Starlight Cove: Almost a Stranger

By Piper Vance

Starlight Cove was supposed to be predictable.
Quiet mornings at The Paper Heart, the familiar rhythm of coffee and books, the comfort of plans that actually make sense.

Then Jax Miller comes back.

He's older, broader, and still carries the ocean in his posture-like he never truly stopped moving, even when he's standing still. Clara remembers him as a name people whispered about at the marina. A story that never fully ended. And now he's right there at Blue Wave Marina, close enough to ruin her carefully organized life one interrupted breath at a time.

Clara doesn't do chaos. She doesn't do mystery. And she definitely doesn't do men who show up with unanswered questions and a smile that feels like trouble.

But Starlight Cove is the kind of town that pulls everyone into the same places-string lights by the water, the noise of the harbor, the warmth of The Rusty Anchor-until resistance starts to look a lot like longing.

Because the more Clara tries to keep Jax at arm's length...
the more she realizes he might be the one thing she never planned for.

A sweet, feel-good coastal romance filled with banter, small-town charm, and a satisfying happily-ever-after.

Tropes: Enemies-to-lovers - Small-town coastal romance - Opposites attract - Slow-burn chemistry

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GHGBSH3K
• ISBN13: 9798244337211
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"