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“Nobody puts Naomi Brennon in a corner. And they’d soon find out why.” Renovating her aunt's weathered beachfront inn in Crescent Bay was more than just a project to her... After losing both her marriage and her career in one devastating sweep, she desperately needs the second chance this small coastal town once promised in her childhood summers. But Crescent Bay isn't the warm welcome she remembers. Whispers follow her through town. Cold shoulders greet her at meetings. And when someone anonymously shares the painful details of her past for the entire town to see, Naomi finds herself wondering if she's traded one nightmare for another. The only person who seems unfazed by the rumors is Ryan Hart—the ruggedly handsome contractor with sea-green eyes. Turns out, he knows a thing or two about being the subject of town gossip, though he keeps his own past carefully locked away. When she discovers a mysterious diary hidden within the inn's walls, Naomi's journalistic instincts spark to life. Each entry unravels threads of a decades-old scandal around the town's beloved Founder's Fair—and the powerful family behind it—leading her deeper into a mystery someone desperately wants to keep buried…at all costs. Between renovations, her aunt's worsening memory, and an unwelcome visit from her estranged husband, Naomi barely has time to breathe, let alone investigate. But as strange occurrences at the inn suggest someone wants her to fail, she must decide who to trust in a town where everyone—including the man slowly capturing her heart—has something to hide. Can Naomi uncover the secrets of Crescent Bay and finally find the happiness she’s been craving, or will the past destroy her chance at a new beginning? Discover the first book in the Southwest Florida Series, where second chances, hidden secrets, and unexpected romance await between the pages