I came to Whispering Key for a job. That was all. To show the world Mason Bloom could be more than a small-town doctor living a medium-sized life. Private doctor on a swanky island with a posh resort? Check. But from the moment I set foot on this island, nothing went according to plan. I didn't expect to find the resort falling apart. I didn't expect the people here to be so charming and crazy and welcoming and real. I didn't expect legends about shipwrecks and buried treasure. And I definitely didn't expect Fenn Reardon, the island's incredibly attractive, incredibly infuriating, incredibly male resident tour guide, to become the one person I can't live without. Thirty-five's a bit late for me to realize I'm not straight, though, right? And I have big dreams that won't fit on Whispering Key, anyway-dreams that do not include tying myself to a tiny island stuck in the past or to a man who refuses to think about the future. My head's telling me I have to leave Whispering Key... My heart's telling me there might be treasure on this island after all.
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