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AUTHOR HOPE TOLER DOUGHERTY

 

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Welcome to the Blog Tour for Beach House Rescue by Hope Toler Dougherty, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

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About the Book

Title:  Beach House Rescue 
Author:  Hope Toler Dougherty 
Publisher:  Scrivenings Press 
Release Date:  June 23, 2026 
Genre:  Contemporary Christian Romance

Two strangers. One beach house. Zero plans to share it. 

Tessa Trask expects a quiet summer restoring a friend’s beach house—not waking up to an intruder and defending herself as best she can. Wyatt Henry isn’t a burglar, though. He’s just as surprised to find her there—and just as determined to stay. 

Under protest, the two agree to an uneasy truce. Tessa is creative and spontaneous. Wyatt is disciplined and guarded. Keeping their distance should be easy…until a surprise visitor arrives and turns their temporary arrangement into something far more complicated. 

As sun-soaked days lead to deeper conversations, irritation softens into a fragile peace and grows into something worth protecting. While Tessa begins to trust God’s leading for her future, Wyatt wrestles with a past that makes trust feel dangerous. 

Are their growing feelings worth the risk—or is walking away the only safe choice?  

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EXCERPT:

“I don’t think she’s armed. She’s asleep on my couch.”

Tessa Trask blinked her eyes open, hit by the fog that always accompanied a nap stretching longer than fifteen minutes. What a crazy dream.

A man’s voice. Calm, but firm.

A squatter in a beach house.

Requesting police.

The beginning bloom of a headache seeped behind her forehead. Her eyelids fell back in place, giving her a chance to regroup and take a minute to consider waking up.

The dream continued. The voice continued.

Wait. What?

She pressed her eyelids together.

“Just send someone right away, please, and no sirens. I don’t want to startle her. Just get her out of here.”

Heart galloping from lounging to horror movie gear with the speed of a Kentucky Derby darling, she squeezed the book on top of her chest in a death grip. Her lungs struggled to keep up, whooshing out breaths in short puffs.

Somebody—some man is in this house with me. Think, brain, think.

Lord God, help me.

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REVIEW:

An awkward first meeting leads to a friendship fraught with hesitancy and hidden past life events that cause both characters to be cautious and apprehensive in new situations . . .

 

Tessa Trask is house sitting for her best friend, Wren, and Wren's husband, Peter, at the couple's beach house. When someone enters the home while she is napping and accuses her of breaking and entering into the home, she accuses him of being an unwanted intruder.

 

After discussing the matter with a local police officer, Alex, and confirming with Peter and Wren that both individuals have permission to be in the home, Tessa and Wyatt try to make the best of an uncomfortable situation.

 

Wyatt is intense and abrupt; Tessa is creative and impulsive. How could things get any worse for these two misfits?

 

This story includes a lot of heartache and traumatic past experiences for both characters. However, when they join together to nurture another character to get past her own traumatic events, they find that there is light on the other side of their own troubles.

 

I enjoyed reading about Tessa's artistic endeavors including her sewing designs and how she creates new items from repurposed linens and home décor. Wyatt is a successful businessman who is also an Army veteran.

 

The story has a good faith thread along with many new relationships with others in the community who need to experience some kindness and joy in their own lives.

 

I received a copy of this book from the author through JustRead Publicity Tours. All of my thoughts and opinions shared here are solely my own.

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PURCHASE LINKS:  

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About the Author

Hope Toler Dougherty holds a Master’s degree in English and taught at East Carolina University and York Technical College. Her early novels are Irish Encounter, Mars…With Venus Rising, and Rescued Hearts. Her Forever Series includes Forever Music, “A Hatteras Surprise,” a novella featured in Candy Cane Wishes and Saltwater Dreams, Forever Home, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA)’s 2023 Romance Novel of the Year, and Forever Free, first place in the Faith, Love, & Hope Reader’s Choice Award for 2025.

A chronic community volunteer as well as a member of ACFW, NC Writers’ Network, and Neuse River Writers, she shares her belief in God “Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine” in her daily life and stories. 

She and her husband, Kevin, live in North Carolina and delight in visits with their two daughters and twin sons. 

Connect with Hope by visiting hopetolerdougherty.com to follow her on social media and subscribe to email newsletter updates.

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Tour Giveaway

(3) winners will each receive a signed copy of Beach House Rescue and a $20 Amazon gift card!

Full tour schedule linked below. The giveaway begins at midnight August 10, 2026 and will last through 11:59 PM EST on August 17, 2026. Winners will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. US only  for print copy. Ebook available instead if winner is outside the US. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.

Giveaway is subject to JustRead Publicity Tours Giveaway Policies.

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