Two life-long rivals...forced to share one tiny beach cabin...
For an entire week.
Ever since he lost his parents, Nox has counted down the days until his family's annual getaway at Dove Tide Beach?a week of laughter, traditions, and the people who helped put him back together.
But this year comes with one unexpected complication: Winter.
A last-minute cabin mix-up leaves Nox sharing close quarters with the one man he can't stand. Successful, controlled, and emotionally unavailable, Winter has spent years trading barbs with Nox whenever their families cross paths. With nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape, old rivalries quickly give way to explosive chemistry neither of them is prepared for.
One reckless moment changes everything.
They agree that what happens in Cabin 9 stays in Cabin 9. No expectations. No promises. No future.
But a week at the beach can't keep real life?or old wounds?at bay forever. As buried insecurities, painful secrets, and deeply ingrained defenses begin to surface, Nox and Winter must decide whether what they found behind the cabin door was only temporary...or worth risking both their hearts for.
