Denial Ain't Just a River

One gossipy small town. A best friend she loved in silence. A man who should've been the enemy. And a forced business partnership.

This was a renovation recipe for disaster.

Charlie Baker had a dream: restore Plentiful's forgotten Victorian into the bed-and-breakfast her late mother always imagined. When the for-sale sign finally appeared in the overgrown yard, Charlie jumped at the opportunity to make it a reality with Piper Copeland-her best friend and the woman she'd quietly loved for years.

But when the seller discovered personal details about them, he killed the deal out of pure spite.

Enter Bennett Stone-dimples, an easy drawl, and the audacity to be the seller's nephew. Worst of all, he was the man who'd just bought Charlie's dream out from under her.

Only Bennett made Charlie an offer she didn't see coming: rebuild the dream together. As partners.

Now, Charlie was stuck sharing dust, drywall, and entirely too much chemistry with this good ol' country boy. To make matters worse, he fits into her and Piper's friendship like he's always belonged there. And the longer they worked side by side, the harder it became to pretend she hadn't lost her heart. Twice.

Renovating a hundred-year-old house should have been the hard part.

Falling for two people at once-and figuring out how to keep them both-might be what finally breaks her.

Or what puts her back together again.