Their chemistry isn’t small-town sweet. It’s wildfire. Easton Holt doesn’t do roots. Not in Oregon. Not anywhere. But when a family emergency pulls him back home, he finds himself facing temptation dressed in flour-dusted jeans and a stubborn smile. Lila Merrick. The girl he barely noticed growing up has become the woman he can’t stop noticing now. She owns Chapter & Crumb, a bakery-bookshop that smells like sugar and sin, and she’s everything Easton shouldn’t touch—steady, small-town, the kind of good that would never want a man like him. Except every look between them crackles. Every brush of her hand sparks. And the more time he spends in her orbit, the more Easton wants to tear down the careful walls she’s built—by pulling her close, backing her against the counter, and showing her exactly how good it feels to want something dangerous. But Wildwood Meadows isn’t as quiet as it looks. Someone is targeting Lila’s shop, and Easton won’t stand by while she’s threatened. Protecting her means staying close, and staying close means temptation becomes inevitable. In a town filled with secrets and scars, their attraction could destroy everything. The question will they let it?