The Summer of Starting Over: A Sweet Beach Town RomCom (Midlife Meet Cute Beach Reads)

She came to Galveston for a month. She never planned to stay.

At forty-three, Catie Reynolds thought she had life figured out, until a surprise divorce left her with a quiet house, a daughter off at college, and no idea who she is without being someone’s wife or mother. On a whim, she rents a small beach cottage on Galveston Island for the summer, determined to prove she’s brave enough to try something new.

She doesn’t expect to fall off a paddleboard on her very first morning of trying something new. And she definitely doesn’t expect the grumpy, yet steady man who fishes her out of the water to make her heart race.

Spencer Hayes has spent the last five years focused on two running his beachfront watersports shop and raising his teenage son after his wife walked away from both of them. He’s learned not to expect people to stay. Life is simpler that way.

But Catie, with her nervous laughter, her determination to stand up after every fall, and her quiet strength, makes him want to believe in something permanent again.

As summer unfolds with sandcastle festivals, sunset walks, and long conversations by the water, Catie begins to wonder if starting over doesn’t mean running away… but finally choosing where she belongs.

The only problem? Summer doesn’t last forever.

The Summer of Starting Over is a sweet, kisses-only later-in-life romance about healing, hope, and finding love when you least expect it, set against the sun-soaked shores of Galveston Island.