Ellie is sick of her office job and being single, so she’s happy to step in at the last minute to look after a friend’s elderly relative by the sea. She’s not expecting anything romantic to happen while she’s there. But she soon begins to fall for handsome and caring local shopkeeper Joe Baines, who has plans to open a restaurant.

They quickly grow fond of each other, but when some small acts of vandalism appear to be directed at her, Ellie decides she must return to the city before things get out of hand.

Will Joe’s offer of working at the shop bring her closer to him, or will jealous figures from the past drive them apart?

ROMANCE BY THE SEA is a heart-warming romance that you’ll fall in love with, set in the beautiful fictional East Anglian seaside town of Fairbanks.