Description
In the misty coastal town of Harbor’s Edge, Mara Ellison pours her heart into her cliffside bakery, where the rhythmic crash of waves below mirrors the quiet ache she’s buried since rebuilding her life alone after heartbreak. At forty-eight, she’s mastered solitude—kneading dough at dawn, savoring the simple solace of fresh-baked bread—but a persistent loneliness tugs at her, a wound she vows never to reopen by risking love’s familiar pull again.
When a landslide scars the beloved coastal trail and her old flame Rowan Hale—now a steady, weathered produce supplier—returns to enlist her design expertise for the restoration, their forced proximity reignites a sensual spark neither can ignore. With a corporate developer threatening to commercialize and destroy the cliffs Mara calls home, the stakes soar: her bakery’s future, the town’s wild heart, and the chance for a passionate second chance that could heal their shared scars—or shatter her guarded world forever—in this emotionally charged tale of rediscovered desire and defiant hope.
Leslie Ward –
Mara’s quiet strength, that steady way she kneads away old hurts each morning, felt so familiar it almost hurt to watch. Seeing her face Rowan again after all these years—his patient hands offering her more than flour and fruit—made the ache of her solitude sharper and somehow sweeter. I found myself rooting for her to risk reopening that guarded heart, even while the cliffs themselves seemed to tremble under the threat of change.
Tracy Evans –
Mara’s guarded heart really got to me; the way she clings to her bakery routines and the sound of the surf shows just how deep that old wound still runs. Watching her and Rowan circle each other again—both changed, both wary—felt tender and painfully real, especially when the developer threat suddenly made every choice about more than just land. I kept wondering if someone who’s learned to live without needing anyone can ever risk that kind of closeness again.