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A guarded artist. A gentle teacher. In a town that mends broken pieces, love becomes the design.
With the Southern Charm’s restoration nearing completion, multi-media artist Wyatt McBride is crafting luminous metal-and-glass pieces to finish the job—and holding his world together for his newly warded teenage nephew, Collin. Grief for a lost friend still shadows his days, but Wyatt refuses to dim…until a brilliant, soft-spoken newcomer turns his careful routine into color.
Keegan Donaghue has come to Shore Breeze for a reset: high-school science teacher by day, part-time forensics consultant by night. He’s smart, kind, and quietly scarred—managing recovery, flashes of PTSD, and unsettling emails from an ex who won’t stay buried in the past. When a standout student links Keegan to the town’s resident artist, a tentative friendship sparks into something tender and brave.
As summer settles over the Charm, Wyatt and Keegan learn to trust what’s growing between them—through school projects and late-night studio sessions, a meddling found family, and dangers that refuse to stay in yesterday. To claim a future, they’ll have to outlast old wounds, face new threats, and believe that love can be designed to last.
Includes exclusive KU bonus scenes not in the original release.
Series reviews: "I have loved every book in the Southern Charm series, and #6, According to Design, is no exception." "I was sad to reach the end of the story, as I was looking for more, more, more! It’s rare that a story sucks me in to that level, and I look forward to reading more from this author!"
Tropes You’ll Love:
• Hurt/comfort
• Small town MM romance
• Artist x teacher pairing
• Found family at the Charm
• Guardianship / uncle raises teen
• Trauma and healing arc
• Slow burn to steadfast love
• Protective hero moments
General Release Date: 16th December 2025
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