A Tempting Seduction

She buried her past in Tennessee. Now it's coming to collect.

RUBY I vanished in Jasper Creek after my fiancé destroyed my self-worth and my father died. Then Ford Larson literally crashed into my coffee shop—six feet of muscle and charm, falling at my feet. Now this ridiculously gorgeous millworker won't stop ordering complicated drinks just to talk to me.

When my ex tracks me down with an ultimatum—marry him or face my father's killer—everything unravels. Now Lance is dead, and I'm holding evidence that could destroy a corruption empire.

If they don't destroy me first.

FORD One look at Ruby Miller's curves and I face-planted in front of the entire coffee shop. Worth it.

I'd do it again just to see that flash of concern in her green eyes. This woman thinks she can hide in oversized flannels and friend-zone me, but she's wrong. When her past shows up demanding she play political wife, I realize she's running from more than heartbreak.

Good thing I've got military training and the whole town on speed dial. They want my woman? They'll have to go through me first.

Sometimes love means becoming someone's last line of defense.