The Heartwood Beach

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sheryl Heartwood loves everything to do with plants flowers and trees. She tends to the grounds around The Heartwood Inn and she's content with the beach-side life she's always known.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But she's not very happy about the ex-boyfriend who keeps showing up on her front step following her around the expansive grounds at the inn and scaring her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>So she hires Gage Sanders to be her boyfriend to keep the other man away. The lines become blurred on the very first day when she kisses him which is so unlike Sheryl. As she and Gage spend more time together she learns about the rough-around-the-edges man while showing him how to truly appreciate the beaches in the cove.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Gage took the job because he needed the money. A retired military man he's been doing security work on the ferry so pal-ing around with a beautiful woman shouldn't be too hard.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until his heart is on the line.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When their agreement ends can Sheryl and Gage keep their relationship going?</strong></p>