Saltwater Tears by Monique McDonell

Banner:
I survived my time as a marine, barely, and now I’m back home in Marlin Shores, running a marina with my two brothers who would rather be somewhere else. I don’t know why Lexi avoids me when everyone else in town has welcomed me back with open arms until I discover underneath the pink hair and tough attitude is the girl I was fiends with before she vanished years earlier. The more she wants me to keep my distance the more I’m drawn to her. It’s clear we both have scars, maybe we can heal together.

Lexi:
I don’t want Banner or anyone else to remember me as that broken girl. I need to stick to my plan to renovate my uncle’s house, sell it and get out of town. The only problem is the more time I spend with Banner, the more I want. He doesn’t know it but he probably saved my life. He wants to help me, I know that, and I used to trust him. How can I let go of the past and build a future when I don’t even trust myself? I want to let him in but I don’t know how.