Hawthorne Bay

I thought I was over him. I thought I'd moved on. After all, I'm the one who broke his heart.But now that we're stranded on the side of the road and the rain's picking up, there's no getting away from Ethan Wilde. And with the way he's looking at me-all rugged muscles and soft eyes, now a sexy, grown man-I'm not even sure I want to be found…We were supposed to be headed to our high school friend's wedding, but a flat tire and an errant deer put a stop to that.So when Ethan offered to carry me on his back as we set off in search of shelter, I reluctantly agreed. I mean, I was in my stilettos. It wasn't my idea to wrap my legs around him.And now we're in this cabin-just the two of us. No cell reception. No sign of civilization. No sign of the storm letting up.But the real danger isn't being trapped here with Ethan.It's how easy it is to want him again-hard, desperate, stupid want……when he still doesn't know the truth about why I left.

I have no business wanting a man like Will Holloway.Grumpy. Gorgeous. Maddening as hell.He's the architect hired to rip the heart out of the Hawthorne Bay Public Library-the one place that still feels like mine. The one place that still connects me to my mother.And as far as Will's concerned, I'm nothing but a thorn in his side.Yeah, well. Feeling's mutual.Or at least… it was.Because the longer we clash, the harder it gets to ignore the heat simmering between us-or the strange, charged feeling that always seems to follow him. There's something about Will Holloway that feels almost… haunted.And the way he looks at me? It's like he sees straight through every defense I've ever built.I just don't know what scares me more-Losing the library that still ties me to my mother…Or letting this man, with all his buried secrets, close enough to break me.