Getting stuck with a small town grump wasn’t the promotion I was hoping for. He thinks I’m a soft city girl he can chase away with harsh words, rude behavior, and mood swings that give me whiplash.

Except this city girl is made of tougher stuff. Mostly. I do have a weakness for rough hands and cowboy boots. But I’m keeping that to myself.

The fact is, his winery needs my marketing firm’s help to survive. So I stick to him like glue, never letting him scare me away, determined to get him to make some much-needed changes.

Except when I learn why he resists changing things, my heart softens. It seems I’m not the only one with a painful past.

Before long, I’m even sharing my secrets, telling him things I’ve never told anyone before. And as he comforts me, it becomes harder and harder not to give in and kiss him.

Until I do. And soon he even uses my weakness against me—fulfilling a certain fantasy that involves cowboy boots and tying me up with a lasso.

But a series of questionable accidents around his vineyards have me worried that my past has caught up with me. Worse, it’s putting him in danger.

Soon I have no choice but to leave.

Except Beck is determined to stand by me and make me his girl.

But if I give in? It might destroy not only him, but his family as well.