Trusting Fate — Melanie Shawn

For the first time in her life, Grace Wells had no idea what the future held. After being offered partner at the law firm she'd worked at for the past decade she surprised even herself when she handed in her resignation, put her condo up for sale, and jumped in her Range Rover to head for Hope Falls.She was already questioning her sanity when she found herself stranded on the side of the road, in a snowstorm, with a flat tire. When headlights shone in her rearview mirror, she was sure a psycho was coming to kill her. After rolling down the window to find the most perfect male specimen on the planet, she was no longer in fear for her life... her heart was another story.For the first time in his life, Easton Bishop knew exactly what the future held. After nearly fifteen years of nomadic living across the globe, he was finally putting down roots. His plan was to spend the next year of his life writing the novel he'd been putting off and more importantly, reconnecting with his family who he'd barely seen over the past 15 years. That plan was immediately sidetracked when he showed up to surprise his parents only to find out they were on a three-week vacation in Palm Springs.So, he hopped in his pickup truck to drive to Hope Falls to see his brothers only to be sidetracked again by an SUV on the side of the road with its hazards on. When the driver turned out to be a blonde with eyes bluer than the Mediterranean and lips that made him sweat in below-freezing temperatures, he knew that his plans might need to be expanded to include her.Author's Note: Trusting Fate is an opposites-attract, fake(ish) relationship, small-town Hope Falls romance. This HEA includes: a type-A control-freak heroine, a go-with-the-flow Alpha (with a capital A) hero, a jealous rescue cat, cold days and very hot nights. Side effects of reading this book may include swooning, and a strong desire to move to and/or visit Hope Falls. Read at your own risk.