Harbor Festival

High-powered marketing executive Cassidy Wren didn’t plan to spend her mandatory, so-called vacation in a sleepy coastal town—especially not one with a failing festival and opinions about everything.

Burned out, bitter, and convinced her career is slipping away, Cassidy arrives in Starlight Shores determined to endure her time at the quaint seaside cottage, build a comeback plan, and return to corporate life. But when the mayor learns of her marketing background, Cassidy is strong-armed into reviving the town’s struggling annual Harbor Festival, a beloved event tied to the community’s maritime heritage.

From the start, Cassidy clashes with Bryan Lucas, a third-generation fisherman and head of the festival committee. Bryan is fiercely protective of the working waterfront and deeply suspicious of Cassidy’s big-city ideas. As planning unfolds, their professional tension gives way to reluctant respect and a growing attraction neither expected.

While researching the festival’s past, Cassidy uncovers old photographs showing the lighthouse hosting mysterious academic visitors in the past. Winnie, the lighthouse keeper, offers only half-answers, hinting at a past no one seems eager to discuss.

As storms threaten festival preparations and outside developers circle the lighthouse, the town bands together. Working alongside neighbors who quickly become friends, Cassidy discovers something she never found in corporate success: a true sense of belonging.

When her boss arrives with a promotion that would pull her away just as the festival begins, Cassidy must choose between the life she planned and the community she’s grown to love.

Set against the warm, windswept coast of Florida, Harbor Festival, book two in the Starlight Shores series, is a heartwarming small-town romance about community, second chances, found family, and the secrets a lighthouse keeps. Perfect for readers who love cozy coastal fiction, gentle romance, and stories where belonging matters more than ambition.