Take Me Under: A Steamy Small Town Romance

By Ivy Sexton

Gia Moretti came to Hartley Cove with an itinerary: settle her brother Theo's estate, sell his boat, leave before the grief catches up. She booked three nights. She did not book Sam Cordell.

Sam was Theo's best friend - the big, quiet, capable one, the man who's spent every day since the accident keeping a boat perfect for a voyage he'll never allow himself. Then Theo's sister walks down his dock with Theo's eyes and the wrong shoes for a working harbor, and she's the first person in years who doesn't flinch at his grief - and the first one who makes the rest of him wake all the way up.

She has no right to want him. He has no right to want her. They are both spectacularly failing at not wanting. And the boat neither of them can look at is named the Gia B - because her brother knew them both better than they know themselves.

Some tides you fight. This isn't one.

Take me under.

A steamy, deeply emotional forbidden-love standalone in the Hartley Cove series. Guaranteed happily-ever-after. Bring tissues. You'll be fanning yourself with them by chapter seven.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HF1R3GQ5
• ISBN13: 9798192374917
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"