This is the final installment of the Safe Harbor trilogy and really brought it all home. It literally brought the prodigal son home. Worth Stapleton escaped the small town and all of his past family trauma from there and made a life for himself in the financial world in the city until it all came tumbling down just as secrets from the past were already messing with his head. 

Sam Bookman is a hometown boy, preacher's son, and all-around good guy. He owns a non-profit coffee shop to help at-risk youth and dreams of opening his home up to kids. He had a crush on Worth when younger and was one of the people in Safe Harbor who never forgot about Worth and kept trying to reach out to him.

So when Worth is lost, alone, and has nowhere to go, he finds himself in Safe Harbor and on Sam's doorstep...the place he used to call home before it all went terribly wrong. Worth is a broken man, but Sam is determined to do whatever is needed to make him feel better make him want to stay. 

Sam is just the sweetest cinnamon roll and caretaker and he just won my heart. The way he takes charge and takes care of Worth. The way he cares for his community. He is caring, optimistic, supportive, thoughtful, and is determined to help Worth see his true worth.

Worth has so many struggles. But Sam gives him the safe space and inspiration to  fight...for a new life, his mental health, his self-worth, forgiveness, and to want a real home again. But he is also scared and is not sure he is enough.

This is a heartfelt, emotional,  steamy, crush-to-friends-to-lovers, hurt-comfort, roommates, small-town love story focusing on found family and home. It's about trust, vulnerability, safety, acceptance, self-forgiveness, and finding purpose. There are hot first times and a connection that grows into something that both grounds them and makes them truly want to live full lives. They balance each other in unexpected ways. But there are personal demons and professional challenges and layers of pain, hurt, and guilt that need to be navigated. 

It brings back the other couples from the series and some fun cameos. This one literally touched my heart so deeply and at one point I actually burst into tears. And I do not usually cry in books. This series has been amazing with the threads of mystery, emotional baggage, mental health and physical challenges rep, and a strong sense of found family and home.