Road to Romance -- Author Devin Pine

Welcome to the Road to Romance

FIRST TIME AUTHOR DEVIN PINE

A believer in the power of love, Devin Pine writes fiction to explore the challenges that love and romance face in real, everyday life. He wrote his first novel, Moonlight at Monterey Bay, as a tribute to his paternal grandparents, who have been in love now for seventy years. Their first meeting, an entertaining and touching story, served as the basis for the novel. He hopes the story will find its way through posterity as a way to bridge generations. For stories, like love, should endure.

Devin Pine studied English at the University of California at Davis, and pursued a master’s degree in English at Utah State University. He currently teaches middle school English in an idyllic valley in northern Utah, and spends the rest of his time writing and enjoying the company of his charming wife, Katie.

MOONLIGHT AT MONTEREY BAY

Devin Pine -- Beachside Press

Michael Thomas is a world-traveling successful artist. When a client offers him a free stay at his winter home in Carmel, California, a haven for creative painters like himself, he enthusiastically moves in. A believer in destiny, he feels drawn toward this town, uncertain of the reasons yet hopeful of a prosperous visit.

Here, in this cozy beach town, Angelina Serracino works as a waitress in her father’s Italian restaurant. Her fiancé, a practical man, has recently died. Everybody thought they were perfect for each other, especially her fiancé’s mother, who had been like family to Angelina.

Michael prepares to immerse himself in his artistic work, but when he meets Angelina, he finds her intriguing and irresistible. Angelina longs for the romance she has never known, and becomes caught between the guilt of her past and the lure of a promising future. The story of Moonlight at Monterey Bay will embrace you with its power. This is a remarkable novel about being honest in love, no matter the consequences.