Melanie Wolfe is back home following her father's death, in order to take over the family operation in Snowberry Creek. Giving up her librarian job in Spokane wouldn't have been her first choice, but Snowberry Creek was her great-great-grandfather's creation, and the family has a reputation to uphold. Only two Wolfe's are left in town now; Melanie and her mother Sandra.

While visiting her father's grave, she spies a lone soldier standing at a nearby grave. Thinking he might be there for the wedding of a soldier that was in his troop, Melanie approaches and nearly faints to see Spencer Lang standing in front of his own stone, alive and back from Afghanistan. Spence was to marry Callie Redding, his best friend, but is about to find out Nick Jenkins, a friend and fellow soldier, has claimed that roll.

Spence follows Melanie to the wedding, which ends up being the worst shock imaginable for everyone. Spence makes a fool of himself when he's unable to contain his rage. Worrying about Spence, Melanie follows him to a bar where he settles into console himself with booze. Spence becomes completely incoherent and unable to function, so Melanie takes him home to the Wolfe mansion to sober him up. The town bad boy was not someone Melanie's parents wanted for her, even though she carried a torch through school for Spence. She agrees to rent the cottage to Spence until he can clear up some financial and legal issues before moving on, and the attraction quickly becomes more for both. When Spence sets up a loan as co-signer for Melanie through the bank so she won't lose the family company, he has to find a way to get the proud woman to accept his help. Melanie is only concerned about losing Spence when he decides to hit the road on his Harley again. Something has to penetrate Spence's hard shell to accept life again.

I enjoyed the plot of A REASON TO LOVE by Alexis Morgan and the various emotions of each of the characters. Following the emotional state of a man coming back from Afghanistan, and after being held captive and living the horrors of a war, is a roller coaster of what this man and others have endured. I have not had the pleasure of reading any other works by Alexis Morgan, but I am impressed with her deep and adventurous weave between love and hate. I'm entranced with A REASON TO LOVE which compelled me to keep reading to the very last page which is just as passionate and heartwarming as the first page.