Steamy small-island romance where heartbroken Zoe falls for mysterious local Darren—tied to a decades-old death and a foster-brothers’ pact—forcing her to choose love or safety.

USA Today best-selling author Allie Boniface brings you the Prequel to the Cocktail Cruise series! Jace and Pearl aren’t two strangers on opposite sides of the bargaining table. They’re old friends who shared a smoking hot kiss years ago, when all that mattered were high school crushes and beach parties. Now he wants to buy her family’s historic diner — but she’ll do anything to save it. Will a business deal come between these two soul mates, or will they get their second chance?