Sea, Salt & HIM

He left for ambition. She stayed for legacy. Now they’re stuck together with one café, one storm, and a heat that never cooled. 

Talulah

I came back to Starlight Cay to rescue my grandmother’s café, not to get wrecked all over again by the man who left me behind. But Raleigh Draycott isn’t just scouting locations anymore. He’s in my kitchen. In my business. In my bed. And when a hurricane forces us under the same roof, all that history we tried to bury comes roaring back to life. He still knows how to push my buttons and every limit I thought I set.

Raleigh



Talulah Everhart was never part of the plan. I came here to open the next flagship for my restaurant group: polished, scalable, investor-approved. But one look inside Everhart’s Café, and I knew we were about to destroy the one thing worth saving. Now I’m risking everything—my name, my company, my future—for the woman I never stopped wanting. We have one shot to prove this town, this café, and what we’ve found again are worth the fight.