It all started that summer in Lake Bittersweetā¦
Emmaline Curtis has never been outside the state of Minnesota before, so winning an all-expenses-paid trip to Hawaii is a dream. Back home, working the family farm and caring for her brother means precious little free time. So when she meets an intriguing hottie at the resort, sheās ready for anything. No last names. No personal details. Just two willing strangers enjoying each other in paradise; then Emmaline can go home with good memories and no chance of awkward future run-ins with Conor.
Conor Gaultās business trip turned sensual excursion is cut short by devastating newsāhis rock star father has unexpectedly passed. Suddenly heās heading to a town heās avoided for seventeen years. Lake Bittersweet, Minnesota. The place where one long-ago disastrous night changed the course of his life. The last person he expects to run into is Emmaline, the quirky knockout whoās been living rent-free in his head ever since Hawaiiā¦and who just happens to be a local.
Before long, their sizzling attraction heats up again. Their worlds couldnāt be more differentāheās a wealthy financial whiz, sheās a farmgirl. But in a startling twist of fate, Conor and Emmaline discover their pasts are linked in ways they never imagined. Ways that may ensure their fiery affair will never be more than a temporary fling.