Making waves in her career was easy... navigating the tides of her heart is another story. Jill Marshall I thought I had everything figured out: the perfect career in Portland, amazing friends, and a life completely different from my sunny Southern California roots. Then my parents’ retirement party summons me back to the beach town I fled a decade ago. One week. That’s all I have to survive. Between navigating awkward encounters with my ex-husband and his picture-perfect new family and dodging my parents’ interrogations about why I never visit, it should be interesting. What I don’t expect is Burke Andrews. My twin brother’s brooding surfer friend has transformed into a man who makes me question everything I thought I wanted. The connection between us feels inevitable, magnetic—but Burke’s complicated life threatens to pull me back into exactly the chaos I’ve spent years avoiding. Before I know it, I’m torn between the carefully constructed life waiting for me in Portland and the unexpected possibility of something new with Burke. Can I reconnect with my past without losing myself in the process? That One Time in California is a low spice, kisses-only romance of coming home, taking chances, and discovering that sometimes the life you’ve been running from might be the one you’ve been searching for all along.