Barefoot Promises

 She came back to flip the cottage. She didn’t expect to find the life she thought she’d lost.

When Isla Quinn returns to Driftwood Cove to renovate her late aunt Margot’s seaside cottage, she’s determined to keep it all business—three months, a fresh coat of paint, and a fast sale. But the scent of lemon scones and cedar is a reminder that this home once held her softer pieces, the ones she thought she outgrew.

Then Caleb Hart shows up on her porch—the boy she left behind, now a rugged single father with a tool belt and a daughter who believes in glitter murals and forever promises.

As renovation turns into restoration, Isla finds herself torn between the fast-paced future waiting in New York and the messy, magical possibility of rebuilding something lasting in the place she once fled. But love, like Driftwood Cove, doesn’t ask for permission. It just waits—for you to stop running.

Perfect for fans of small-town romance, emotional healing, and stories where the walls remember the people they’ve held, Barefoot Promises is a tender, heartwarming beginning to the Driftwood Cove series.