BILLIONAIRE IN BOOTS. SECRET IDENTITY. SMALL-TOWN FEUD. FOUND FAMILY. SLOW BURN. A billionaire in disguise landed on my dock, and nothing in my stubborn little world has been the same since. I run the marina my family built from the sand up—where every splinter matters, and old rivalries with families like his still linger. He shows up with steady hands and an agenda I can’t quite read, but somehow broken things start mending—on the docks and, slowly, in me. Day by day, we find a rhythm: fixing boats, calming tempers, and learning the quiet ways people choose each other when life gets tough. The town watches. The whispers swirl. Deadlines press close. He’s steady when I want to rage; I’m loud when he’d rather disappear—and somehow, together, we begin to make sense. I don’t need a rescue—I need someone who stays, and every day, he’s proving he just might be both. But if his real last name detonates, it could sink the future I’m fighting for—and tear us apart. The tide’s coming in, and I’m holding fast to the kind of love that fights fair, stays true, and lands us right where we belong—happily ever after. Clean, closed-door small-town romance with a guaranteed HEA.