Thanks to her meticulously calculated plan, June Collins has everything she ever dreamed of: a life in New York and her dream job in fashion.
Her carefully built world is perfect—until one very public meltdown in front of her boss costs her everything.
Humiliated and suspended, June escapes to Pearlband Beach, a small coastal town in Oregon, where she’s unexpectedly inherited a house from a godmother she didn’t even know existed.
The local veterinarian, Benjamin Reyes—smart-mouthed, annoyingly handsome, and deeply loyal to his hometown—is convinced June is too high-maintenance to belong there at all.
And he’s more than happy to let her know it. But when June discovers that Benjamin is holding another part of her inheritance, avoiding him is no longer an option.
As their verbal sparring turns into something neither of them expected, June is faced with the hardest choice of her life: follow her plan and return to the carefully curated life she thought she wanted—or risk it all for a future she never saw coming.
Because what if Pearlband Beach—and the man who never wanted her there—feels more like home than New York ever did?
