He saved Peyton Lockhart's life when they were kids--but now she's all
grown up and he's a seasoned FBI agent who comes to her rescue again in
this contemporary romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author
Julie Garwood.
Peyton and her sisters have inherited Bishop's Cove, a small, luxurious
oceanfront resort, but it comes with conditions: The girls must run the
resort for one year and show a profit--only then will they own it.
A graduate of a prestigious French culinary school, Peyton has just lost
her job as a food critic after rightfully accusing her boss of sexual
harassment. Out of work and in a bad place personally, to Peyton a year
doing something completely different sounds wonderful.
Peyton dives into learning the resort business but is quickly derailed
by an escalating chain of events that puts her life in danger. She
refuses to be intimidated--until she's nearly killed. Then she calls on
her childhood friend and protector, Finn MacBain, now with the FBI, and
asks for his help. Finn is more than happy to do a favor for Peyton, but
he doesn't plan on dealing with the beautiful, passionate woman she has
become.
There are countless challenges and too many people who want to stop
Peyton and her sisters from succeeding. Among them are their contentious
cousins and a powerful group of land developers who have been eyeing the
coveted beachfront property. And it also becomes apparent that her old
boss holds a serious grudge and believes in payback.
While the attraction between Peyton and Finn flames bright enough to
distract them both from their dangerous situation, a happily ever after
ending seems all but impossible. But the well-trained lawman never loses
focus: he saved her life once; now he must do it again.
