Years ago, bestselling author Jack "Jock" Steele lost his girlfriend and their baby in a horrific accident, and he has carried the grief and a torturous secret ever since. An aging philanthropist pulled him back from despair, and for a decade Jock devoted himself to the ailing man who became his family. Now his friend has died and left him a fortune on one condition: that he writes and publishes another book. Struggling to create again, Jock cannot get sweet, sharp single mother Daphne Zablonski out of his head, and her adorable toddler quickly wraps tiny fingers around his guarded heart. Daphne, a divorced mom with everything to lose, is wary of risking her fragile stability, yet the friendship growing between them soon becomes too tempting to deny. As Jock and Daphne edge toward something deeper, his hidden past and her fears threaten the fresh start they both crave. Set on the sandy shores of Silver Island among the sharp-witted Steeles, this is an emotional, steamy romance about grief, healing, and the unexpected family that helps a broken man believe he is worthy of love again.