He arrived on a warm summer’s day… Malakai Azaiah Dunbar, a loner whose home was the ocean I adored. I was eighteen, he was thirty-six. My foolish heart was stolen by a man who refused to accept I existed. A forbidden kiss sending him back into the arms of the ocean. I was nineteen. He was thirty-seven. He was changed. Cruel. Abrasive. Until he wasn't and I gave him something precious. I'm twenty. He’s thirty-eight. He’s back but doesn't know I've grown to love him more with every passing year. Just like the ocean we both adore, Malakai is mysterious, tumultuous, dangerous, and not to be tamed. But this time I'm going to keep him. This time I’m going to make him stay. **This is a standalone, age gap, contemporary romance with high heat levels and a love story that might just make you weep. Recommended for 17+ readers due to adult content and language.