The Tides We Chase

THE TIDES WE CHASEby Arthur FabbrinJulian Vance had it all: a two-billion-dollar tech empire, a penthouse in Manhattan, and an ego to match. Then a corporate conspiracy destroys his company, turns him into the face of a scandal he did not create, and leaves him with one humiliating way out: six months of court-ordered community service in the remote coastal town of Cape Haven, Oregon.Maeve O'Connor wants nothing to do with men like Julian. A marine biologist and volunteer keeper of Cape Haven's historic lighthouse, she has spent years fighting developers determined to turn the protected coastline into a luxury resort. When she is assigned to supervise Julian's community service, she intends to make every one of his six months miserable.Mud. Rain. Rust. Manual labor. No penthouse. No private jet. No escape.But as weeks of brutal storms force them into close quarters, hatred begins to blur into something far more dangerous. Late-night coffee turns into stolen glances. Arguments turn into undeniable chemistry. And the man Maeve expected to despise becomes the one person willing to fight beside her when the lighthouse-and everything she has spent her life protecting-is threatened.Then Julian's old world comes crashing back with an offer he once would have sacrificed anything to accept: his freedom, his company, and a chance to reclaim everything he lost.Now he has to choose between the empire he spent his life building and the woman who taught him what it means to have something worth fighting for.Because sometimes the tide that pulls you under is the same one that brings you home.