~Lila's POV~
I never thought my life would turn into some twisted tropical fever dream, but here I was, Lila Harper, eighteen and freshly orphaned, staring at the deed to a speck of paradise in the middle of nowhere. My aunt Evelyn had been the eccentric type, rich from some shady real estate deals back in the city, and now she'd left me this remote island off the coast of Belize.
Urban girl like me, raised in the concrete jungle of New York, I figured it'd be a quick trip to sign papers and sell the damn thing. Escape the pitying looks from neighbors after Mom and Dad's car wreck. But nope, fate... or whatever cruel b***h was pulling strings, had other plans.
The flight was a nightmare, turbulence rattling my nerves as the pilot droned about incoming weather. By the time the seaplane
