The Edge of Summer

Delilah Delacroix is holding her world together by sheer force of will.  Eight months after losing her parents, she’s become guardian to her younger siblings and uprooting them to a quiet island town feels like their best shot at healing.  If only her teenage brother didn’t seem to resent her more with every passing day.

Fire Chief Luke Bowman keeps his circle small and his walls high.  After the fallout with his ex, trust doesn’t come easily.  Especially not where love is concerned.  He’s learned his lesson.  Or at least, he thought he had.

Then Delilah arrives.

As summer settles over the island, sparks between them ignite into something impossible to ignore.  What begins as a distraction turns into stolen glances, late night conversations, and a connection neither of them planned for.  But while their chemistry heats up, so do the pressures around them.

Delilah is terrified she’s losing her brother for good and questions every decision she’s made.  Luke is fighting his own ghosts, determined not to repeat the mistakes that once cost him everything.

When their no strings arrangement starts to feel anything but casual, reality crashes in.  Delilah knows she can’t risk her fragile family on a man who isn’t ready to promise forever. Luke knows she deserves more than he believes he can give.

Walking away is the sensible choice.

So why does it feel like the one mistake they’ll never recover from?