<p><strong style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)"><em>A runaway bride, a gruff mountain man who doesn't do relationships, and a complication that rocks them both...</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Every woman in town has a crush on North Winter. Every woman except Amber Stone, that is.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The muscled tree surgeon is her best friend. Her co-worker. Her shoulder to cry on. And everybody knows you don't mess up a friendship with desire.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Maybe that's why she doesn't see him as a potential lover until she runs away from her cheating fiancé on their wedding day, and into his strong, safe arms.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">For the past ten years North has been Amber's friend and protector. But now he's imagining himself as something more.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">He may not be great at relationships - or showing his emotions, for that matter - but for her he's willing to try.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Then Amber discovers a secret. One that will change the way North looks at her if he finds out.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">He's always been the one person she can confide in. Her safe harbor in a storm.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">But now she's afraid she could lose him for good...</span></p>