Starting Over in Dove Point

Riley built her life around other people’s expectations, always chasing the next nod of approval.

Approaching thirty, she can no longer tell if that effort meant anything—or if the love she has been pursuing was ever meant for her.

August and Riley were once close friends, but after that bond faded he threw all his energy into the family business in Dove Point, knowing it would one day be his.

When his father is struck by a sudden illness, August has to take control earlier than he intended, and the weight of that duty leaves him full of doubt.

Pressed by family demands and a future neither of them planned, they turn back toward the comfort they used to share, hoping they might begin again.