She’s a no-nonsense mechanic who can rebuild an engine faster than most guys can change a tire.

He’s a former pro surfer turned uptight real estate developer, determined to tear down her family’s auto shop.

Daphne Hart has spent her life fixing things—cars, problems, people who didn’t deserve her time. But when her father retires, leaving her in charge of the only place she’s ever called home, she finds herself facing the one thing she can’t fix: West Calloway, the man who wants to bulldoze everything she’s built.

West doesn’t lose. Not deals, not negotiations, not the perfectly curated life he’s built after walking away from a reckless past. But Daphne Hart is a problem he never saw coming—a stubborn, grease-streaked nightmare with a wrench in one hand and a scowl in the other. And when their battle over the auto shop takes an unexpected turn—one involving a hurricane, a bet gone wrong, and a kiss that should not have happened—West realizes that Daphne isn’t just wrecking his plans. She’s wrecking him.

She’s the one thing he can’t control.

And the only thing he’s ever wanted to.