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She came home to save her family's inn. She never expected to fall for the one man she was supposed to stay away from. Alexis Monroe has spent ten years building the perfect life in Boston-a sleek high-rise apartment, a career at a prestigious architecture firm, and a partnership within reach. She left her small coastal hometown in the rearview mirror and never looked back. Haven's Point, Maine was a place to escape from, not return to. Until one phone call changes everything. When her father suffers a heart attack just days before her career-making presentation, Lexi rushes home, promising herself she'll stay just long enough to help. Two weeks, tops. But the family's historic inn is falling apart, her mother is overwhelmed trying to care for both her husband and their guests, and the luxury hotel project Lexi's worked years for is slipping through her fingers with every day she stays. Then there's Jake Sullivan. The lanky boy she remembers from high school is now all man-confident, broad-shouldered, and running the construction company hired to renovate the inn. Working side by side in close quarters, designing by day and restoring weathered Victorian woodwork by night, professional collaboration becomes something neither of them can ignore. Late nights turn into lingering touches. Stolen glances become stolen kisses. There's just one problem: Jake is her best friend's older brother. And Emma Sullivan made it crystal clear from day one-stay away from him. She watched Jake's heart break when Lexi left for college twelve years ago and never looked back. She won't let her brother fall for someone who's already planning her escape route. But the connection between Lexi and Jake is undeniable, electric, impossible to resist. As they restore the inn's salt-weathered charm together, Lexi begins to see Haven's Point-and her own carefully constructed life-with new eyes. The town she couldn't wait to escape starts feeling like home. The small-scale work she thought was beneath her becomes the project she's most proud of. And the man she's been told to resist might be exactly what she's been searching for all along. Caught between the glittering career she built and the authentic life she's discovering, Lexi faces an impossible choice. Return to Boston and salvage what's left of her crumbling professional reputation, or risk everything-her friendship with Emma, her financial security, her carefully laid plans-for a chance at something real with a man who's loved her longer than she knows. Because loving Jake means staying in Haven's Point. And staying means admitting she's been chasing the wrong dream all along. A heartwarming small-town romance about coming home, second chances, and discovering that sometimes the life you're running from is exactly where you belong. Perfect for readers who love: Forbidden romance and best friend's brother tropes Forced proximity and workplace chemistry Coastal Maine settings with lighthouses and ocean breezes Career women rediscovering what really matters Blue-collar heroes who work with their hands Small-town charm and found family Steamy romance with emotional depth If you love Emily Henry's beach reads, Christina Lauren's contemporary romance, or Tessa Bailey's small-town stories, you'll fall for Her Best Friend's Brother. Grab your copy now and escape to Haven's Point, where the ocean breeze is salty, the coffee is strong, the contractor is irresistible, and coming home has never felt so good.

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