Welcome to the Blog Tour for Beach House Rescue by Hope Toler Dougherty, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
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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My review
Who wouldn’t want to escape to the beach?! Tessa needs the escape. Wyatt needs the escape. Tessa’s friend Wren owns a beach house that she wants to renovate, so she sends Tessa, an artist with an eye for design, to the beach house. Wyatt’s friend Peter is contemplating putting a beach house up for sale. He happens to be married to Wren, so he sends Wyatt, who has a broken foot and is taking a leave from his job, to stay in the beach house. Cue awkward meet-cute involving the police.
I loved these characters! Tessa, Wyatt, Wyatt’s sister Skylee, as well as the many characters they meet in the small beach town. I enjoyed reading the characters’ backstories and how they naturally fit into the story. More details come to light throughout; they’re not just thrown at you all at once. Skylee’s and Wyatt’s relationship development was probably my favorite thing about the book. Though it was fun watching Tessa and Wyatt fall for each other, I felt that the brother and sister relationship was exceptionally done.
This is a Christian fiction novel, so you can expect some inspirational themes. I thought it was great that Tessa, Skylee, and Wyatt got involved in volunteering for VBS at the local church. Some tropes you can expect include grumpy-sunshine and of course, forced proximity. After all, they are in the same beach house! This is a clean romance with steamy kisses only. The sensitive themes that are addressed are done in a way that doesn’t give too much detail, but you understand what they are just from the author’s skillful writing.
I highly recommend Beach House Rescue to Christian fiction readers who love books with a small town beach setting and characters who worm their way into your hearts.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.
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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.
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.
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