Harper Davis hasn't been back to Sunset Cove in fifteen years. Not since the summer that changed everything. The summer she fell in love with Cole Mitchell. The summer they planned their future. The summer that ended with her leaving without explanation and breaking both their hearts.Now she's back. Her childhood beach house needs to be sold. Her father passed away and left her the property she'd sworn never to see again. Harper plans to stay two weeks. Clean out the house. List it with a realtor. Leave. Just like last time. Quick. Painless. No looking back.But Sunset Cove has other plans. The house is full of memories she's spent fifteen years avoiding. The town hasn't forgotten her. And Cole Mitchell-successful architect, still single, still angry about how she left-is now the only contractor who can help prepare the house for sale.Working together is impossible. The hurt is too fresh. The anger too real. The attraction too strong. Cole doesn't trust Harper. Expects her to run again. Refuses to let her close. This is business. Nothing more. She broke his heart once. He won't give her the chance to do it again.But proximity forces conversations. Late nights sorting through her father's belongings reveal truths Harper never knew. The real reason her parents divorced. Why her father never remarried. Why he kept this house all these years. Why he left it to Harper with a letter begging her to come home. To stay. To give Sunset Cove-and Cole-another chance.Harper starts remembering why she loved this place. The ocean. The community. The peace. The life she could have had if fear hadn't won. If she'd been brave enough to stay. If she'd trusted love instead of running from it.Cole is falling for her again. Can feel it happening. Knows it's dangerous. She destroyed him once. Left without explanation. Without goodbye. Without caring that she was taking his heart with her. He swore he'd never forgive her. Never love her again. Never risk that pain. But somehow she's there anyway. In his thoughts. His heart. His dreams about the future he thought he'd lost.
The house restoration brings them closer. Reveals the truth about why Harper left. About her mother's ultimatum. About choosing her future over their love. About regretting it every day since. Cole has to decide: hold onto anger or risk everything for a second chance. Harper has to choose: sell the house and run, or stay and fight for the love she never stopped wanting.THE SUMMER WE FOUND FOREVER is an emotional coastal romance about second chances that feel impossible, learning that some loves never die, small beach towns that heal broken hearts, childhood sweethearts finding their way back, choosing courage over fear, understanding that home isn't a place but a person, and discovering that sometimes the best summers are the ones that teach us to stay.Perfect for fans of second-chance romance, coastal settings, beach house renovations, emotional healing, childhood sweethearts reunited, grumpy heroes who never stopped loving, brave heroines learning to stay, family secrets revealed, and happily ever afters that prove love is always worth the risk.
