Summer Wind and Standing Strong

By: Lianne James

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Pack your bags for another Turtle Island escape—where sparks fly, secrets unravel, and a fiery hate-to-love chemistry will have you burning through the pages. Because Lianne James loves a little mystery, she's thrown in plenty of that to keep you guessing!

Summer Wind and Standing Strong (A Love on Turtle Island Book 3)

Kelly Klein’s life is in ruins, and she knows just where to hide while she puts the pieces back together—Sea Rock, her childhood home on Turtle Island. But her quiet escape shatters the moment she walks into the kitchen and finds a stranger making the world’s smelliest dinner. One startled scream later, the man is choking on an olive, and Kelly’s giving the Heimlich to the intruder standing where she belongs.

His name is Jake. He claims he’s renovating Sea Rock in exchange for free rent—a deal Kelly’s mother set up before jetting off to Italy for three months. Translation? He’s not leaving. Suddenly, Kelly’s safe haven becomes a battleground of noisy pranks, territorial stand-offs, and one mischievous mutt who has clearly picked sides.

Then Kelly discovers Jake’s secret. He’s no contractor at all, but a podcaster obsessed with unearthing a century-old mystery hidden in Sea Rock’s walls. And he knows he’s not the only one with secrets—Kelly is carrying one she can’t keep under wraps forever.

Their solution? A reluctant truce: she’ll help him solve the mystery if he promises to disappear once it’s done. But secrets have a funny way of unraveling hearts. Between cryptic clues, late-night stakeouts, and unexpected sparks, Kelly and Jake’s uneasy alliance turns into something neither of them planned.

Now the clock is ticking. Sharon will be home soon, Jake’s “deal” is running out, and Kelly has to decide—does she really want him gone? Or has the man who swore marriage is for fools just made her believe in forever?

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