Beach-ready rom-coms that survive sunscreen, sand, and all the feelings.

Millie Williams’s summer survival list is simple: rescue her family’s lakeside cabin from its one-star-review spiral, evict her freeloading ex from her couch, and avoid Blake Martin—the laid-back guitarist who broke her heart a decade ago.

But when a deflating pizza-slice floatie leaves her stranded in the middle of Willow Lake, it’s Blake who comes to the rescue. Now a school principal and the steady anchor for his widowed sister and her kids, he’s grounded, dependable, and still annoyingly attractive.

As summer settles in, old bonds tighten and long-buried sparks reignite. But when a betrayal threatens the one place Millie has never been ready to let go of, she must decide whether clinging to the past is worth losing what could finally feel like home.

When Wes books a luxury island wellness retreat to support his sister’s new business, he doesn’t realize until the last minute that it’s couples-only. With his entire family expecting him to arrive with a partner, Wes does the only reasonable thing and posts a desperate ad for a travel companion.

Sam is an overworked dog-spa owner, a chronic caretaker, and the last person who ever takes risks—until she says yes to a stranger and a week on a tropical island.

Everything seems manageable… until they arrive and learn the retreat isn’t about sunrise yoga, green smoothies, or gentle reconnection. It’s for couples on the brink of breaking up, complete with trust exercises, forced intimacy, and emotional breakthroughs designed to save love on life support.

As Wes and Sam fake their way through workshops meant for couples already falling apart, pretending becomes more complicated than either expected. When the retreat demands honesty they never agreed to, they must decide whether to walk away as planned—or stay for something real.