by D. W. Alder (Author)
Cora Stetson has a plan: leave her family business of hotel management and strike out on her own with a bed & breakfast. All she needs to do is wait for her inheritance, take over the property, create the guest experience she wants...and tell her father. And get him to stop pushing Mark, a family friend, to propose. She doesn't have time for a relationship, especially with someone who's known her since she was born...someone who feels like a brother, not a lover.
Dixon Reed comes home at the invitation of his stepbrother Jake. He's been drifting without purpose since he graduated from high school, and he's thinking it might be time to find a home. Living above Jake's bar isn't quite what he wants, but it's free and gives him a place to start from. Working construction with his high school buddy Ryan isn't his life goal either, but it's steady work until he figures things out.
When Cora and Dixon meet, it's sparks and irresistible feelings. But can Cora change her mind about love? Can Dixon find that home he's always been looking for?