Loose Ends And Lost Causes (Slow Burn Enemies to Lovers Romcom)
(2026)(The third book in the Off The Grid series)
A novel by Alexx Andria
He came to sell it. She said no.
Lucas Reed doesn't make mistakes.
Except for the one he's running from — the one that could detonate his career in ninety days unless he finds a way out, fast.
So when he inherits ten acres of prime Santa Cruz coastline from a great aunt he barely knew, it looks like a miracle.
Until he reads the fine print.
He only owns half.
The other half belongs to Mia Bennett — barefoot, sharp-eyed, and completely unimpressed by his suit. She's spent eight years building Seaglass Cove into something that shouldn't work but does: yurts in the dunes, a treehouse over the water, a garden that feeds strangers, two territorial llamas, and a community that runs on trust instead of spreadsheets.
Mia didn't build this life to watch a man in Italian loafers carve it up for profit. She's not selling. Not for any price.
And there's a catch even Lucas didn't see coming.
He has to live there for ninety days before he can touch the deal.
Ninety days of sand in his loafers. Ninety days of a woman who sees right through him. Ninety days to convince her — or lose everything.
But Mia has her own reasons for holding on so tight. And the closer Lucas gets to understanding them, the harder it becomes to pretend this is still just business.
The problem?
The longer he stays, the less he wants to win.
A spicy, slow-burn, forced-proximity romcom with grumpy-sunshine tension, found family, and a hero who came to close a deal — not fall in love.
Genre: Romance
Lucas Reed doesn't make mistakes.
Except for the one he's running from — the one that could detonate his career in ninety days unless he finds a way out, fast.
So when he inherits ten acres of prime Santa Cruz coastline from a great aunt he barely knew, it looks like a miracle.
Until he reads the fine print.
He only owns half.
The other half belongs to Mia Bennett — barefoot, sharp-eyed, and completely unimpressed by his suit. She's spent eight years building Seaglass Cove into something that shouldn't work but does: yurts in the dunes, a treehouse over the water, a garden that feeds strangers, two territorial llamas, and a community that runs on trust instead of spreadsheets.
Mia didn't build this life to watch a man in Italian loafers carve it up for profit. She's not selling. Not for any price.
And there's a catch even Lucas didn't see coming.
He has to live there for ninety days before he can touch the deal.
Ninety days of sand in his loafers. Ninety days of a woman who sees right through him. Ninety days to convince her — or lose everything.
But Mia has her own reasons for holding on so tight. And the closer Lucas gets to understanding them, the harder it becomes to pretend this is still just business.
The problem?
The longer he stays, the less he wants to win.
A spicy, slow-burn, forced-proximity romcom with grumpy-sunshine tension, found family, and a hero who came to close a deal — not fall in love.
Genre: Romance
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