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This year she arrives with a bigger plan: she has quit her job, put her house on the market, and sworn off relationships while she rebuilds her life in the place she loves most. Then one of her good-natured pranks goes sideways and draws the attention of a serious, handsome police officer. Caden Grant has just left Boston with his fourteen-year-old son, Evan, after losing his partner in the line of duty, hoping the small resort town will give them a safer, quieter life. Meeting Bella on a night patrol shift stirs something he had stopped letting himself want. Both of them are guarding wary hearts, she against the risk of loving again, he against the danger of hoping for more than duty and single fatherhood. 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I can’t wait to see what the author has in store for her fans with this brand new series.\n\nIt tells the story of Bella Abbascine and Caden Grant. Bella, a teacher quit her job after a bad breakup with a fellow teacher. She relocated to Wellfeet Massachusetts to spend time with her friends and to begin a new chapter in her life. She has sworn of relationships and her main focus was the launching of a project to help teenagers find a sense of purpose. Little did she know that her decision to swear of relationships would come under threat when she came face to face with Caden Grant.\n\nCaden is a police officer and a single father of a fourteen year old boy. Caden decided that he had enough of the city life after his partner was killed in the line of duty. He relocated to Wellfeet to start over and create a safer life for his son. \n\nThe initial meeting between Caden and Bella was comical and their attraction was off the charts. 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