Earned Husband
I don’t believe love should be left to chance.
It’s irresponsible.Not when the right marriage could restore my family's reputation, secure our future, and give me something I’ve quietly wanted for years.
So I ask for help finding a wife.
I expect introductions, negotiations, and a sensible agreement.
I don’t expect her.
The stunning woman with long black hair, golden-brown eyes, and enough confidence to dismantle every carefully constructed thought in my head.
There’s just one problem.
Her father isn’t impressed by my money, my career, or my last name.
If I want his daughter, I have to earn her.One chance.
One impossible family.And one woman who’s making it dangerously easy to forget this marriage was ever supposed to be business.
Now my family’s past is threatening everything I’ve worked for, and the future I’ve started dreaming about is slipping through my fingers.
Failure isn’t an option.
Because I didn’t cross an ocean just to lose the only woman who’s ever truly felt like home.
Every Summer Since
The last person I expected to see paddling back into my life was the man who broke my heart.
I've got a surf school to run, a beach town to protect, and absolutely no time for six-foot-something distractions with devastating smiles and shoulders that should honestly be illegal.
Especially when he's the billionaire trying to change the place I've loved my whole life.
He may have traded board shorts for tailored suits.
But I haven't changed nearly as much.These waves are still my office.
This beach is still my home.And if he thinks I'm about to let anyone turn Surfside Cove into the next tourist hotspot, he's clearly forgotten who he's dealing with.
The problem?
The infuriating golden hunk standing on the other side of this fight still knows exactly how to make me laugh until my sides hurt.
Still looks at me like I'm the only woman in the room.And every time we're together, it becomes a little harder to remember why we ever let each other go.
I fell in love with him many summers ago, and I've loved him every summer since.