Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, & a
...A newly single girl. A tall dark handsome stranger. What could go wrong? It’s 7 a.m. on a Monday & Abby Reynoldsisn’t where she wants to be. She wantsto be in her beautiful loft apartment in Manhattan, drinking a coffee with her fiancé. Instead, she’s heading back to the childhood home in rural Ireland she swore she’d never return to, with some big old secrets. Namely that she’s suddenly found herself unemployed, homeless, & absolutely 100% single. She’s feeling all out of luck. Until the first person she meets after she touches down is an absurdly hot guy called Luke, who offers her a lift home. Gazing deep into his sparkling emerald-green eyes, Abby knows instantly that he’s exactly what she needs to take her mind off everything. The perfect rebound. It’s a flawless plan. Until the next day, when Abby realizes who he actually is. Not just a stranger. He is, in fact, Luke Bailey, aka the boy next door. Luke Bailey who-so help her God-she’s pretty sure she once shared baths wit...