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A summer fling was never part of the business plan. 
 
Drew Petrelis is known for his charm, but even that can’t save his consulting job. After layoffs leave him out of a job, he heads to Elswick, Rhode Island, to open a beachside brewery. To win over local investors, he needs access to the exclusive country club – and his college rival, Della van Bergen. 
 
Burned out from Big Law, Della is home to uncover the truth about her paternity and plan the town’s bicentennial festival. She strikes a deal: Drew helps with the celebration, and she’ll make the introductions he needs. 
 
Beneath the summer sun, their old rivalry turns to red-hot attraction. Their stay in Elswick was supposed to be temporary, but just like in college, there’s always a tsunami risk with them together.

Beneath a Midnight Moon

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Jenna Ramirez returns to the steamy shores of Elswick, where a charming tryhard and his college rival collide in a fiery enemies-to-lovers romance about ambition, reinvention, and second chances. 
 
A summer fling was never part of the business plan. 
 
Drew Petrelis is known for his flirty personality, but his charm can’t save him from layoffs at his fancy consulting job. With an empty summer ahead of him, he sets out to open a beachside brewery in Elswick, Rhode Island with his friend Danny. As they dive into strategy and wooing local investors, they realize they need support from the town’s richest residents–which means somehow getting into Elswick’s exclusive country club. Drew must turn to Della van Bergen, the daughter of the club’s president and his college academic rival. 
 
Fresh off a soul-crushing stint in Big Law, Della’s back in her hometown to solve the mystery of her paternity and spend time with her little sister, not help her nemesis with his beer business. But when her overbearing mother tasks her with planning Elswick’s bicentennial festival, Drew’s dilemma becomes the answer to her jampacked summer: if he helps her with the celebration, she’ll use her club status to connect him with his target investors. 
 
The quid pro quo agreement powers their feud, along with a reluctant friendship built on shared quarter-life crises: chronic overachiever Drew is at a crossroads, while people pleaser Della is drowning under her family name. As they navigate their partnership beneath the summer sun, a red-hot tension grows. With their stays in Elswick temporary, they try hard to ignore their burgeoning attraction. But just like in college, there’s always a tsunami risk with them together. 
 
The perfect beach read, this charming and emotional novel blends sharp humour, swoony romance, and a heartfelt journey of finding yourself when life doesn't go according to plan.

Jenna Ramirez was raised outside of Washington, D.C. in the Maryland suburbs until college brought her to California. After graduating, she remained in sunny Los Angeles, where she works in entertainment marketing. When she’s not writing, she spends her free time complaining about the lack of rain, ranking chai lattes in the city, and chasing her crazy rescue Chihuahua Fitzwilliam, named after the equally prickly Mr. Darcy.

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