Single mom + Silver fox contractor + Forced proximity = A recipe for happily ever after

Amber:

I'm living on burnt coffee and shattered dreams when the health inspector shuts down my workplace. Thirty days to find a job or leave Twin Waves forever.

But maybe losing everything is exactly what I need to honor my grandmother by bringing her recipes to life in a seaside restaurant where families gather.

Enter Brett Walker—silver fox contractor with a business proposal that sounds too good to be true.

Brett:

I came to Twin Waves to fix properties and move on—that's what I always do.

But when Amber needs a partner to renovate her dream restaurant, I can't walk away. I'm the guy everyone depends on until I disappear.

The problem?

She doesn't need rescuing, and for the first time, I'm wondering if I could actually stay.

Forced proximity. Renovation chaos. Grandmother's secret recipes.

When Amber and Brett become business partners, sparks fly hotter than her grandmother's cast-iron skillet. But can a woman afraid to depend on anyone learn to trust a man who's never stayed long enough to call anywhere home?