Bad Timing And Worse Ideas
(2026)(The second book in the Off The Grid series)
A novel by Alexx Andria
She built a life where no one could reach her. Then a shipwrecked carpenter washed up on her shore.
Clara Hawkins keeps the lighthouse at Beacon's End, Maine—and she keeps to herself. Three years after walking away from a relationship that tried to make her smaller, she's got her solitude, her secret webcomic, and a talent for telling nosy townsfolk to mind their own business. She doesn't need rescuing. She doesn't need company. She definitely doesn't need the broad-shouldered, easygoing carpenter who just capsized his boat in her cove.
Jack Callahan has spent years drifting from town to town, building things for other people and never staying long enough to build anything for himself. He's charming. He's handy. He's hiding a grief he refuses to name. And the stubborn, sharp-tongued lighthouse keeper who reluctantly fished him out of the Atlantic? She sees right through him—which is exactly why he should leave.
But the inn is full. The town is meddling. And the lighthouse has exactly one spare bed.
Between a collapsed festival stage, a town-wide betting pool on their love life, and a pub owner with a matchmaking spreadsheet, Clara and Jack discover that the person you never planned for might be the one you can't live without. If only they'd stop being so afraid to stay.
A warm, witty coastal romance about two people who've perfected the art of running—and the small town that refuses to let them.
Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, and Lynn Painter.
Forced proximity · Opposites attract · Small town romance · He falls first · Grumpy/sunshine · Found family '' Spicy
Genre: Romance
Clara Hawkins keeps the lighthouse at Beacon's End, Maine—and she keeps to herself. Three years after walking away from a relationship that tried to make her smaller, she's got her solitude, her secret webcomic, and a talent for telling nosy townsfolk to mind their own business. She doesn't need rescuing. She doesn't need company. She definitely doesn't need the broad-shouldered, easygoing carpenter who just capsized his boat in her cove.
Jack Callahan has spent years drifting from town to town, building things for other people and never staying long enough to build anything for himself. He's charming. He's handy. He's hiding a grief he refuses to name. And the stubborn, sharp-tongued lighthouse keeper who reluctantly fished him out of the Atlantic? She sees right through him—which is exactly why he should leave.
But the inn is full. The town is meddling. And the lighthouse has exactly one spare bed.
Between a collapsed festival stage, a town-wide betting pool on their love life, and a pub owner with a matchmaking spreadsheet, Clara and Jack discover that the person you never planned for might be the one you can't live without. If only they'd stop being so afraid to stay.
A warm, witty coastal romance about two people who've perfected the art of running—and the small town that refuses to let them.
Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Abby Jimenez, and Lynn Painter.
Forced proximity · Opposites attract · Small town romance · He falls first · Grumpy/sunshine · Found family '' Spicy
Genre: Romance
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