The Tide Between Us

Miami, 1975. Solange Pierre-Louis speaks English the way her Haitian childhood taught her, and the rich of Palm Beach have never let her forget it. Her uncle sits in a stockade, one signature from deportation, and carries a ledger that could damn a powerful family.

Gideon Marsh has never wanted a Crane penny. The tugboat captain is the secret son of a dying magnate, and his father's will makes him CEO of an empire, but only if he marries within days. The clause is a forgery, Solange knows it, and she is the only one who can prove it.

So she offers a deal: one year of marriage, separate rooms, public affection only when required. Clause 14 is the last: *no falling in love.*

But a hurricane is gathering over the Gulf, a smiling half-brother is hollowing out the family company, and the man in the pale linen suit knows exactly what Solange is hiding. Neither of them planned on a courthouse kiss that rattled them both.