As an engineering geologist, Anais (Ana) Bloom is thrilled when she arrives in Sainte-Luce-Sur-Mer to study the effects of climate changes and rising sea levels on the shoreline of the Saint-Laurent River. Soon after she settles in at the quaint White Sheep Inn, she develops a friendship with the innkeeper and her canine companion. The innkeeper’s granddaughter, however, is a whole other story. Melodie is attractive, perhaps, but she’s also impulsive, has a bad attitude, and doesn’t share an ounce of her grandmother’s hospitality.

Melodie Beaulieu has never planned to follow in her grandmother’s footsteps and become an innkeeper. The only thing she’s wanted all her life is to live by the sea, in her hometown. When Ana Bloom comes to the White Sheep Inn and threatens her entire way of living, she simply won’t have it. She despises the scientist and her big theories and chooses to ignore her good looks and that damn red, unruly hair of hers.

Ana and Melodie would gladly keep staying out of each other’s way, but Mother Nature has other plans. Trapped inside the inn when a strong storm surge hits the beach community, they’re forced to come together to face the terrifying event and its aftermath. Can they rise above their conflicting beliefs and let their attraction take the lead?

Genevieve was born in Rimouski, a small town in the French Canadian province of Quebec, Canada. After getting her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, she moved to the United States for her graduate studies in French literature. She stayed to work and spent a total of thirteen years in the United States, from Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Albany, New York. During that time she started and abandoned several novels until she started reading lesbian fiction. She found more than inspiration in the work of women like Geri Hill and Karin Kallmaker; she found direction.Genevieve eventually went back home to Canada where she now enjoys writing, spending time with friends and family, and hiking with her dog Spike.

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I enjoyed this romance. This is the third and my favorite book I have read by Fortin. She writes really well and each new book seems more enjoyable than her last. I wasn’t crazy about the main conflict scene but I was happy it didn’t happen right at the end of the book. The characters actually had time to decide if a HEA was possible or not. This is something we need to see more of in romances so I appreciate that fact. Fortin is slowly becoming one of my preferred traditional romance authors. Her writing works for me and I’m hopeful traditional romance fans will enjoy this one too.—goodreads-Lex Kent's Reviews

This was a nice read! I'm a bit surprised that Fortin managed to teach us about climate change and global warming while writing a romance, but it totally worked. MC Ana is a scientist who's traveled to a small town on the Saint Laurent River to study and observe an incoming storm. MC Melodie is hard-headed, has a temper, and hates that a scientist would swoop in to tell her that she needs to move their inn further back from the shoreline, and away from the powerful sea. What follows is a nice push and pull between the two, with both sides softening and both sides coming around to each other's POV. Melodie's temper was tough at times, but Fortin really showed how she grew throughout the novel, and I came to understand and appreciate Melodie's choices more and more throughout. I found that by the end, I was really enjoying the angst instead of being irritated with it. It was a good change of pace from the traditional manufactured drama that many writers fall into the trap of using.—goodreads- Bethany's Reviews