He was expecting a man named Charlie.
Instead, he got the woman he'd just argued with in the middle of the street.
Charlie Bennett came to Summer Haven for a fresh start with her four-year-old son.
Jude Whitaker was expecting two male roommates.
Neither of them expected the rental mix-up that leaves Charlie, Tyler, and the infuriatingly handsome stranger she'd already picked a fight with sharing a beachfront condo for an entire year.
They make rules. They set boundaries. They agree to stay out of each other's way.
That lasts about five minutes.
Because Tyler adores Jude. Jude keeps showing up when Charlie least expects him to. And somewhere between bedtime stories, beach days, shared dinners, and one very nosy little town, their accidental household starts feeling dangerously like a family.
Charlie has already learned the hard way that looking like a family doesn't mean you've found home.
But maybe this time, she gets to choose what home looks like.
A sweet, funny small-town romance with forced proximity, a single mom, accidental roommates, found family, and plenty of beach-town charm.
