Bachelor's End — Carol Reddick

It's been said you can never go home again, but Gillian Guy has done just that and she plans to stick around for a good long while. With hope in her heart and cash in hand, she buys a dilapidated antique shop, Bachelor's End, which she dreams of returning to its former glory. What she doesn't plan on is renewing her acquaintance with her childhood friend-turned-nemesis, Seth Connor. But she finds the best laid plans don't always turn out as expected when she hires him to be her handyman, and he threatens to run off with her heart.

Seth Connor is finished with family obligations and Ruby Valley for good. Once summer comes to an end, he's selling out to his cousins, pulling up stakes, and moving on. Nothing is going to hold him back from realizing his lifelong dream of leaving Ruby Valley and an overbearing family behind. Nothing, that is, until a certain redheaded tomboy-turned-temptress returns to flip his world, and his plans, upside down.