She’s focused on her job. He’s determined to be a distraction . . . Being a woman contractor isn’t easy. Alexis Welby moved to Deer Creek Falls to get away from heartache and bad decisions in the city and start her own remodeling business. Now, she finally has a shot at a project that could take her career to the next level. She’s known hunky Zeke Reynolds since they were teenagers and trusts him completely to help her on this make-or-break reno, but can she risk making herself vulnerable again and trusting her longtime crush with her heart? Zeke Reynolds is gorgeous, charming, and a notorious flirt. He’s a volunteer firefighter, a part-time bodyguard to the rich and famous, and an electrician who’s only too aware of the spark between him and sexy contractor Alexis Welby. Lately the connection has been getting more intense, but how can he convince her to forget these other guys her friends keep trying to set her up with and give him a chance to show her he’s not playing around? Find out how friends become lovers in this small-town romance. Better Together is the third book in the Ellie Rhodes Deer Creek Falls series, a small-town romance full of gossipers and meddling matchmakers.