Starlit Fields Winery

The only person who believes in my dreams is also the one man I can't afford to fall for.

I have big plans for my family's winery. Too bad no one in my family seems interested in hearing them...except for my best friend.

Beau's been my best friend since we were teenagers, and the one person who's never made me feel like I have something to prove. When I decide it's finally time to show my family what I'm capable of, he's right there beside me. Even when my carefully planned presentation completely bombs.

Naturally, I handle the disappointment like a mature adult. I get drunk and kiss my best friend.

I'm convinced I've ruined the most important relationship in my life. There's just one problem.

Beau doesn't regret the kiss. If anything, he wouldn't mind doing it again.

I'm desperately trying to shove us back into the safety of friendship, and Beau is still right there—making it difficult to remember why kissing him was such a terrible idea.

Maybe kissing my best friend wasn't the mistake, and waiting this long to do it was.

Falling for my best friend’s sister was never part of the plan.

Callie has always been Miles’s little sister. Which, as far as I’m concerned, puts her firmly off-limits.

At least, that’s what I keep telling myself when she comes back to town with her teenage daughter and I realize the girl I remember has become a woman I can’t seem to stop thinking about.

Getting involved with Callie could complicate one of the most important friendships in my life. Keeping my distance is the smart thing to do.

Then a snowstorm knocks out the electricity and water at her place, leaving Callie and her daughter under my roof for the foreseeable future.

The more time we spend together, the harder it is to pretend this is just attraction. I’m falling for Callie. For the woman she’s become. Somewhere along the way, having both of them in my home starts feeling a little too much like exactly where they belong.

Callie might be my best friend’s sister, but she’s starting to feel a whole lot like my future.

Fourteen years ago, I let the woman I love walk away. I’ve regretted it every day since.

Haley left Asheville fourteen years ago…I stayed. I had responsibilities at the winery. At least, that’s what I told myself

None of that changes the truth.

When Haley needed me to choose her, I didn't.

Now she's home, and I have no idea what fourteen years have done to the woman I never managed to forget. I get my answer when I find her stranded on the side of the road.

She still takes my breath away. She also might hate me. I can't blame her.

I don't expect forgiveness. I know wanting another chance doesn't mean I deserve one. But I'm not the man I was fourteen years ago.

This time, I'm going to show Haley what I should have shown her then.

She isn't someone I'm willing to lose…not again.