Wedding planner Riley Lewis couldn’t wait to spend time with her best friend, Liza. But when she sets foot on California soil, she finds herself thrust into the arms of the handsome ex Navy SEAL Josh Bandon. But she’s not ready for a boyfriend, not after her recent breakup. Yet she can’t help how Josh makes her feel—alive and special.

Disabled veteran Joshua Bandon wanted one thing when he was discharged from the military—peace and quiet in his hometown of Redwood Cove, California where sleepy is the term locals dubbed the resort town. But the bed and breakfast he manages for his dad is anything but sleepy, especially when his service dog, Charlie, greets a tall black hair goddess who makes his heart beat a little faster, something that hasn’t happened since high school.

But Josh isn’t ready to get his heart severed in two. Riley isn’t ready for a steady relationship. Yet the two have a hard time keeping things platonic. Whatever is brewing between them will have to wait when Josh’s cousin, Liza, goes missing. Even more so when Riley doesn’t return from a day in San Francisco.

Now Josh is torn. Does he put all his efforts into finding Liza? Or does he tear up the landscape to rescue the one woman who grabbed a hold of his heart the minute Charlie greeted her?