If you like heat, humor, and love that heals, you’ll love this small town, opposites attract romance from Mellie Callahan. Two lives with dreams derailed by tragedy are on a crash course for each other. Routine. Consistency. Predictability. It’s how I stay busy enough to forget the voids I’m unable to fill. And it’s working. For the first time in my life, I’ve found peace and purpose as an equine therapist and property manager for the newly opened Healing Haven in Tradition, Texas. It’s challenging, fulfilling, and helping others heal when I can’t is almost enough to silence the secrets of my past. Until the people of Tradition chip away at my frosty demeanor with their continued kindness and a Christmas invitation. My vulnerable state leads to one night of sheet-gripping passion with Ambrose Jelinek that thaws the block of ice around my heart. He makes me remember what flying feels like, but I don’t know if I’ll survive another fall and suddenly my meticulously scheduled life gets a lot more complicated. Blue blood collides with blue-collar for a one night stand that offers a chance to heal the scars of the secrets they carry once and for all.