Love and Treasure — Bethany Maines

Chase Regard is captain of the nearly-historically-accurate pirate ship Cupid’s Revenge, a pirate-themed restaurant and dinner show, and the mountain of debt that came with both. But Chase has an ace up his sleeve: his ancestor left a heap of treasure somewhere on the coast near Ashville, Oregon. All Chase needs to find it is the help of Dr. Jenna Mackenzie, the director of the Ashville Museum. Red-headed Jenna is a fiery, and only occasionally forgetful, academic who loves her quirky small town. But the lure of treasure—and Chase Regard—is hard to resist. As Chase and Jenna grow closer to the treasure and each other, they are forced to contend with a town that may not want to re-write the history of Ashville and make a pirate their hero. And when accusations of theft derail their treasure hunt and their relationship, Chase must find a way to overcome the Ashville resistance and make peace before the fortune and Jenna are completely out of reach. Will Jenna and Chase founder on the rocky shores of Oregon, or will they be able to find Love and Treasure?