Met You at Sunset
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MatureOngoing2h 18m
Last published Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Cali Grant moved back to Azure Bay a year ago to escape the life she'd built in the big city. She's working on a ranch now, trying to find peace in the slow life, but it keeps getting interrupted. Latest interruption: her new boss - Ty.
Ty Hudson is back in Azure Bay for business, counting down the days until he can go home to his life in New York City. It might sound dramatic, but some of the worst experiences of his life are associated with the beach town. Latest experience: crossing paths with Cali.
~ dark (ish) romance
~ enemies to lovers
~ forced proximity
~ mature themes
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