Changing Tides (Cape May) by Linny Mack

After a betrayal that blows up her entire life, Sophie Bennett runs—straight to Cape May, New Jersey, the beach town that still feels like safety. Thirteen years of marriage, years of infertility, and a husband she thought was her forever… gone in an instant when she discovers his affair (on her birthday) and learns the mistress is pregnant. Sophie arrives determined to heal, breathe salty air, and remember who she was before heartbreak rewrote her story.

Then she meets her neighbor, Liam Harper: a grumpy, closed-off carpenter with a soft spot he’s determined to keep buried. Liam’s carrying a tragedy he can’t outrun, and just when he thinks life can’t ask more of him, he’s granted permanent custody of his one-year-old niece. He’s overwhelmed, out of his depth, and far too proud to admit he needs help—until Sophie starts quietly slipping past his defenses.

As Sophie and Liam circle each other, their unlikely connection becomes a lifeline: two bruised hearts learning how to trust again, one tide change at a time. Emotional, tender, and full of Cape May charm, this neighbors-to-lovers romance asks the big question—when love shows up after everything falls apart, do you risk it… or walk away?