Tori Ford

Colt Mitchell was a charity case, taken in by the prominent Sinclair family to keep their star quarterback son on track. After three years under their roof, Colt traded in his broken background for the Marines, dead set on leaving Holly River for good.

Alice Sinclair was a dreamer, growing up in a house that worshipped trophies. Colt, her brother's best friend, was the only one who truly saw her. When he left, Alice flooded his mailbox with hope—letters he devoured, but rarely answered.

Until the last one arrived.

Now Colt Mitchell is back. And the kid sister he remembers is gone. In her place is a woman on a mission. Alice has three months to turn her childhood home into the bookshop of her dreams, or lose it forever. And Colt's hell bent on ensuring that happens, because when Colt was deployed, Alice's letters saved him. And now he's come home to repay the favor.

But as the two race to finish renovations by the fall festival, and the heat between them rises, Colt realizes that the one woman who's entirely off limits…is the exact one he wants.