This is Book 1 in a series; there is a prequel novella (Between Then and Now) which you might want to read first, but each story can be read on its own. Book 2, Where Their Hearts Collide, is now available! **She shuttered her heart and walked away...** Heading home always stirs up mixed emotions for Laney Calhoun. Twelve years ago she left for graduate school, broken-hearted. She's found professional success, but positive personal relationships have proved elusive. Running into her ex-boyfriend fans flames she thought long extinguished, renews her interest in love. Not with Kyle, of course. Never again. But as sparks fly and items of clothing disappear, she scrambles to lock down her heart. **...Now he has a second chance to get it right.** Kyle Nixon let Laney slip away once. Their chemistry together is undeniable, but a few days of steamy sex over the Christmas holidays won't be enough to convince her to let him back into her heart. Even if she did trust him again, her life as Dr. Calhoun is a day's drive away from the hometown that he loves--the world he once chose over her.