Beneath His City Lights

The man who destroyed her career may be the only one who can save her home.

Tessa Hart has spent years holding Hart's Landing together with duct tape, stubborn hope, and a smile she can barely afford. The lakeside resort has been in her family for generations, but with leaking ceilings, tax pressure, a failing wing, and her father's health declining, one bad season could erase everything they built.

Then a black car arrives in the middle of a storm.

Cole Anders.

The ruthless CEO who fired her.
The man she once trusted.
The man she never fully stopped wanting.

Cole came to evaluate a failing property. He did not expect to find Tessa running the place like her heart was nailed into every floorboard. He did not expect the old guilt to hit this hard. And he definitely did not expect to risk his company, his board, and his carefully controlled life for the woman who has every reason to hate him.

But Hart's Landing is not just another deal.

A rival buyer is circling. Secrets from the past are rising. And the more Cole uncovers, the more dangerous the truth becomes. The scandal that ruined Tessa's career was never as simple as she believed — and the people who benefited from her fall may not be finished yet.

Tessa knows better than to trust Cole again.

But when the resort, her family legacy, and her heart are all on the line, walking away may cost her everything.

And if Cole wants a second chance, he will have to do more than save the resort.

He will have to prove he is no longer the man who broke her.

Beneath His City Lights is an emotional second-chance contemporary romance featuring a powerful CEO hero, a strong small-town heroine, forced proximity, family legacy, corporate secrets, redemption, slow-burn tension, and a satisfying happily ever after.