She’s spent her life preserving the untamed beauty of Big Sur.
He’s the visionary whose bottom line threatens to silence its wild heart.

Amanda Wilson, proprietor of the Sea Otter Gallery & Inn, channels generations of love, loss, and artistic passion into every painting and sculpture, defending the ancestral cypress groves that are the soul of her family’s legacy against encroaching developers and relentless corporate promises .

Julian Croft, the brilliant CEO of Croft Development Group, built his empire on bold ideas and ruthless efficiency. His latest venture, Elysian Shores, packages the rugged coastline into a promise of “sustainable luxury,” a vision that sees nature’s raw beauty as just another line item on an investor’s spreadsheet .

As courtroom battles loom and tensions reach a fever pitch, fate throws them together when a sudden wildfire strands Amanda and Julian in an abandoned fire lookout on Sentinel Peak. The acrid smoke, the roar of flames, and the clash of their ideals forge an unexpected crucible of survival and understanding .

Forced into an uneasy alliance, they must navigate high-stakes negotiations, fierce local resistance, and the growing sparks between them. With each shared moment of vulnerability, Amanda glimpses the man beneath the mogul’s armor, and Julian discovers that some covenants—especially those of the heart— refuse to be negotiated.

Dive into The Cypress Covenant, a slow-burn environmental romance where the fight for home becomes the most powerful bond of all.