A two week beach vacation with a near-perfect stranger.

Tess Monroe has done a lot of crazy things, but this just might top the list.

After years spent trying everything to keep the sadness from her parents' deaths at bay, Tess has hit a wall. It's time for a change, and part of that means stopping her annual stays at the resort she's been visiting since childhood. Hell-bent on making the most of her last trip, she's thrown for a loop when a man she shared a chance encounter with almost a year ago shows up, crashing her summer vacation.

Kit Llewellyn has a good thing going. He's a Sheriff's deputy in a small town with a bachelor reputation that precedes him. But one fateful weekend with Tess left him acutely aware of everything he lacks in life. Namely, her. Try as he might, he can't get her out of his head. Which is how he finds himself checking into the Carmen, with no better plan than to make himself as unforgettable for Tess as she has been for him.

Two weeks at a resort can't possibly heal what took a lifetime to break. But when Tess and Kit, who've spent years running from their respective problems, finally run into each other, those raw edges stop feeling quite so jagged. It's got them both wondering what happens next; a question that would take more PTO than either of them has to finally answer.

Fate may have brought them together, but it's up to Kit and Tess to decide if their stay is worth extending, or if they should check out before any more hearts get broken.

The End and Then (Loveless)