She promised her father. He promised his heart. Love will make them break every vow.
Everything attorney Julia Branholt has fought for is circling the drain-and the culprit is one infuriating, bull-headed pirate, Hakon "Hawk" Thoralssen. It's bad enough she's been forced to take his case pro bono. But when someone mysteriously bails him out
in her name
, Julia's career-and the promise she made her dying father-teeters on the brink of ruin. Desperate to stop the spiral, she does the unthinkable: she follows Hawk. Hawk swore he'd never let anyone close again. Not after the loss that gutted him. But when sabotage threatens to destroy the beloved village his late wife called home, he has no choice but to fight for it. What he didn't expect? A sharp-tongued attorney with fire in her eyes-and a pull he can't seem to shake. To save Tierra Bonita, Hawk and Julia will have to work together, toeing the thin line between desire and disaster. But in a village built on second chances and open hearts, will they risk everything for a chance at a love that could finally set them free?