Nine years after breaking my heart, my childhood sweetheart shows up at our high school reunion—looking like the charming bad boy he’s always been. Weston Maddox is back in Autumn Cove, vying for a spot on the Avalanche hockey team. My carefully guarded heart feels vulnerable. I thought I’d make it through the high school reunion and never see him again. Then my dad hires him to work at my bar, The Rustic Roost—putting Weston back in my life, front and center. I swore I’d never let him back in. But every shift together, every shared memory, makes it harder to pretend we’re just old friends. In a town where everyone knows our history, it’s impossible to hide my feelings—or the fear of making the same mistake twice. When I finally start to believe in us again, Weston’s past crashes into our present—this time with the police asking questions. Will the truth tear us apart for good, or is this the test that finally brings us together