Two rival small-town innkeepers. Two competing visions. Only one bed.
I had a plan: turn my cozy inn into a dream destination in my small town. I didn’t count on getting stuck on a Ferris wheel with a sexy stranger, or that his mind-blowing kisses would lead to a night I’d never forget. No regrets. No last names.
Until the next morning when my mystery man strolls into a town council meeting as my brand-new corporate rival. It’s official: he’s the enemy—regardless of how hot he looks in a suit (and out of it).
Oliver’s sleek new inn threatens everything I’ve built in Darling Springs. Worse, he’s presenting flashier versions of my ideas for the annual Spring Fling festival. To save my business, I have to compete with him, but the town council has other ideas and forces us to co-chair the event together.
Suddenly, we’re bickering over pie contests and parade details, but Oliver counters my arguments with witty comebacks and lingering gazes that prove he can’t stop thinking about our time together either. I try to ignore the heat between us, until one night, when there’s only one bed left, and we finally break.
Falling for my rival, who might put me out of business, is a bad idea. But beneath Oliver’s corporate exterior is a man just looking for a place to call home—and I’m dangerously close to letting him be mine.
This is Oliver and Bridget’s romance. Tropes Include: A rivals-to-lovers small town, romantic comedy!
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