Sea Storms by Nellie Krauss

If a sea storm can change a coastline, imagine what it can do to a broken heart.

Antique jewelry appraiser Banji Aloysius Preston usually lives in the moment, but she never imagined a moment as devastating as this. Reinventing herself has left her unemployed and staying in her deceased Grandmother’s isolated seaside cottage. There she uncovers family secrets that should have stayed buried—while sharing her stretch of Southern California sand with a scarred man who hides secrets of his own.

Santiago Cordova is a passionate man trapped in a solitary life. Tortured by rejection and betrayal, he finds the possibility of winning Banji’s love both alluring and terrifying. She is a temptation to a man who is desperate to love again and fearful that a broken heart will crush his last shred of humanity. Santiago might be the only one who can save Banji from her family’s past, but who will save him if he takes the leap of faith and fails?