The Lightkeeper

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Aurora Cross didn't plan on falling for a lighthouse.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Or the grumpy recluse living inside it.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Landing a coveted research slot at a remote Maine lighthouse she's ready to dive into her coastal biology thesis and leave distractions behind. But her plan takes an unexpected turn when the gruff lighthouse keeper turns out to be a battle-scarred artist with a serious aversion to company.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Kit Kinkade came home from war and disappeared. Trading noise for quiet chaos for canvas he's built a life of routine and solitude-until a determined scientist shows up and throws off his careful balance.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Stranded together in the windswept lighthouse Aurora and Kit have no choice but to share the space-and maybe something more. As days stretch into nights Aurora's warmth starts to chip away at Kit's shadows and he begins to wonder if there's still a place for him in the world outside his tower.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>When her research ends will Aurora walk away with only data or risk her heart for the man who helped her find more than she came for?</span></p>