At eighteen, Lily Bloom made a promise on her mother’s deathbed...to care for her two younger sisters and keep them together at all costs. So she did the only thing available to her to achieve that goal, she married the owner of the flower shop she worked at part-time. Now a widow at just thirty-one, she’s made a name for herself and plans on keeping it. Men? The last one she had was a necessity. The next? Nah, not worth it. Zane Wolfe is a single father who had to cut his military career short when his ex decided parenting wasn’t for her. With no choice in the matter and not about to give his child up, he moved back home to start his own business and get the help of his family to give his daughter the life she deserved. Women? He has no time or need for them other than a physical release. Relationships? Been there, done that, and not crazy enough to try again...or is he?

Rose Bloom is the baby of the Bloom sisters. The one that was the hardest to get a read on. The one that held it all in rather than burden her sisters. She has secrets she’d rather not share and they are in her past where they belong. If they’d jaded her opinion of men, well, she didn’t have much of a favorable one since her father skipped town when she was a baby. Then why is she wondering and waiting for their sexy attorney to finally make a move toward her? Or is she just going to have to bite the bullet and make it herself? Thomas Klein spent too much of his life trying to be someone he wasn’t. Years of having his mother lecture him to not be like his father drove him to move across the country. But his father calls and asks him to take over the family firm and finds it's what he’s been waiting for. The minute he meets Rose Bloom, he is intrigued. Yet it’s been seven years while he’s trying to get a read on her. Maybe it was time to just be himself and make that move. If she shoots him down, then he knows he can move on, but he’d still continue to protect her and her sisters like he’s been doing for years.

Zara Wolfe had her heart broken when her high school sweetheart said she wasn’t the one for him. They wanted different things in their lives and Mystic couldn’t be the place he’d live his life. She’d tried to move on but wondered if every guy she’d dated was being measured on the stick of her first love. Now he has returned and wants a second chance and she has to decide if she’s strong enough to go down that path again. Ren Whitney had no intention of staying in Mystic and taking over the family marina. His father and he butted heads enough that at nineteen he waved his middle finger in the air and vowed never to return, which of course meant breaking the ties with Zara. With his father gone and his life being thrown an unexpected curveball, he realizes home and family are what he needs and prays he can get Zara to forgive him and find what they once had again.

Jasmine Greene had a childhood many would dream of. Traveling the world. Learning new cultures. Experiencing things most only saw on TV. But to her, she’d lost so much and only wanted to be like others her own age. She’s on her own now, in the small town of Mystic, doing what she loves. What she is still missing out on is a relationship with a man and hopes to find it someday. It’d be on her terms though because letting others call the shots in her life is a thing of the past. Wesley Wright tragically lost his wife and was struggling to move on with his life. When he saw the opportunity to buy a marina that he’d vacationed at with her, he took a risk and changed courses. He is terrified he is in over his head and treading carefully to stay afloat. The last thing he is ready for or thought he’d find is another woman to lose his heart to and maybe give him what he’s been needing and wanting for so long. He only has to convince her that he really is ready to let the past go.

Violet Soren’s parents made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their only child. When she was younger, Violet had no choice in those decisions. Now as an adult, she’s spent so much of her time as someone else, she doesn’t know who she is anymore and wonders if that is what is holding her back from finding love. Until a vacationer comes into town and she realizes it’s time to figure it all out and put herself first. Trace Mancini is finally doing what he wants in life. Not for anyone else and only for what he’s dreamed of. He isn’t in Mystic for the reason he’s given though. Not the full reason. But the closer he gets to Violet, he realizes that to earn her trust he may have to betray his best friend in the process.

Luke Remington has a past and childhood no one knows about and he has no plans on sharing. His military career is just one more mark against him. He’s seen and done things most women would gasp at. His new career as a State Trooper is just another slot in time that most women can’t handle. In his eyes, he’ll never be good enough for someone, so might as well be married to his job. Until he meets someone that he actually wants to try with. If he can work up the courage to let her in. Heather Davis has never been good enough in her parents' eyes. She couldn’t be what they wanted so she moved and decided to do what made her happy. Luke brings things out of her that no man has ever done before. Like a one-night stand at her boss’s wedding. When he arrives back in town to stay, she wonders if there is any way she could be the woman for him and wiggle her way into his complex life.

Growing up all over the world, moving from one poverty-stricken country to another, Dahlia Greene wants one thing out of her adult life. Stability. She’s worked hard to get to where she is, even relocating to be by her sisters. Life was dull and boring—and just like she wanted it! Until the FBI comes knocking on her door, letting her know she is under investigation for missing money at her last job. Special Agent Hugh Crosby left the Special Victims Unit behind and moved states away to work with white-collar crimes. He’s seen and experienced one too many horrific things that will never leave his memory and now craves a slower career. A failed marriage and sleepless nights are the least of his worries. He meets Dahlia Greene working on his next case and knows beyond a doubt this woman is going to disrupt his life more than ever before. He can only hope he doesn't blow it but to do that, he has to protect her from the demons he carries.