Meredith Russell – författare

Sapphire Cay is a small island in the Bahamas. The stunning setting sits about an hour's boat ride from Marsh Harbor. Long golden beaches, freshwater springs, and a hotel that specializes in romantic weddings and island getaways for the rich and famous. This is the backdrop for a series of romance stories featuring strong men and always with a happy ever after. Follow The Sun (Sapphire Cay 1) - Lucas is hurt and close to losing everything; Dylan could be the man to save him.  Under The Sun (Sapphire Cay 2) - When hate turns to love, the Marine and the wedding planner find their happy ever after. Chase The Sun (Sapphire Cay 3) - Adam broke Scott's heart, and all he wants is a second chance for them to fall in love. Christmas In The Sun (Sapphire Cay 4) - Christmas is a time for family on Sapphire Cay, but forgiveness is difficult to give and sometimes even harder to receive. Capture The Sun (Sapphire Cay 5) - The past has a powerful hold on Mitch, but meeting Isaac makes him desperate for a future filled with love. Forever In The Sun (Sapphire Cay 6) - Love grows in the heart of the storm as a hurricane threatens Sapphire Cay.

Lucas is hurt and close to losing everything; Dylan could be the man to save him. Lucas arrives on the idyllic island of Sapphire Cay with its white-sand beaches and warm balmy nights for his sister's wedding. Grieving for a friend, stressed, and with an ulcer, he wants to see his sister happy before he returns home to an uncertain future. He doesn't have the spirit or desire to form a relationship, but laid back, Dylan tempts him with the promise of a new future if only he were brave enough to take the chance. Dylan never settles in one place for long. A free-spirited traveler, he follows the sun where it takes him and lives for today. Until he meets Lucas and realizes that sometimes the sun is brightest in people's hearts, and now could be the time to stop moving on.

When hate turns to love, the Marine and the wedding planner find their happy ever after.Edward McAllister, wedding planner extraordinaire, arrives at Sapphire Cay for a wedding. He has four days to go until the big day, but his careful plans are foiled when he spots someone destroying the stage he was setting. It doesn't matter that the guy pulling down the old pavilion and digging trenches is hot – he's messing with Edward's OCD, and Edward isn't afraid to let the sexy Marine know precisely how he feels.Forced out of the military after he was injured, Jamie Durand returns to the place he once called home to recuperate and rethink his life. With every one of his dreams shattered, he can't see a way out, but when the hotel's prissy wedding planner dislikes him at first sight, Jamie makes it his mission to get the man to like him. Only like turns to lust, and with that, love is never far away.

Adam broke Scott's heart, and all he wants is a second chance for them to fall in love. On a simple supply run to Marsh Harbor, Scott is stunned when he comes face to face with his first love. Still gorgeous, still sexy, still a liar; Scott doesn't trust Adam even after learning the full story of what happened all those years ago.  Looking for quick and easy cash, Adam got himself mixed up in the wrong crowd and paid the price – three years in prison, and he lost the one person who had ever meant anything to him. Breaking Scott's heart had been far too easy but asking for a second chance is more challenging than he could imagine.

Christmas is a time for family on Sapphire Cay, but forgiveness is difficult to give and sometimes even harder to receive. Lucas and Dylan invite their friends to share in their Christmas celebrations on the island along with Lucas's sister, Tasha, and her husband. Christmas is a time for family, forgiveness, and looking to the future, and this year Dylan has to face all three ghosts. Unearthing the memories of two men in love, frozen in time and buried among the island's history, Lucas and Dylan realize that sometimes loving someone is not always enough. It's about being brave and taking the next step, to learn from the past to move forward. Family has always been important to Lucas since his own was destroyed by tragedy. Though Dylan disapproves of his methods, Lucas has nothing but good intentions about wanting Dylan to reconcile with his father. The two Gray men haven't spoken properly in years, their relationship strained by heartache and mistakes reaching back into Dylan's childhood.

The past has a powerful hold on Mitch, but meeting Isaac makes him desperate for a future filled with love.Isaac is desperate to break into the world of fashion design and be seen as something more than just an airhead model with no imagination. Set to debut his new collection, he has the models, the clothes. All he needs is a location, and he turns to an industry trouble-shooter for help. Mitch's latest client needs an exotic location for a model shoot, and he happens to know someone with the very thing—Sapphire Cay. What starts as just another job turns out to be more exhilarating than winning any multi-million-dollar contract, particularly when he connects with Isaac again, who is far from the airhead model he presented as. As the fashion shoot gets underway, Mitch has to contend with complicated feelings for his old flame, Dylan, and the growing love he has for Isaac.

Love grows in the heart of the storm as a hurricane threatens Sapphire Cay. Connor and Shaun are descendants of two men whose love was overshadowed by prejudices and cut short by a world war.Shaun is a writer determined to pen the final secrets of the two men; Connor is just as relentless in trying to stop him, even if he second-guesses his every move.When the two men step onto the sands of Sapphire Cay, they find more than just the secrets of an old love. They find hope and comfort in each other. The past casts shadows over the present, but can they ever have what Peter and Alfie couldn't?

