Whitaker Island is more than a getaway. For Tessa Jenkins, the remote strip of land in Washington state is a sanctuary. Fleeing from a shattering scandal, she has a new name, a chance at a new beginning, and a breathtaking new view: Hansen Rye. Itβs hard not to crush on Whitakerβs hottest handyman. At six-foot-three and all kinds of fine, heβs also intensely privateβand the attraction between them soon simmers dangerously out of control.
β¦or a private trap for two lovers?
After a devastating family tragedy, Hansen finds the pebbled shores of the faraway island to be an ideal refuge. Letting down his guard for the sexy, impulsive Tessa is an unexpected pleasure. But thereβs another newcomer to Whitaker. Heβs no stranger to Hansen. And when heβs murdered, the crime casts a threatening shadow. As suspicion falls on Hansen, all his secrets are about to collide with Tessaβs. Now the pasts they were determined to outrun are catching up to them. So is a killer whoβs putting their loveβand their livesβon the line.
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