When beautiful med student, Bridget Forrester tended the crew of Nick Marone’s capsized tanker, she never imagined the surly captain would someday heal her broken heart. Yet, when Bridget returned to L.A., fearing she would never know true love, it was Nick who found her crying alone on the beach and took her into his sympathetic arms. Bridget found solace and sympathy in their unlikely friendship. Nick introduced the high fashion heiress to buffalo wings and greasy ribs. She introduced him to an orangutan named Sasha, the perfect blind-date for an uncouth sailor happy to exist on a diet of bar food and make his home on a barnacled fishing boat.

As their friendship developed, Nick brought the smile back to Bridget’s face with his irrepressible humor and beautiful music. In spite of themselves, these opposites began to attract. Then, with one unexpected kiss, their romance ignited in front of the fire in a snow-shrouded cabin. Not wanting to damage their friendship, they fought their attraction, but after Nick rescued Bridget from certain death in an abandoned mine they could no longer ignore their undeniable connection. Having almost lost Bridget to a tragedy on the mountain, Nick wasn’t about to deny himself this chance at love. He romanced Bridget with jewelry, private dinners, and spontaneous getaways on Marone Industry’s corporate jet, but nothing touched Bridget more than the song he wrote for her.

First, the med student saved the salty captain. Then the straight-shooting sailor saved the heiress. Now, if our unlikely couple can convince their families that their love is true, Nick & Bridget might be able to find the happiness they both deserve.