Ben Darling is infuriating, arrogant, and though he may look like every woman's dream, he's no better than a common thief for stealing Paralee Blake's childhood home. She stopped trusting Ben the moment he broke her heart, and nothing is going to sway her opinion of him. Not her father's insistence that Ben is the perfect man for her, not his mother's matchmaking attempts, and certainly not the way his kisses make her heart pound. Paralee is so stubborn and shortsighted she can't see Ben only wants one thing since his return--her happiness. He never intended to hurt her when he left on a personal mission to right a wrong. The trouble is there's no walking back into Paralee's life and picking up where they left off. From the moment he crosses paths with her again it's clear it's going to take everything he has to prove he's ready to reclaim her heart.