When a handsome handyman faces a medical emergency on the Appalachian
trail, his sudden appearance in town challenges an ambitious doctor's
plan to remain single for life.
Avery Robinson decided to be a physician after helplessly watching her
mother lose a battle with a terrible disease. Now at risk of developing
the same illness, Avery guards her heart from love. She's driven to
protect her loved ones as a workaholic doctor in the tiny mountain town
of Riverbend Gap, North Carolina.
Contractor Wes Garrett is hiking the Appalachian trail, in memory of the
man who died saving his life, when an illness racks his body. After an
agonizing fifteen-mile hike to Avery's clinic, he collapses on her
doorstep. He recovers to find himself in debt again--but this time to a
beautiful doctor.
When he decides to help her renovate a rundown carriage house, the
obstacles to their attraction sprout like weeds--starting with the woman
waiting for Wes at the end of the trail. Will he be able to relinquish
the debt he owes his best friend? And will Avery find the courage to
risk everything for love?
This second book in Denise Hunter's popular Riverbend Romance series
explores what it might be like to live fearlessly and free.
- Slow-burn contemporary romance
- Part of the Riverbend Romance Series
- Book 1: Riverbend Gap
- Book 2: Mulberry Hollow
- Book 3: Harvest Moon
- Book length: 86,000 words
- Includes discussion questions for book clubs
