Unbroken Promises of the Heart

In the seaside town of Pleasant View, beloved serial author Elizabeth Latter juggles pregnancy, a demanding column, and a husband keeping mysterious late hours. Her spinster sister Harriet fends off a boorish boss, a doting reverend, and a maddening stranger named Isaac. Meanwhile, the swashbuckling romance Liz is writing—full of pirates, a lovelorn Captain Morose, and a spellbinding mermaid—runs riot beside her own. A charming, clean romantic comedy about love, marriage, secrets, and women who simply won't behave.

• A story within a story: a hilarious pirate-and-mermaid melodrama runs wild alongside the author's very real marriage and pregnancy.
• Clean and wholesome—swashbuckling adventure, slow-burn romance, and laugh-out-loud dialogue with no content to worry about.
• Strong, stubborn heroines 'who just won't behave' in an era that expected them to.
• Perfect book-club pick, complete with built-in discussion questions.

“Let Valerie immerse you in her clean and wholesome romantic comedy while stealing your heart with swashbuckling pirates, adventure, and yes—happy endings.”

Perfect for a reader who loves clean, funny Victorian romance with a story-within-a-story and strong, quirky heroines—no explicit content, gentle Christian sensibility.