2014 Christy Award winner!
Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelorâoldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, and doting father. But heâs also wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. No woman in Deep Haven dares come near.
New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesnât know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicityâs death. All Ivy knows is that the Christiansens feel like the family sheâs always longed for. And once she gets past Darekâs tough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with. Which scares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wifeâs case.
Caught between new love and old grudges, Darek must decide if he can set aside the past for a future with Ivyâa future more and more at risk as an approaching wildfire threatens to wipe out the Christiansen resort and Deep Haven itself.