The Wrong Kind of Gentle: A Small Town Romance
She came back to Cold Creek to rebuild her life. She never expected to fall for the man who had forgotten how to live his.
Nora Vance used to be an investigative journalist in New York.Then a plagiarism scandal destroyed her career.The only problem?She didn't do it.After years of chasing stories and proving herself, Nora returns to Cold Creek, Montana, with her reputation in pieces and nowhere else she wants to go. Her family's diner becomes her temporary refuge while she figures out what comes next.She tells everyone she's fine.She's very good at that.Across the street, Dr. Caleb Merritt is equally skilled at pretending he doesn't need anyone.The brilliant ER physician has spent eighteen months keeping people at a distance after the death of a patient he couldn't save. He works long shifts, says exactly what he means, and has no interest in becoming emotionally involved with anyone.Especially not Nora.She's bright, stubborn, relentlessly cheerful, and determined to get under his skin.He's blunt, private, and seemingly incapable of giving her the reaction she wants.
She thinks he's impossible.
He thinks she's exhausting.
Neither of them is prepared for the chemistry between them.When Cold Creek County Hospital faces the loss of critical ER funding, Nora finds herself using the investigative skills she thought she'd lost forever. Caleb needs someone willing to fight for the hospital.Nora needs something worth fighting for.Their reluctant professional collaboration brings them together in conference rooms, late nights, community meetings, and quiet moments at the diner after Caleb's shifts.The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to keep their relationship professional.But saving the hospital isn't Nora's only unfinished business.Someone deliberately destroyed her journalism career, and new evidence may finally prove that the plagiarism scandal was never her fault. As Nora begins pulling at the threads of her old life, she discovers that clearing her name may require confronting the person who took everything from her.And Caleb has demons of his own.He has spent eighteen months believing that keeping everyone at arm's length is the safest way to survive another loss. But Nora sees through his defenses. She sees the exhaustion behind the controlled expression, the guilt behind the silence, and the man who is terrified that letting someone close means eventually losing them.For the first time, Caleb has to decide whether isolation is really protection-or just another kind of prison.And Nora has to decide whether going home means returning to the person she used to be, or finally choosing the woman she wants to become.
Sometimes the person who challenges you most is the one who sees you most clearly.
Sometimes healing begins when someone refuses to let you hide.
And sometimes home isn't the place you return to.It's the place you choose.
The Wrong Kind of Gentle
is a steamy small-town romance featuring
grumpy/sunshine chemistry, forced proximity, emotional healing, found family, professional collaboration, a guarded hero, a resilient heroine, second chances, slow-burn tension and a hard-earned happily ever after.
One small town. One struggling hospital. Two people who thought they were better off alone.
And a love that might finally give them a reason to stay.
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