Teal Wingate is the pen name of a best-selling, award winning, and multi-published writer. Her many novels are best-sellers in several genres. Her screenplays have been produced into a movie, a television pilot, and many features for cable . Her articles and columns have been featured in newspapers and magazines. Searching for Sea Glass is Book One in her newest series- Sea Glass Secrets. This series, set in the small southern coastal town of Sea Glass, is published by Night Owl Novels. It will feature sensual, heartwarming, and deeply romantic storylines told with grace and charm. Searching for Sea Glass is Sunny Murphy's story. She's a sweet, sassy southern girl whose life seems to be always on the verge of spiraling out of control. She chanced to meet a man on the beach one night five years ago. A powerful, sensual man who gave her a devastating first taste of passion. A man she's never quite been able to forget. But she's got her best friend's orphaned son to raise. And a small town cafe to run. Despite the tragedy that was her childhood, she is happy with her complicated, busy life and her wide circle of eclectic friends. Billionaire John Deacon McIntyre is Texas royalty. He's a tough-minded cynic who runs his international corporate empire and his extended family with an iron fist. He's looking for his missing baby sister, dodging the marital snares of a cold-hearted social climber, and trying his best to forget the innocent, quirky girl he met on that long ago midnight beach. She was eons too young and idealistic for a man as experienced and jaded as JD. But circumstances can surely change in five long years. A phone call interrupts a wedding. A long-lost sister's grave is found. A secret baby is revealed. An unknown father's funeral is attended. A Cinderella style makeover is gifted. A ruthless seduction is planned. All these seemingly random actions will set in motion a chain events that guarantee John Deacon McIntyre will be compelled to go... Searching for Sea Glass."