A Spicy Coastal Romance Series

The Salty
Pelican

No last names. No histories. No plans — until the plan shows up anyway.

Six-point-one out of ten. Revised. Substantially.

Accidentally married. On the record. In front of a notary in flip-flops.

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The Salty Pelican Series

Three Brothers. Three Disasters. Zero Regrets.

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The Salty Pelican · Book One

Off the Hook

"No last names. No histories. Just one perfect night — until his best friend introduces her as his little sister."

Rhys Doyle plates the best grouper on the Gulf and hasn't trusted anyone in eighteen months. Juniper Vale just needs one clean start after her Atlanta bakery folded. One night at the tiki bar. One deal: no last names. The next morning, she walks into his kitchen as his new pastry cook — courtesy of her brother Marco, Rhys's best friend. The vault is the plan. The vault keeps springing leaks.

One-night stand → coworkers Brother's best friend Forced proximity Grumpy / sunshine Slow burn
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The Salty Pelican · Book Two

Shore Thing

"She's here to price his family's motel for demolition. He's here to stop her. They're sharing a wall. The brass bolt is the only thing standing between them — and it has terrible lock discipline."

Deacon Doyle is the oldest brother, the one holding everything together with duct tape and stubbornness. Clara Ostrowski is the acquisitions analyst sent to put a number on the Salty Pelican before Meridian tears it down. Anonymous drinks. An unfortunate flooded room. A connecting door with a very loud personality. When the woman pricing his home is also the one he can't stop reaching for, "full cooperation" gets complicated fast.

Enemies to lovers One night → conflict of interest Forced proximity Grumpy / snarky Stakes through the roof
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The Salty Pelican · Book Three

Situation Ship

"She signed a document she didn't read, in front of a notary in flip-flops, at two in the morning. Now she's accidentally married to her brother-in-law's brother, and the only way out is to stay in."

Greta Kessler has spent fifteen years building toward a partnership vote that depends on her never, ever doing anything like this. Finn Doyle is the youngest brother — golden, relentlessly cheerful, and far too perceptive for anyone's good. One sunset charter, one terrible rum punch, one notary named Dave who really believed in that ceremony. Now they're married in Monroe County, Greta's career is hanging by a search algorithm, and the safest place to fix this disaster is exactly where the disaster lives.

Accidental marriage Stuck together Sunshine / ice queen Secret relationship Lawyer vs. charmer
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Setting

Welcome to Redfish Key

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The Salty Pelican

A tiki bar, a motel, and a kitchen held together by marine paint, spite, and the sheer stubbornness of three brothers who refuse to let their grandfather's legacy get demolished by a development firm.

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Redfish Key Marina

Where chartered sunsets go sideways. A dock that smells like diesel, dead fish, and optimism, anchoring a barrier island where nobody keeps their promises about staying one night.

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The Tiki Bar

String lights, sticky lacquer, and rum punches that earn a six-point-one. A place where strangers share potatoes, invent rules about last names, and start things they can't stop. No historians allowed.

The Couples

Rhys & Juniper

Off the Hook · Book 1

The chef who plates perfection and the baker who stole his best potato

"He gave her a clean slate. She put flour on it and signed her name."

Deacon & Clara

Shore Thing · Book 2

The man saving the motel and the woman sent to price it for demolition

"She had the building tabbed in pink. He had her hand through a wall."

Finn & Greta

Situation Ship · Book 3

The golden charter captain and the Chicago lawyer who accidentally married him

"She planned fifteen years of a career. She did not plan Dave."

About the Author

Lucy Daws

Lucy Daws writes spicy coastal romance with a whole lot of wit, a pinch of chaos, and characters who absolutely know better and do it anyway. Her Salty Pelican series is set on a barrier island in the Gulf of Florida, held together by a tiki bar, a pelican named Barnaby, and three brothers who keep meeting the wrong women at exactly the right time.

She believes in second chances, stolen potatoes, and the romantic potential of notaries in flip-flops. Her books are warm, funny, and unapologetically steamy — because sometimes the only rule that matters is no last names.

When she isn't writing, she can be found drinking coffee, befriending vending machines, and quietly ranking everything on a scale of one to ten.

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