Love Notes

After five days of rain and storms, Jack Cruz can’t wait for a run on the beach in his hometown of Grace Harbor. The walls have been crowding in since his brother got married and his sister announced her second pregnancy. While his siblings’ lives are moving forward, his remains stagnant.
All that changes when he finds a message in a bottle washed to shore. He takes the bottle home and carefully retrieves the paper from inside the bottle. Could the date be right? Was it possible for a bottle to float in the ocean for over a hundred years before surfacing on the coast? Curious, he seeks the help of Anna Forde, his sister’s childhood friend and history teacher.
Anna’s had a crush on her friend’s big brother all through high school, but she shoved those feelings aside when she realized he’d never see her the same way. Eight years later, she doesn’t think much when he shows up at her door with a mysterious letter, but soon they’re spending more and more time together as they discuss and research the letter’s possibilities.
When those old feelings start to resurface, she tries hard to tamp them down. She worked too hard to hide them the first time, not to mention Jack has a reputation for not settling down.
Jack’s feelings for Anna take him by surprise, but as his sister’s friend, she is strictly off-limits. Not that it would matter. She knows his reputation and has made it clear she’s not interested.

Can a discovery from the life of the letter’s author finally bring Jack and Anna together or will it destroy any chance of a happy ending?