Falling for the Grumpy Boatbuilder

She came to sell the inn. He was part of the paperwork.

Sadie Merrick has thirty days. Her great-aunt Odette has left her The Eaves, a beloved inn in the fishing town of Brindle Cove - but the will is ironclad: the house can't be sold until it hosts Founders' Weekend, and the repairs must be done by the one man Sadie would rather not spend a month with.

Gideon Lachance is the town's boatbuilder: gruff, gorgeous, and about as talkative as a tide table. He holds the boathouse lease, knows every timber of the inn, and has no intention of making Sadie's quick sale easy. He also has a past he's kept covered in a shed for six years - and a town, stage-managed by a matchmaking ghost, determined to see him happy.

Forced to work side by side - planing boats, raising flags, riding out a nor'easter in a one-bed loft - Sadie discovers the life she left Toronto to avoid might be the one she was built for. But when her old firm offers her job back and a developer arrives waving money at the inn, she has to decide what she's really keeping: the house, the harbour... or the man who comes with both.

FALLING FOR THE GRUMPY BOATBUILDER is a steamy, funny, heart-squeezing small-town romance with a guaranteed happily-ever-after. A complete standalone novel - welcome to the cove. Slow down. You're here.