Are you ready for…
❤️An NFL running back who falls first… and absolutely refuses to fall quietly?
❤️A fiercely independent songwriter who doesn’t have time for love—even when it shows up six-foot-two with dimples?
❤️A sports romance where training camp collides with mermaids, smugglers, pirates, and Mermaid Karaoke?
❤️A hero who shows up. Again. And again. And again—because walking away was never part of his playbook?
❤️A small-town island where gossip spreads faster than a viral karaoke video?
❤️A woman chasing her dreams and the man determined to be on her team?
❤️Found family, football players who are chaos in cleats, and a heroine who refuses to let anyone sideline her life?
❤️Banter, tension, sizzling chemistry… and a running back who absolutely does not understand the meaning of “just friends”?

About Dena
D.E. Haggerty is actually just plain old Dena, but she thinks using initials makes her sound like one of the cool kids. She was born and raised in the U.S. but has spent the majority of her adult life abroad living in cool-sounding places like Istanbul, Heidelberg, and The Hague. She has job hopped from military policewoman to lawyer to B&B owner. She finally jumped off the job hopping bandwagon a few years ago when she decided to turn her addiction to romance novels into a career. If anyone has ideas on how to turn a love of wine into a job, she’s all ears.