“The sign of a good book…one where the characters feel like old friends. Where you lose track of time reading. Where the laughter..and tears..flow freely. That’s what you’ll find in Katherine Bitner’s books.”
– GR Review
Ten years ago, they were inseparable—until she left for college and he went to prison.
Now there’s only one thing that can get Penny Hanson to return to her hometown of Wilmington: her little sister. So when her sister finds herself in an unexpected crisis, Penny does what she does best—drops everything to fix other people’s messes.
But nothing ever goes according to plan.
Like discovering her sister’s new roommate is Jesse Rivers… her tattooed, painfully gorgeous ex she’s spent ten years trying to forget. The one who broke her heart. And the one who still knows how to undo her with a single smirk.
With only a wall between them, years of unspoken words, and a secret neither of them dares to bring up, Penny soon realizes that this holiday season is about to get dangerously complicated. Because no matter how tempting Jesse looks, she refuses to make the same mistake twice.
She’s the black sheep of a wealthy family; he’s a down-to-earth farmer’s son. She’s running from her past; he’s building his future. It’s just a summer fling…that’s what she keeps saying anyway.
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