Ewa Max has spent her entire life at sea, travelling the world aboard her family’s luxurious yacht, My Loves. Raised by a wealthy and fiercely protective father, she has been taught everything from sailing and survival to self-defense and marine science. But despite her extraordinary intelligence and independence, Ewa has never truly experienced life beyond her family’s protection. That changes when she earns an opportunity to study oceanography at the University of San Diego. For the first time, Ewa must leave the sea, her parents, and the only life she has ever known. Determined to prove she can stand on her own, she begins university and even takes a job, determined to experience life on her own terms. But her father refuses to let her face the world alone. Ant, a former Navy SEAL and one of her father’s most trusted security officers, is assigned to protect her. Ewa initially sees him as nothing more than an overprotective guard. Ant sees her as someone he would risk everything to keep safe. When a violent encounter leaves Ant seriously injured while protecting Ewa, their relationship changes forever. After Ewa fights to save his life, the distance between them begins to disappear, and a slow-burning attraction grows into something neither can ignore. As danger follows her family across international waters, Ewa must learn that independence doesn’t mean leaving the people she loves behind—and that sometimes, finding where you belong means discovering who you want beside you.