Meet the Author: Double Feature Event- USA Today Bestselling Author Wendy Wax, "Just Beachy” and NY Times Bestselling Author Kristina McMorris, “The Girls of Good Fortune”

WENDY WAX a former broadcaster, is the USA Today Bestselling author of sixteen novels and two novellas including the popular Ten Beach Road series. Her novels revolve around journeys of self-discovery and the bonds of friendship that get us through the toughest times.  And while her characters deal with real life issues, Wax, like Mary Poppins, believes that a spoonful of humor helps the harsh realities go down.

A former Hollywood actress in need of a reset heads to Treasure Island, Florida. Swept up in a flourishing social life—she reunites with her spunky grandmother and acts on the sizzling chemistry between herself and Luke, a local police officer she recruits to help with the frequent break-ins at grandmothers beach house. A perfect summer read!

KRISTINA MCMORRIS is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of two novellas and eight historical novels, including the million-copy bestseller Sold on a Monday. Published by Sourcebooks Landmark, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Harper Muse, and Kensington Books, her novels have garnered more than two dozen prestigious awards and nominations, most notably the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, RWA's RITA® Award, and a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction.

A gripping tale of family, motherhood, love, resiliency, identity, and class. Celia, 1880 Portland, is an American Chinese woman, that wakes up one morning drugged, disguised, shanghaied and desperate to find a way to return to her family.