Whidbey Island (Whidbey Island #1)

Following the death of his beautiful boyfriend Leander, Joel Woodley moves back to his childhood home on dramatic, sea-swept Whidbey Island. Joel spends his days helping his parents run their resort, Tall Pines Inn, while desperately trying to keep his mind off of losing the love of his life.

On a fateful ferry trip across Puget Sound, Joel is thrown for a loop when gorgeous Naval officer Eli Curran buys him a cup of coffee. Confused by feelings he thought had died with Leander, Joel can't recognize the good fortune he's just been served. When a terrible storm hits the island and a young guest of Tall Pines goes missing, Joel has no choice but to surrender to the wills of the Pacific Northwest. And try as he might, he simply can no longer ignore the handsome Navy man with bright blue eyes who keeps popping back into his life.