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Say When
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Expected 30 May 26She said no. He built anyway.
Sloane Archer is fifty-two, fiercely independent, and done with love. After her ex-husband told her she was "too much," she poured everything into Salt & Ember, the restaurant she built from nothing on the Oregon coast. Now she's building one last her dream house on the headland above Tidal Cove. No compromises. No shared closets. No man's opinion about how she spends her evenings.
Then Finn Castellano shows up with blueprints and a work ethic and the patience of a man who knows how to build things that last.
He's thirty-four. She's fifty-two. He calls her Sloane—never a nickname. He eats her cooking like it's communion. He notices her earrings and her deflections and the way she touches the framing lumber like she's blessing it. And he makes it very, very clear that the only blueprint he can't stop studying is her.
Sloane has spent a decade proving she doesn't need anyone. Finn isn't asking her to need him. He's asking her to want him. And wanting—real, terrifying, body-and-soul wanting—is the one thing she swore she'd never do again.
Say When is the fifth and final book in the Tidal Cove series. It features a fiery older heroine, a patient younger hero, a house that becomes a metaphor, a crew of friends who've been waiting ten years for the woman who held them all together to finally let someone hold her back, and enough heat to fog every window in that dream house.
Sloane Archer is fifty-two, fiercely independent, and done with love. After her ex-husband told her she was "too much," she poured everything into Salt & Ember, the restaurant she built from nothing on the Oregon coast. Now she's building one last her dream house on the headland above Tidal Cove. No compromises. No shared closets. No man's opinion about how she spends her evenings.
Then Finn Castellano shows up with blueprints and a work ethic and the patience of a man who knows how to build things that last.
He's thirty-four. She's fifty-two. He calls her Sloane—never a nickname. He eats her cooking like it's communion. He notices her earrings and her deflections and the way she touches the framing lumber like she's blessing it. And he makes it very, very clear that the only blueprint he can't stop studying is her.
Sloane has spent a decade proving she doesn't need anyone. Finn isn't asking her to need him. He's asking her to want him. And wanting—real, terrifying, body-and-soul wanting—is the one thing she swore she'd never do again.
Say When is the fifth and final book in the Tidal Cove series. It features a fiery older heroine, a patient younger hero, a house that becomes a metaphor, a crew of friends who've been waiting ten years for the woman who held them all together to finally let someone hold her back, and enough heat to fog every window in that dream house.
261 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication May 30, 2026
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Frankie Fox
51 books12 followersFrankie Fox writes steamy contemporary romance with a taste for fast-burn passion and emotionally charged characters. Her novels blend small-town settings and alpha heroes, delivering high-heat, character-driven stories.
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