New York Moments bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes back to her beloved Chesapeake Diaries series using a charming beachside romance that is “everything you love about small-town romance” (#1 NY Occasions bestselling author Barbara Freethy).

Often believing she was an ugly duckling, Chrissy Jenkins idea she had finally turned into a swan when her real-life Prince Charming swept her off her foot. But simply because his true personality began to split his ideal facade, Chrissy noticed that not merely about Dune Drive was she better away without him, but that she was the only person who had the energy to transform her life.

Time for her ancestral house on Cannonball Island for a family wedding, Chrissy is reintroduced to a legacy she’d basically forgotten. In choosing to stay over the isle, she reboots her lifestyle, effectively reinventing herself as a chef at Blossoms, an up-and-coming restaurant in St. Dennis. But despite her newfound self-confidence, she still doesn’t trust her taste in men. Therefore when she fits Jared Chandler, a handsome ship salvager residing at the inn while he conducts a close by recovery operation, Chrissy’s specific she can keep him as a friend—despite the fact that he’s everything any female would want in a guy. As fellow newcomers, together they discover the charm of the historic bayside city and explore the idyllic isle.

But when Chrissy agrees to become Jared’s time for his dad’s wedding ceremony, they go on a weekend that will see them each seeing the various other in a completely different light, one that changes their lives foreve