Description

When a cocky, carefree veterinarian agrees to a one-time date to help out a friend's little sister, they soon discover their mutual attraction is surprisingly real. Then a decades-old murder investigation and her mother's declining health upend everything they've started to build together. Will the magic of Drake Isle pin down this confirmed bachelor, or do dark secrets have too strong a hold on them both?

Being a one-time date for his friend's little sister should be easy. Sexy silver fox Carter Harlan has done it a hundred times before. No strings, no commitment.

But Daisy Davenport isn't the shy teenager he remembers. She's gorgeous and grown -- and determined to make her name as a serious filmmaker, cutting her teeth on still-unanswered questions about the island's historic mudslides. Yet Carter has spent a lifetime running from the night she wants to uncover—and the secrets he and his foster brothers still guard.

As their one night together deepens into something more real, secrets surface about an unsolved murder, lost loved ones, and fractured family relationships both struggle to mend.

On sun-soaked Drake Isle, both Carter and Daisy must face the one thing they've always run from: their heart. Because when everything is on the line, saving the one you love means finally letting them in.