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When Coast Guard officer Nathan Montgomery of Bear Hollow red-tags the unsafe dock at the crumbling Lakeshore Lodge, he expects another thankless day of enforcing the rules. Instead, he finds himself in a heated standoff with Cassidy "Cass" Walker, a fiercely independent innkeeper clinging to her family's fading legacy. Cass has poured everything into keeping her grandparents' inn alive, but between financial strain, a rival resort across the lake, and now Nathan's inspection, her dream feels like it's sinking fast. She doesn't need a by-the-book officer meddling in her business--until a violent storm reveals a far greater threat. When a mysterious boat washes up on Cass's shoreline carrying evidence of smuggling, she and Nathan are drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Forced to work together to protect both Cass's inn and the community, sparks fly between the stubborn lodge owner and the rule-bound Coastie. But as danger closes in, Cass and Nathan must decide if they can trust each other--not just to survive, but to build something lasting from the wreckage of their pasts.