Forever Never

You don't fall for the best friend of your ex-wife, the daughter of your employer, or the high school sweetheart of your brother. Particularly because they're all the same lady.

There are a few fractures in the devoted heart that beats under Brick Callan's mile-wide chest. He is the unwavering, overly cautious kind. particularly in regards to the one lady he will never be able to have. It's a lengthy and convoluted past laced with conflicts, family, friends, and an infatuation that tests his unbreakable resolve.

Brick sets out to discover what caused the shadows in Remi Ford's once-bright green eyes when he returns to Mackinac Island in the middle of winter with a secret. Even if it means dismantling the barriers he's placed between them. even if doing so means falling in love with the one girl he will always love.

The free-spirited artist merely has to disappear for a few weeks in order to work through her ordeal. She is not going to remain. Not when the guy who repeatedly shows up at her parents' dinner table breaks her adolescent heart into splinters. Again, Remi doesn't need a bearded, moody Brick to come to her aid. Not when it will cost them much more than just their hearts and put them both in jeopardy.

Writer's Note: Enemies become lovers. The opposites attract. Burn slowly. A girl in peril. Wonderful, wonderful conversation. Combat as pre-game. Shenanigans in small towns. Large, sour, lustful, overly protective hero. The wild-child heroine who is always getting into trouble and pushing the hero's buttons. Level of Steam: Lava. Nervousness: chewing nails. Feels: Very strong.