Nia Bennett has one chance to save her family's weathered coastal hotel without surrendering the community history inside its walls. The restoration money comes with deadlines, public promises, and the return of Eli Mercer, the white operations consultant whose loyalty she has every reason to question.

Eli knows efficiency cannot repair what secrecy broke. As storm damage, financing pressure, and a dangerous restoration schedule close in, he must learn to support Nia's authority without trying to purchase forgiveness or solve her future for her.

Working side by side at Breakwater House brings back an attraction neither of them can dismiss. But love will only survive if their private choices can withstand public scrutiny, family history, and the terms required to keep the hotel rooted in the Black coastal community that built it.

A passionate contemporary BWWM workplace and community romance with competent adults, family texture, and a hard-won happily ever after.

Saltwater Terms

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