Travis Hale has it all. An important role as the chief of police in the
idyllic town of Pelion, Maine. Looks that regularly and consistently
make women fall at his feet. Two nephews and a niece he adores, and a
family who's mostly forgiven him after a series of unfortunate decisions
years before. Perhaps his past is riddled with regrets and misguided
choices, but his future looks bright and limitless.
Until the new guy in town crosses him in a way both shocking and
indefensible.
A guy who, as it turns out, has a sister who may be equally as
disastrous to Travis's well-ordered plans, though in an altogether
different manner. Not that there's any real risk of him falling for the
smoothie-making, birdseed-eating wild woman. She's not even his type. A
plant lady from California with a head of unruly curls and an equally
messy past. More than that, she's only in town for the summer, busy
mooning over perfect-in-every-way Gage Buchanan.
And if Travis knows anything, it's that he refuses to be second best.
Ever again.
Haven Torres' life fell apart. Or more to the point, it burned to the
ground. At the time, it seemed like a solid idea to jump in her car, her
brother a mostly-willing co-pilot, and embark on a cross-country
adventure.
When they land jobs at an exclusive tennis and golf club in a
picturesque lake town in Maine, Haven's hopeful it might prove a summer
to remember. Especially if she can catch the attention of the most
eligible bachelor in town and her current crush. Even the kindest, most
upstanding, perfect of men aren't opposed to summer flings, right?
But when she meets the local police chief - all swagger and arrogance -
and learns of her brother's scandalous misdeed, she knows that Pelion is
just another town where their stay is best...short-lived. Still, she and
Travis strike up an unlikely friendship and Haven sees that the gorgeous
lawman isn't only easy on the eyes, but he has...layers. Not that she's
going to peel any of them. He's only her friend. A friend willing to
scratch her back, if she scratches his.
It seems simple enough. She'll help him make her brother sweat a little.
And he'll help her win over Gage. But before either Travis or Haven
knows it, simple turns complicated, friendship gets flipped on its ear,
passion faces down perfection, and they both discover that sometimes you
have to lose it all to find exactly what you need.
