Riptide (гет)

Seven years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger is a bestselling author, having written a memoir that, while improving her finances, also netted her more attention than she anticipated and alienated all those who were closest to her – all except her friend Pansy, that is, who advises her to get the hell out of England for a much-needed respite. After her usual copious research, Hermione chooses a far-flung, decidedly unglamorous American beach, with the ultimate goal of avoiding anyone that she knows.
She could never have expected that the man who once painted a tree-shaped scar between her breasts – despite his supposed "death" five years before – is now the proprietor of the Panhandle Pearl, the very motel she has booked for the week. She could never have expected how the latent magic, long dormant within that very scar, will passionately pull the two of them together. And she could never have expected how irresistible he will look in an unbuttoned Hawaiian shirt, or the sun-kissed highlights in his chocolate brown hair, or the way his eyes twinkle, matching the hue of the farthest ocean horizon, as he sweetly rearranges her entire bloody life.