Quaid is the street-tough kid adopted by the tight-knit O’Fallon clan and made into one of their own.

He’s spent a few years in the Coast Guard Search and Rescue, but still has a hint of danger humming under the surface—and a heart fiercely loyal to the man who saved him, Rory O’Fallon. That’s why Quaid’s come back home.

What he doesn’t expect is to run into the only person who’s ever cracked his armor, Cynthia James. His attraction has lasted years even though they’re worlds apart. She loves New York; he loves the River. She’s Vogue; he’s Field & Stream. He may be a rough-and-tumble river man, but he’s not about to let a second chance at his dream woman get away…