A grumpy chef, a sunshine disaster, and the houseboat that forces them together—welcome to the most chaotic love story in Sausalito.

Jessie Brooks is having a quarter-life crisis that's lasted a decade. When she inherits a floating disaster of a houseboat from her eccentric aunt, she trades her soul-crushing job fixing meditation apps for a new life on the water. The plan? Hide from her problems while figuring out which end of the boat is which. The reality? Creative electrical wiring, sunrise yoga interventions, and a ridiculously attractive neighbor whose cooking smells like heaven and whose conversation skills max out at three words.

Finn O'Sullivan doesn't do neighbors. Or conversation. Or anything that threatens the quiet life he's built after a vicious food critic destroyed his culinary career. He came to the marina to disappear, not to rescue his disaster-prone new neighbor from her aunt's creative electrical work. And definitely not to notice how her chaotic energy makes him want things he thought he'd given up on.

But when their floating community faces threats from developers and Jessie's relentless optimism starts cracking through Finn's walls, they discover that sometimes the best recipes—in cooking and in love—come from throwing out the rules and seeing what happens.

She's sunshine in sneakers. He's a grumpy chef in hiding. Their chemistry might just sink the whole marina.

A heartwarming romantic comedy about found families, second chances, and discovering that home isn't a place—it's the people who accept you at your messiest.

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