Isla's Beau: A closed-door second chance romance
About this ebook
Now she can’t outrun their past.
When Isla Barrett Becker walks in on her husband tangled up with his best friend, her marriage shatters in an instant. Shocked, humiliated, and desperate to outrun the wreckage, she flees to the one place she’s always found her footing: her friends, a stiff drink, and a plan to disappear for a while.
But the universe has other ideas.
Because the moment she steps into the pub, she comes face‑to‑face with the man she once almost married — Beau Huxley.
Her first heartbreak.
Her first proposal.
Her first love.
To escape, Isla signs up to teach yoga on a remote backpacking retreat.
Instead, she arrives to find Beau on the same trip… with six years of unresolved history and a complicated life he can’t leave behind. Including a young son who ties him to the woman who blew their relationship apart.
In the wilds of the West Coast, old feelings spark fast — but so do old fears.
Isla has always run when things get hard.
Beau has always wanted her to stay.
Maybe this time she can.
But when she discovers he’s keeping a truth from her, the fragile trust between them fractures.
Now Beau has one chance to prove he’s not the man she left behind…
And Isla must decide whether she’s finally ready to stop running and fight for love.
Isla’s Beau is a standalone novel but is best enjoyed within the West Coast Romance series.
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About the author
NICOLE TAYLOR EBY has been in love with romance since she fell for her first book boyfriend. Now she writes closed-door contemporary romance with just a hint of spice— because a little bit of heat is tantalizing. Her stories are set on the rugged and beautiful west coast of Canada and feature relatable heroines, the sweet and sexy men who fall for them, and a guaranteed happily‑ever‑after.
A former member of the Canadian Navy, Nicole now lives with PTSD and severe anxiety—challenges that shape her life and fuel her creativity. Writing romance has become a kind of therapy for her: a place where love is steady, healing, and full of hope. And because Nicole has never done anything the easy way, she’s also late diagnosed ADHD, which adds its own brand of spicy chaos to everything!
Nicole lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada with her husband and three children. When she’s not writing, she’s exploring the outdoors, attempting to revive her rugby career—as a perimenopausal woman (eek!)—or obsessively crocheting bunnies in hoodies (a little humour for our Saskatchewan friends, who call a hoodie a “bunny hug”).
