After floodwater ruins the community clinic's therapy rooms, Nola Voss needs a temporary, accessible home for her stroke survivor choir before a crucial grant review. The old customs shed in Kittiwake Bay could work, but harbor master Declan Everly has his own deadline: the town's traditional cedar navigation buoys must be cataloged, repaired, and ready for Coast Guard inspection before summer traffic can fully return. As rehearsals, sanding rhythms, tide charts, and fresh paint fill the shed, Nola and Declan learn to trust each other with the fears they usually keep hidden. Nola worries her worsening hearing could threaten the program she has rebuilt around music and visible cues, while Declan is haunted by a past harbor mistake and the cost of hesitating under pressure. With ferry operators, fishing crews, patients, volunteers, and town officials all counting down to inspection day, their growing affection has to become more than comfort. To save the harbor season and the choir's future, Nola and Declan must speak plainly, share the work, and choose whether they are brave enough to stand beside each other when it matters.
After floodwater ruins the community clinic's therapy rooms, Nola Voss needs a temporary, accessible home for her stroke survivor choir before a crucial grant review. The old customs shed in Kittiwake Bay could work, but harbor master Declan Everly has his own deadline: the town's traditional ced...