You're not supposed to fall for the client's sibling but acting on the burning temptation for the sexy fake boyfriend leads to a love he can't ignore... even if Darcy's whispers feel as if they could be lies.  Hired to act the part of a devoted boyfriend to a wealthy socialite is just another day in the office for Darcy. He's a professional and needs to keep his head in the game, but it throws him for a loop when he's attracted to his date's brother. Particularly when falling for the stubborn Adrian might lead to him losing the job he loves.  Adrian has been as unlucky in love as his sister, but the insane plan of hiring a fake boyfriend is chaos waiting to happen, and he refuses to endorse the move. Acting on the burning temptation for the sexy fake boyfriend leads to a love he can't ignore, even if Darcy's whispers feel as if they could be lies.

When the lines between pretense and reality blur, can the actor and the boyfriend-for-hire discover something real?Ryan Levesque is Hollywood's newest blue eyed boy. Moving from soap operas to the big screen has paid off for the kid from Minnesota, and he's hot property. But, when a video from the lowest point of his past is shared on social media everything begins to unravel and old hurts resurface. His agent suggests a way out of the mess, and he jumps at the chance to make things right by pretending he's in a committed, loving relationship with the tall, dark, sexy boyfriend for hire, Kaden. Only, he never counted on the impact Kaden would have on his life, or his career.When Kaden Moore's next assignment lands in his lap, he's expecting nothing more than a self-centered celebrity who's messed up. Kaden's new role is that of Hollywood A-lister Ryan Levesque's boyfriend, a PR stunt concocted by his agents to restore the actor's dented popularity. Kaden is aware of the video that surfaced from Ryan's past, and though it raises questions about what kind of man Ryan is, it's not any of Kaden's business. Kaden has been pretending his entire life, and knows he can show the troublesome actor a thing or two about the world beyond the Hollywood bubble. But maybe Kaden isn't as clued up as he thinks, especially when it comes to the heart and love.

A snowy cabin with one bed? That's only the first step toward Gideon falling in love.Gideon is too old to be fought over at Christmas by divorced parents who should know better. The prospect of a Christmas on his own is better than having to face either of them. When Rowan hires him for a wintery break in Maine, it seems like a safe choice until his PA's meddling family shows him something entirely new: Love. Rowan hiring his boss for a trip back to his moms' place for Christmas sounded like a good idea at the time. Killing two birds with one stone, he can cheer up Gideon and possibly steal a kiss under the mistletoe. After all, he's been hiding his attraction to the man for years, and maybe with some Christmas magic, he can help Gideon see what is right under his nose.

Jared's world is turned upside down after Luka hands over his pocket money to hire him as a friend for his lonely, widowed dad.  Jared is good at his job, but his soft heart means that he often finds himself in the weirdest of situations. A kind-of-threesome, a disappearing swan, and a destroyed hotel room are just the tip of the iceberg, but he is a popular boyfriend-for-hire and always in demand. He dreams of working as a family psychologist one day, and as his work with Bryant & Waites is funding his studies, the last thing he wants is to lose his job. At a make-or-break meeting, Jared vows to focus on being strictly professional. Still, almost immediately, he meets Luka sitting on the office steps with pocket money in hand and with a sadness that melts Jared's resolve. Luka explains that his mom passed away some years ago, and his hardworking father needs a friend. Jared has no intention of taking Luka's pocket money, but he wants to make Luka smile again, and if being hired as a friend for Luka's widowed dad is what it takes, then he's all in. Being a single dad to eleven-year-old Luka is the best thing in Nate's world, but add running a bar with long hours, and his work-life balance is screwed. There's certainly no time for relationships, and even though Luka worries about his dad's love life daily, romance is the last thing on Nate's agenda. Owning Rhea's Bar and keeping his head above water is second only to his love for Luka. His entire world consists of his son and the bar until Jared stumbles into his life. Even though Nate won't admit it, he's lonely, and Jared is the first friend he's made in a very long time. Could their friendship become something more?

Hiring a fake boyfriend for a school reunion seems to be the only solution, but love was never part of the equation. Felix has enough on his plate looking out for his parents, let alone agreeing to being hired for a date with the friend of a friend. His instant attraction to the scatter-brained scientist has him making impulsive decisions he hopes he won't regret. But, somehow, he's agreeing to more dates, and more time with sexy Ethan and his non-stop talking. When stolen wintry kisses turn to love, and Christmas works its magic, Felix knows he's losing his heart. The science of chemistry makes more sense to Ethan than connecting with potential boyfriends, and he's wary of romance. Unsettled by a string of failed hookups, he knows it's on him when everything goes wrong and he can't help but wonder what has made him this way. His friend Jared says that Ethan needs to close metaphorical doors on past hurts—whatever that means—and that the school reunion might just be step one. Determined to show himself as confident and happy, he hires Felix to be his date for the night, but a kiss to make up for the one he missed at prom, and abruptly, it's not the past that is consuming his thoughts.Now all Felix has to do is show Ethan that it's okay to love and be loved in return, and that chemistry can lead to a happily ever after.