Moving into my brother’s basement after graduating college isn’t the end of the world.

But getting stuck working for his best friend just might be.

Aside from professionally getting under my skin, Liam Brooks owns the only tattoo studio in our perfect coastal town. He also happens to be the only person within a hundred-mile radius willing to employ me despite my shining resume.

The truth is, he needs me too.

So we make a truce for the summer: I save his shop from financial ruin, and he does everything I say so I can use his business as a case study to land my dream job. Then I’m getting out of this town and never looking back.

…Unless I find a reason to stay.