Golden Shores

<p><strong>Some shores anchor you in duty. Others teach you how to drift toward joy...</strong></p><p>Jerry Duncan has built his life around service. As an Army Staff Sergeant and devoted single father to two special needs sons he shoulders the weight of everyone else's needs. Between pre-dawn PT sessions therapy appointments for the boys and the shadows of PTSD that follow him home from deployment Jerry has forgotten what wanting something for himself even feels like. This is love in his world: sacrifice structure and showing up no matter how bone-deep the exhaustion runs.</p><p>When his best friend Mac and his mother Maggie refuse to take no for an answer Jerry finds himself boarding the <em>Elysian Serenade</em> with a duffle bag and a chest full of guilt. Taking a week away from his boys for something as indulgent as rest feels like the height of selfishness. He doesn't have time for romance. He's just trying to keep his head above water.</p><p>Then he meets Scarlet Bellari. Sharp ambitious and beautifully guarded Scarlet sees through his quiet armor to the heart he's spent years protecting. Through her laugh her touch her unflinching gaze Jerry begins to rediscover a joy buried beneath years of duty and hurt. But loving Scarlet means risking vulnerability and bridging two worlds: the magic they've found at sea and the beautiful chaos of his life back home with his sons.</p><p>With Mac's fierce loyalty and his sons' pure wisdom as his compass Jerry discovers that true strength isn't carrying the world alone.</p><p><em>Golden Shores</em> is Jerry's story: a journey about finding the courage to let love in and learning that being worthy doesn't require being perfect.</p><p>Experience Scarlet's perspective in <em>Scarlet Wave</em> the companion novel that reveals the other side of their transformative voyage.</p><p><strong>Set sail with the <em>RomantiSea Serenades</em> series where every journey is a chance to find yourself and love is always part of the adventure.</strong></p>