The Final Offer

She has said no three times. He's about to make an offer she never expected.

Priscilla Abernathy has spent her career making difficult decisions, spotting expensive mistakes, and refusing to be impressed by powerful men. Back in Juniper Cove to help her aging father, she has a plan: solve the town's growing problems, finish her leave, and return to the life she built in Seattle.

Then there's Brandt Harlan.

A developer with a complicated past, Brandt once tried to reshape the town's waterfront into something Juniper Cove never wanted. Priscilla challenged him publicly, and to her surprise, he listened. Since then, he's made three attempts to get closer to her. She's rejected every one.

But when the town faces the loss of its only doctor, Brandt steps forward with an extraordinary proposal: he will donate a historic seaside inn and fund its conversion into a community health center.

There's just one problem. The building's ownership arrangements are more complicated than he first admits, and the future of the clinic depends on details that Priscilla refuses to overlook.

As she examines the contracts, challenges his assumptions, and helps turn an ambitious promise into a workable plan, she begins to see a different side of the man behind the developer's reputation. Brandt, in turn, discovers that winning Priscilla's trust will require more than money, charm, or grand gestures.

With a deadline approaching, Priscilla must decide whether the future she planned is still the future she wants.