The Panama Lock Kiss
Six years ago, Julian Cross vanished without a word, leaving architect Mara Senn to rebuild her life — and her heart — alone. Now fate hands them the same job: designing Panama City's new waterfront transit museum, a landmark that could define both their careers. Forced into partnership, old chemistry ignites fast and furious under the canal's floodlights, but a corrupt donor's hidden agenda threatens to bury the project — and Julian's long-buried secret with it. This time, Julian must choose honesty over protection, even when it costs him everything. And Mara must decide whether love earned through accountability is worth the risk of trusting him again. A slow-burn second-chance romance of ambition, integrity, and the kind of love that has to be rebuilt in the open, brick by honest brick, before it can stand at all. Free sample available.
About the story
Six years ago, Julian Cross vanished without a word, leaving architect Mara Senn to rebuild her life — and her heart — alone. Now fate hands them the same job: designing Panama City's new waterfront transit museum, a landmark that could define both their careers. Forced into partnership, old chemistry ignites fast and furious under the canal's floodlights, but a corrupt donor's hidden agenda threatens to bury the project — and Julian's long-buried secret with it. This time, Julian must choose honesty over protection, even when it costs him everything. And Mara must decide whether love earned through accountability is worth the risk of trusting him again. A slow-burn second-chance romance of ambition, integrity, and the kind of love that has to be rebuilt in the open, brick by honest brick, before it can stand at all.
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By June Bellamy. Listed listening length: 17 minutes. Category: Contemporary Romance. Story dynamics: Second Chance / Exes, Redemption Arc.
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