Smitten with the Orthopedic Surgeon

<p><strong>What do you do when your ex announces to a bar full of your neighbors that you are too loud too opinionated and too domineering for anyone to ever fall in love with you?</strong></p><p> </p><p>Yeah ... I didn't have a game plan for that one either.</p><p> </p><p>Lucky for me my surrogate grandfather knew exactly what I needed. Three weeks on a Texas beach learning how to perfectly smoke a brisket is just the ticket to help me regain my confidence and figure out whose opinions matter.</p><p> </p><p>I never expected to meet a sexy stranger my first night in town have fireworks explode behind my eyelids when he kissed me then have him run away like pitchfork-wielding villagers were chasing him.</p><p> </p><p>Now standing in my landlady's kitchen I discover my sexy stranger is 1) her grandson 2) the instructor for my class and 3) has deep secrets of his own. How am I going to last three minutes let alone three weeks?</p><p> </p><p>Add in that my surrogate grandfather is her long-lost presumed-dead brother and this trip isn't the breezy barbecue class I thought it would be.</p><p> </p><p>But I'll do anything to reunite my surrogate grandfather with his family including solving the half-century old mystery of why he disappeared in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>All I need to do is not fall in love with my teacher and figure out why he's keeping the details of his life (like that he's a doctor not a chef) secret as we uncover his families' mysteries.</p><p> </p><p>This sweet romance is Grey's Anatomy meets BBQ Throwdown. Perfect for fans of Jenny Proctor Kate Clayborn and those who wish Nicholas Sparks gave his characters HEA.</p>