Be My Midnight Kiss: A Sweetgrass Springs Story: 14

When a woman with no faith in love meets the quintessential nice guy determined to breach her mile-high walls sparks fly as both fight a decidedly unwelcome but equally unavoidable attraction.Steph Hargrove was a bombshell a sexy intrepid woman operating in the business world with guts brains and daring. She was accustomed to going after whatever she wanted until a man she called friend betrayed her and the company shed helped build--and nearly killed her in the process. Since that time shes been a shadow of the wild wicked woman whod carved a swath through her world.Gavin ONeill is an artisan with wood a gardener a restorer of battered homes and a savior of strays. When first he meets the wounded woman who postures as invincible and worldly the sadness in her eyes draws him even more than her lush figure does. However she insists otherwise he sees that she needs the kindness and friendship he can give to her while hes waiting for the woman of his dreams who will be small and soft and sweet different in every way from the woman he keeps returning to see.Yet while hes not interested in the virago and she refuses to be nurtured a potent attraction keeps them circling each other. And while theyre busy listing the reasons theyre unsuited something powerful is growing between them. New Years Eve is for lovers and new beginnings...will these two stubborn souls take the risk?Jean Brashears distinctive storytelling voice instantly draws in the reader. She writes with warmth and emotional truth. #1 NY Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber