For Publishers & Agents
A series built to last
Sunset Cove Adventures pairs page-turning, family-friendly storytelling with genuine STEM and social-emotional learning — a natural fit for trade, school, and library markets.
CategoryMiddle-reader action-adventure (series)
Audience8–12 (grades 3–7)
StatusTwo novels complete; a third — set in South Carolina — in progress. Full manuscripts available on request.
Why it sells
- STEM by stealth — weather, science, and the natural world folded naturally into the action, never lectured.
- Heart and history — an intergenerational thread (a World War II veteran’s story in The Eye of the Storm) that gives the adventure real emotional weight.
- Social-emotional core — honesty, responsibility, courage, and humor that parents, teachers, and homeschoolers trust.
- Distinct, sellable settings — the Gulf Coast of Florida and the Carolinas, drawn from the authors’ own life.
- Built for the classroom — a natural fit for read-alouds, homeschool, and library collections, with discussion-guide potential.
- A series engine with a recurring family and a third book already underway.
- A mother-and-daughter author team — one a published author, one a nurse-turned-educator — with a clear, consistent voice.
Comparable titles
- Carl Hiaasen’s Hoot, Flush & Scat — Florida setting, adventure, kid heroes
- The Magic Tree House (Mary Pope Osborne) — adventure woven with real-world learning
- Clean, heart-forward family middle-grade with intergenerational warmth
The list so far
- Deep Water, Deep Trouble — 8–12, 31,000 words. The Conners family trades their own beach for an unforgettable vacation — where Ty learns the best adventures, and the deepest trouble, are the ones you never see coming.
- The Eye of the Storm Lead title — 8–12, 26,000 words. One thing that can totally disrupt your Tuesday is a hurricane. The other is parents.
We’d suggest starting with The Eye of the Storm — the authors’ recommended lead title and the strongest standalone read.