will make you believe in second chances.
Grab the bundle and escape to the Bay—where every ending is really just a beautiful new beginning.
A New Chapter in the Bay #1
Sometimes the best chapters of our lives begin after we think the story is over.
When Ana Mitchell inherits her eccentric Aunt Clara's beach house, it comes with two conditions: move to the sleepy coastal town of Warinyah Bay for a year, and take over running the Aspiring Authors Book Club. With an unhappy teenager, a struggling bank balance, and an ex-husband who won't let go, starting over feels overwhelming. But what choice does she have?
A warm, witty novel about family, friendship, and finding the courage to write your own story, even when life keeps trying to edit the ending.
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Plot Twist in the Bay #2
Sometimes you have to trust the plot. Even when the twists are overwhelming...
Jordan has spent years perfecting his literary novel in the quiet seclusion of Warinyah Bay, but a devastating revelation has shattered his confidence and sent him into hermit mode. Now he's questioning everything he thought he knew about his talent and his place in the close-knit community.
I.V. Winters is Australia's bestselling thriller author, but beneath the glamorous public persona, Ivy is drowning. After a brutal breakup and months of creative paralysis, she's fled to Warinyah Bay under an assumed name, desperate to rediscover her authentic voice away from the pressures of fame.
When a fierce storm destroys both their sanctuaries, Jordan and Ivy find themselves reluctantly sharing space in Ana and Trent's lively household. As they help salvage Clara's water-damaged book collection, their initial literary sparring gives way to unexpected connection. But Ivy's web of lies grows more complicated by the day - and in a town where everyone knows everyone's business, how long can two people hide from the truth?
A charming story about finding love when you're not looking for it, discovering family in unexpected places, and learning that plot twists can upend everything you thought you knew—and give you everything you never knew you needed.
Between the Lines in the Bay #3
Some manuscripts never see the light of day.
Maggie O'Hara has built a perfectly satisfactory life in Warinyah Bay—good friends, meaningful work at the library, and the comforting chaos of the Aspiring Authors Book Club. She left her academic dreams behind decades ago, and she's made peace with that.
Mostly.
Then Professor William 'Harry' Harrison walks into her library with a research grant and an ulterior motive, and Maggie's carefully constructed peace shatters.
Harry is the man who destroyed her career before it began. He's also researching the very patterns that erased her from academic history—women's voices systematically silenced and forgotten. He claims he's here to make amends. He says he wants to collaborate on the book that should have been hers decades ago.
But some betrayals can't be undone with apologies and research grants, and Maggie must decide: can she trust the man who once failed her when it mattered most? And more importantly, does she deserve the second chance she thought she'd stopped wanting?
In Warinyah Bay, it's never too late to write a new ending.
It all Makes Sense Now in the Bay #4
Job-hopping. Relationship-fleeing. Perpetually late, chronically scattered, and absolutely certain she's failing at being an adult.
At forty-eight, Savannah Mitchell has finally accepted the truth: she's a disaster. Her nursing degree is circling the drain. Her trusty systems have all fallen apart. And she's just fled to her sister's beach house because staying in Sydney means facing the wreckage of yet another abandoned dream.
Then she meets Elliott Reeves.
The genealogist is supposed to help her research a family mystery—decades of estrangement, buried secrets, a half-sister who won't speak to them.
What he's not supposed to do is understand her chaos so completely it feels like coming home.
Elliott's own chaos has cost him every relationship that ever mattered. He knows better than to fall for a client—especially one who admits she always leaves. But working together, they discover something unexpected, and Savannah finally understands why nothing ever fit.
Except Elliott. He fits perfectly.
Can two people who've spent their lives running—from commitment, from disappointment, from themselves—finally trust that staying might be worth the risk?
The heartwarming fourth story about self-discovery, the gift of being truly seen, and finding your person when you finally stop trying to be someone you're not.
And that's a Wrap in the Bay #5
The final heart-warming small town romance in the Aspiring Authors book Club Series.
Coming Feb 6 2026.