Workaholic Ryan OโFallon has made his name as an architect in a top San Diego firm in more ways than one. On the job, heโs the go-to guy who can face down the toughest client without flinching. Off the job, heโs got a rep for playing the field. The company lunchroom odds give his average relationship a whopping ten weeks and two days. And nobody knows better than Effie Wilson, Ryanโs coworker and competitor. After all, sheโs won the last two pools on his lack-of-love life and has the Gucci shoes to prove it. Ryan may be Mr. Calm and Cool in the boardroom, but when Effieโs around, he starts to sweat.
As if things werenโt tense enough, Ryanโs dad needs him at home just as Ryanโs biggest project is taking off. Thereโs no way Ryan wonโt help out his dad, but heโs not about to let Effie stay and take all the credit. The only thing to do is to bring her with him to Tennessee so they can work together. Now, back in OโFallonโs Landing, with its slow, easy days and long, steamy nights, Effieโs letting her hair down big time, going from a buttoned-up businesswoman into a full-fledged, no-holds-barred force of natureโฆthe kind thatโs turning Ryanโs world upside down and putting anything but business on his mindโฆ
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