Delaney Huger is running late—a last-minute phone call from her boss delayed her departure. She has already missed the sunset wedding ceremony on the beach; she slips into the reception tent and meets up with her younger sister, Haven, who leads her to the singles table. Delaney grew up on the island and knows most of the attendees, but across the table is an attractive new man, Luke Sullivan, who, she learns, is Gull Island’s most eligible single dad. Luke arrived at the island a year ago and runs a burgeoning charter business, Sullivan’s Lark. But Delaney now lives in Virginia, is visiting for only 48 hours, and has an on-again off-again attorney boyfriend back home, so she dismisses any idea of getting into a relationship with the admittedly handsome newcomer (although “She had to admit this hunky, self-assured guy’s entrepreneurial spirit piqued her interest”). Delaney and Haven are co-owners of a wine shop on the island called Wine Haven. When Delaney learns that their business is in serious need of her marketing expertise, her plans to leave change, jeopardizing her position as marketing director at an award-winning winery in Virginia—and so the fun begins. Haven entices Luke to include the charcuterie boards, as well as tackle boxes filled with finger food, as an up-charged extra to his charters, adding the intrigue and creativity of a new business venture to the drama of a potential Luke/Delaney romantic relationship. This is Vido’s third entry in her Gull Island series, and her simple, conversational prose deftly captures the evocative atmospherics of life on the small, Lowcountry island off the coast of South Carolina—the salty sea breezes, the old lighthouse, Southern comfort food, the few sun-basking alligators. Although there are few surprises in narrative’s trajectory, there are enough miscommunications, jealousy, and self-doubts to keep Luke and Delaney off balance and readers engaged.