In this classic love story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, fire meets ice when a Yankee heartthrob falls for a resistant proper Southern belle determined to guard her heart.
Katie Quaid could never refuse a dare. It was the quality that had once made her a world-class equestrian. And it was the reason sheโd been elected to introduce herself to Briarwoodโs intimidatingly gorgeous new resident. It took one week to make Nick Leone the focus of the Virginia townโs rumor mill. So far he was a CIA agent, a male model, a fugitiveโmaybe all three.
Whatever Nick was, Katie learned one thing right away: she liked him. And that made him the greatest danger sheโd faced since the accident that had ended her riding career. In the five years since, sheโd buried herself in her business of restoring historic homes, afraid to share her scars with any manโscars that had destroyed more than one dream. Nick had disappointments of his own, but after meeting Katie, he sensed that fate had a better plan all along. And soon he would pose her with the greatest dare of allโto love again.