A noise sounded—footsteps on the deck. A muffled grunt.

She hustled behind the truck and ducked down, held her breath.

Okay, maybe this was a bad idea.

The steps came closer.

She felt on the ground around her and found a decent-sized stick. Wrapped her hands around it.

Yep, epically stupid. It was exactly this sort of behavior that got her in over her head.

But she wasn't going to run now—not with the perp just feet away from her.

She stilled, not even breathing.

Heavy steps crunched through the loam and dirt around the back of the truck, and, oh—

"Stop!" She leaped to her feet, holding her stick up. "Don't come any closer!"

He was a big man. Tall, wide-shouldered, wearing a gimme cap, his face shrouded in darkness.

"You're under arrest for…well, whatever you're doing here!"

He stopped and held up his hands.

Then, the villain laughed. Something deep and throaty and it reached out and found her bones, seeping through them, latching on.

Oh. No… She lowered her stick.

He ran from his broken heart…

Seth Turnquist never thought his heart would mend after being shattered by his former love, Amelia Christiansen. But three years away from Deep Haven fighting fires as a smokejumper have burned her away, leaving fresh soil for a new love. Still, he's ready to put Deep Haven in his rearview mirror for good, which means selling the custom log home he built for Amelia and walking away from the family business. But what he doesn't realize is that the seeds for a second chance have already been planted…

She loved him from the sidelines…

Ree Zimmerman couldn't let herself love Seth—not when he was her best friend's boyfriend. And after Amelia broke his heart, there simply wasn't anything left in him for Ree except friendship. But that never stopped Ree from dreaming of a happily ever after with the lumberjack from Deep Haven. When he returns home for his grandfather's birthday, she's not about to let him walk away, again…

Return to Deep Haven in this charming homecoming story about the second chances that await us when we let the past go.

Want more of Deep Haven?

Book 1: Still the One
Book 2: Can't Buy Me Love
Book 3: Crazy for You
Book 4: Then Came You
Book 5: Hangin' by a Moment
Book 6: Right Here Waiting

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