I never planned on staying in Cedar Hills.
One week. One simple assignment.
Fix the road and move on. That’s what I do.
No roots.No attachments.No reason to look back.
But then my one-week job turns into three months in a small town where everyone has an opinion about why I’m there.
Especially Ethan Talbot.
The stubborn, infuriatingly attractive local who thinks I’m just another outsider trying to change a place I don’t understand.
He fights to protect the place he loves.I have a job to do.
Too bad staying away from him is impossible.
Especially when my car breaks down, he’s the one who comes to my rescue, and the only place I can stay is above his garage.
The more time we spend together, the harder it gets to ignore the sparks between us—the kind that have nothing to do with the Fourth of July.
The stolen looks. The almost touches. The night we’re trapped together during a summer storm.
But Ethan is everything I don’t do.
Permanent.Complicated.Someone worth staying for.
And I’m forced to choose between the career I’ve built and the town–and man–I never meant to love.
Maybe the wrong turn isn’t falling for Ethan…
Maybe it’s walking away.
