Hidden Harbor by Amelia Simone

Secrets stay buried if you keep your defenses up.

But when my past comes knocking, my best friend’s broody brother won’t let me handle it alone…

This was supposed to be my fresh start – new name, new business, new me. In my yoga studio, I can breathe, smile, and pretend I’m nothing but sunshine and serenity. Keep it light, keep my distance, and maybe I can believe I’ve left my past behind.

Until it comes looking for me.

When my estranged family resurfaces, threatening to drag me back into the life I barely escaped, I know I should handle it alone. It’s what I’ve always done. But that’s impossible with my best friend’s grumpy older brother everywhere I turn. As a Search and Rescue leader, he’s elevated protectiveness to an art form.

Drew Fenwick is gruff, broody, and so serious it hurts – everything I’m not. I should keep my walls up, ignore the way my pulse jumps when he’s near.

But the more time we spend together, the more his steady presence makes me crave the one thing I never dared hope for – someone to claim as mine.

Hidden Harbor is book 1 in the Evergreen Rescue Series but can be read as a stand-alone.