She has a plan to save her family’s lakeside lodge. He has a tool belt, bad news, and absolutely no respect for her timelines.
After a career-ending wedding disaster in Chicago, Sloane Bellamy comes home to Juniper Shores Lodge with a binder full of plans and one goal: save her family’s crumbling lakeside property before it has to be sold.
Unfortunately, the lodge is in worse shape than she expected.
The porch is rotten. The roof leaks. The honeymoon cabin has plumbing issues. The kitchen stove may be haunted. And there is a raccoon in the gift shop with better survival instincts than most of the family.
What Sloane needs is a miracle.
What she gets is Dax Hollis.
Dax is the local contractor who knows every weak board, bad patch, and dangerous shortcut in the old lodge. He is also blunt, maddeningly practical, and far too good at seeing through Sloane’s perfectly controlled plans. He thinks she is trying to turn disaster into a color-coded fantasy. She thinks he is allergic to hope.
But as the repairs pile up and the showcase deadline gets closer, Sloane and Dax are forced to work side by side to bring Juniper Shores back to life. Between family chaos, small-town gossip, stolen supplies, emergency buckets, and one very opinionated dog, their arguments start feeling a lot like chemistry.
Sloane came home to save the lodge.
She never planned on falling for the man determined to show her what is worth rebuilding.
Love at First Leak is a small-town contractor rom-com full of forced proximity, family chaos, lakeside charm, renovation disasters, witty banter, and a happily ever after worth fighting for.
