In retrospect, Ben Callahan should have known this job was trouble.
Way more than his normal P.I. fee and unlimited expenses, just to watch over one woman and report back? Alarm bells should have sent him running back to New York. But with his Mom needing assisted living care, Ben takes Emma Montgomeryโs tempting offer to watch over her granddaughter.
Then he meets Grace, a golden-haired princess. Gifted, gorgeous, reckless. And a serious threat to his sanity as well as his libido.
Determined to prove she can support herself with her camera, Grace Montgomery hasnโt touched her trust fund in months. Itโs a struggle, but sheโs freeโfree of stifling small-town society, free to do what she wants. And right now, she wants to explore her long-repressed sexuality with her hot new neighbor.
As Grace sheds her inhibitions faster than a high-speed shutter, Ben finds himself breaking his own rules for a woman full of unexpected secrets and thousand-watt sensuality. But when Grace discovers whoโs signing Benโs paycheck, her heart could be too broken for his love to repair.
In retrospect, Rina Lowell should have known that Emma Montgomeryโs mistletoe was a matchmaking ploy.
Rina is new to Ashford, to her newspaper job, to her whole life. And she canโt wait to write โHot Stuffโ, a series of columns that will definitively pin down what men really want.
When Emma maneuvers her under that pesky sprig of evergreen with Ashfordโs prodigal son, Rina canโt resist the chance to plant one on that dark-haired, blue-eyed manโs sensual mouth. She never expected that kiss to go down like a shot of fine tequila. The man is perfect for her, or so she thinks.
When his adoptive father Joe falls ill, globetrotting news reporter Colin Lyons doesnโt hesitate to drop everything to fly home and take over Joeโs baby, theย Ashford Times. Which, Colin discovers, is veering away from hard news to sexy, smutty fluff. Something he canโt let happen.
Heโs only got until New Yearโs to save this sinking ship, and to do that, he needs an ally. Rina, with her sparkling brown eyes and frumpy clothes that make his fingers itch to discover whatโs underneath, is the perfect target to help him. Even if it means the job she loves will be cut in the end.
He never expected one kiss to take his simple plan to save theย Timesย and tie it into impossible knotsโฆ and possibly cost him the woman he loves.
