First: Healing Horizon Hearth

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Premise

Jenna Hale, a battle-hardened restaurateur in her mid-forties, returns to the salty embrace of Harbor's Edge after her dream partnership crumbles in betrayal, leaving her wallet empty and her heart armored against further vulnerability. Vowing to steer clear of emotional risks, she steps into her late aunt's struggling Harbor Café for a temporary summer stint, determined to salvage it just enough to fund her escape back to the city—unaware that the town's rhythms and whispers might unravel her carefully rebuilt walls. When reclusive fisherman Owen Blake, harboring his own scars from a fractured family past, becomes her steadfast supplier amid a corporate chain's predatory push to eclipse the café, their forced collaboration ignites a sensual undercurrent of shared glances and late-night prep sessions. With the café's survival—and Jenna's fragile independence—hanging in the balance against the chain's aggressive expansion, this second-chance romance pulses with emotionally charged passion, promising a transformative journey from guarded distrust to the intoxicating freedom of being truly seen and desired.

Summary

Structural blueprint for Book 12 of the Harbor Hearts: Second Chances series.