Summer of New Beginnings

She came to start over. He’d been trying to do the same for years.

Harper Whitney thought Seabrook would be her safe harbor. After the heartbreak and humiliation of a university scandal, she longed for quiet mornings by the shore, evenings with family, and a fresh start in a place where no one knew her name. A scholarship to Seabrook College and a dream research position studying sea turtles felt like a second chance she couldn’t refuse.

Riley Martinez had been chasing second chances for a long time. Once known for the parties he threw and the mistakes he made, he now poured everything into his doctoral research and a secret project close to his heart. Mentoring Harper should have been simple—professional, predictable, safe.

But as summer fades to fall, friendship begins to feel like something more. And in a town where the tide is always turning, two people with pasts they’d rather forget just might discover that the best kind of love is the kind that feels like home.

A heartfelt romance about second chances, unexpected love, and the courage to begin again.