She didn’t want him home. He didn’t want to be there. Finally something they could agree on. Ben Sumner should have been on top of the world. His company was on the verge of going public, a move that would make him richer than God. His best friend was getting married (translation: he’d have his pick of hot bridesmaids for the weekend — and only the weekend).Life was good.Instead, he was called … weekend).
Life was good.
Instead, he was called home for the first time in nearly ten years to bury his father — a loss he had yet to deal with and had no idea how to process. Worse still, his parents had leveraged the family land and his childhood home to build a lodge that was too big for his mother to run on her own. But there was one thing Ben knew one thing about running a successful business —remove the emotions.
His plan was simple. Cut his mother’s outlandish pet projects, pay off the loan, and head back to his life in Seattle in a few months. It was a solid strategy.
Until she walked in.
Maggie Lawrence — the untouchable beauty queen in high school who never even knew he existed was now the manager at his family’s lodge. She noticed him now. He made sure of it. She was hell bent on keeping him from cutting his mother’s budget. Maggie was about to learn he was no longer the shy, quiet boy from high school.
He was used to being the boss.
She was used to being in charge.
What could possibly go wrong?
This book was previously published as His Frenemy
Born to be My Baby, Book 1 (Ben and Maggie)
Never Say Goodbye, Book 2 (Aaron and Kayleigh)
Thank You for Loving Me, Book 3 (Max and Devlin)
With These Two Hands, Book 4 (Aaron and Kayleigh)
I’ll Be There for You, Book 5 (Jake and Lina)
If That’s What It Takes, Book 6 (Grant and Sophie)
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I really liked this book. I’m looking forward to the next one in the series.
An absolutely fantastic start to what should be an amazing series. I loved this book and can’t wait to read more about the Sumner family and the Lodge in Canyon Creek. This is a wonderful small town romance that pushes all sorts of emotional buttons. The Sumner’s are a big loving family but all 6 boys have left Canyon Creek and started their lives elsewhere. When they are all called back after the death of their father they find their mother has been left in a bit of a financial bind and it will take all of them to help save the lodge and their mother’s home.
This is Ben and Maggie’s story. Maggie Lawrence has been their for Ben’s mother all along and has worked with his parents on every stage of the lodge expansion. Having Ben come in and try and takeover now infuriates Maggie. She may not be as successful as the high and mighty Ben but she knows this business and won’t let him kill his mother’s dream.
Ben never expected to be living in Canyon Creek, CO again but he can’t let his mother lose everything. Problem is working with Maggie, his high school crush, isn’t going to be easy especially when he has to convince her that all their plans need to change.
What starts out as a war of wills turns into so much more as Ben and Maggie begin to work and play together.
A recommended read!