When betrayal costs you everything, sometimes losing it all is the only way to find what truly matters.

Alexandra Sterling had it all—a corner office in Manhattan, a partnership track at a prestigious law firm, and a nomination to the federal bench. Then her fiancé's jealousy destroyed everything with a single false ethics complaint. Cleared but ruined, Alexandra retreats to a forgotten inheritance: a cottage on the windswept coast of Maine.

Harbor's End is everything New York isn't—small, quiet, and painfully honest. Here, Alexandra meets Ethan Cross, the enigmatic lighthouse keeper who's built his own sanctuary from the wreckage of his past. Haunted by a tragedy that ended his Coast Guard career, Ethan has spent eight years in self-imposed isolation, finding purpose in the steady rhythm of tending a light that guides others home.

Two wounded souls. One small town. And a love neither of them was looking for.

As Alexandra begins to heal, she discovers that exile might be exactly what she needed—a chance to rebuild her life on her own terms, to find purpose beyond prestige, and to open her heart to a man who sees her strength rather than fearing it. But when her past refuses to stay buried, Alexandra must decide: will she return to the life she lost, or fight for the unexpected happiness she's found?