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Finnegan Ross, 40, is a former Coast Guard rescue swimmer who witnessed his partner drown during a storm five years ago. Haunted by survivor's guilt, he retreated to this isolated Maine island as its lighthouse keeper, believing he no longer deserves human connection. Now, a marine biologist has arrived for a three-month study, forcing him into proximity he both resists and secretly craves. He wants to keep the lighthouse—and his past—functioning, but the island's new presence threatens his fragile equilibrium.

Themes: Male, Female-POV, Military, Protector, Action, Contemporary