For three years, Penelope ruled her fishing boat and restaurant with an iron will and a sharp tongue, keeping her five-man crew firmly in line—and at a distance.
She's ignored the heat simmering between them, burying her desires under long hours and a no-nonsense attitude. But when a devastating fire reduces her restaurant to ash and leaves her crew without a roof over their heads, everything changes. Now, crammed into her tiny home and forced to rebuild from the ground up, Penelope discovers that her self-control isn't as ironclad as she thought. Her crew—the strong, loyal, maddeningly irresistible men she's kept at bay—aren't just watching her. They're waiting. Waiting for her to crack. Waiting to show her exactly how deep their feelings run—and just how much they're willing to risk for her. With her home, her business, and her carefully guarded heart on the line, Penelope must make an impossible choice: hold onto the walls she's built or let them shatter in the face of the passion she's denied for too long. In this blazing, high-stakes romance, temptation isn't just in the air—it's in their hands, their mouths, and the way they're about to make her question everything she thought she wanted.
