Downsized, dumped, and homeless, Nicole Baxter returns to her hometown Fox Creek to lick her wounds. As she reconnects with the life she left behind at fourteen, the one person she looked forward to seeing the most is no longer the boy she loved. Her strong, silent friend is now a gruff, sexy recluse. Sam Ward’s life hasn’t gone to plan. Orphaned and suddenly caring for his two younger brothers when he was only twenty, his family has splintered. Now that he’s been diagnosed with a heart condition, the boys are back in town and have found their happy endings, but he’s still the broken piece that doesn’t fit. Nicole’s not having it. Determined to show him how important he is to his family—and to her—she steps up to reclaim her spot as his BFF. And maybe more. This book is part of a three book series about three brothers, but they are each their own story so this can be read as a standalone. Previously published by Harlequin Special Edition as His Small-Town Sweetheart