Where storms gather, secrets rise...and hearts choose their harbor.

When eighteen-year-old Emily Coates returns home to the quiet port of Island Stream after years abroad, she expects a season of peace, propriety, and polite society. Instead, she finds herself the subject of absurd gossip, unexpected rivalries, and the unsettling attention of not one but two young men determined to test the limits of her heart.

Clint Hawkins - the groom's son who grew up beside her, stubborn and loyal, carrying unspoken feelings that threaten to surface the moment he sees her again.

Lieutenant Blaine Alexander?a naval officer with a devastating smile, a dangerous occupation he refuses to name, and a tenderness he shows only to her. One stolen kiss beneath her mother's rose bushes ignites a passion Emily has never known...and a peril she cannot yet see.

But peace in Island Stream is fragile. A shadowed figure from the Admiralty's past is drawing near, hunting a set of secret papers?and the Coates family who holds them. As whispers sharpen into threats, Emily must navigate deceit, desire, and the storm building just offshore.

When danger comes to Island Stream, will love be strong enough to anchor her?or will the tide pull everything she cherishes away?

Perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Eva Leigh, and Mimi Matthews, Island Stream is a lush, romantic standalone filled with humor, longing, whispered confessions, midnight kisses, and a heroine determined to claim both her destiny and her heart.