He’s her enemy at the register… and the reason the bookshop feels like home.
💬 Summary:
When Lucy Bennett inherits half of The Sheltered Cove, she expects a clean slate by the sea—until she learns the other half belongs to broody carpenter-bookseller and single dad, Owen Hayes. Ownership turns into a tug-of-war, a coastal storm forces them into partnership, and one stolen kiss changes everything. Can rivals rebuild a shop—and a life—together? (Co-ownership revealed: Owen Hayes; Oceanview setting; inheritance terms. )
🎯 Tropes:
Small-Town Romance · Enemies to Lovers · Grumpy x Sunshine · Forced Proximity · Single Dad · Found Family · Workplace/Business Partners (first meeting & tension; Maisie, the daughter).
Chapter Guide
- 1. The reading of the will
- 2. The meeting
- 3. The standoff
- 4. The apartment
- 5. The morning routine
- 6. The marketing plan
- 7. Maisie's scheme
- 8. The storm
- 9. The midnight conversation
- 10. The truce
- 11. Event planning
- 12. The book club
- 13. The author event
- 14. The rumors
- 15. The realization
- 16. The almost
- 17. The avoidance
- 18. The job offer
- 19. The fight
- 20. The misery
- 21. The grand gesture (failed)
- 22. The letter
- 23. The call
- 24. The kiss
- 25. Going public
- 26. The integration
- 27. The proposal (not what you think)
- 28. The real proposal
- 29. The wedding
- 30. Epilogue - Five years later
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