Ewan Fate left home seven years ago never intending to stay gone.

Now, he's wondering how he'll ever manage to go back. When an extended creative block and an inability to paint puts his career in jeopardy, he packs his bags, ignores his doubts, and travels home to the east coast.

The sleepy little fishing town of Siren's Point isn't so sleepy when Ewan comes back to town. Nothing much has changed since he's been away—the locals still gossip, the lobstermen still haul traps, and Shiloh Lepage is still the love of his life.

Shiloh spends his days on the ocean, and his nights alone. He feels stuck in a relationship that has gone stagnant. He misses a childhood friend he hasn't spoken to in seven years, and should have long given up on. He doesn't know what else to do, and so he simply goes on.

Ewan is supposed to be on vacation. He's supposed to be relaxing, and, if he's lucky, finding himself again. But all he's found is a rekindling of desire that never quite went away, no matter how many miles he put between himself and Shiloh. Now back in Siren's Point, he finds himself confronted with old fears, new choices, and the realization that some things will never change.

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