A hot contemporary romance from the author of the acclaimed I-Team seriesβ¦
Lexi Jewell left Scarlet Springs twelve years ago, vowing never to return to the small Colorado mountain town where she grew up. Now, here she isβover thirty, out of a job and with little choice but to move back in with her eccentric father. Lexi knows itβs just a matter of time before she runs into Austin Taylor, her first boyfriend and her first heartbreak. Sheβs determined to show him sheβs over himβuntil he steps out of a pickup truck and back into her life, looking sexy as hell in his mountain ranger uniform.
As far as Austin is concerned, Lexi can turn her snazzy little convertible around and drive back to Chicago. After all, she ripped his teenage heart to pieces and turned her back on the town he loves. But from the moment he sees her again, he canβt get her out of his mind. Even her smile messes with his head.
When an evening of conversation turns into something else, Lexi and Austin agree to be friendsβwith benefits. But as Lexi starts making plans to return to the big city, Austin realizes heβll lose her a second time unless he can show her that what sheβs searching for has been right here all along.
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