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Cole: He's the "too nice" handy mountain man whom women overlook. Shannon: She's the curvy girl next door engaged to marry another man. But when the two meet on her wedding day, will heart sparks win in the end?

From the moment Kennedy Baker moved in next door to me in middle school, she's been my best friend. After a failed attempt at a kiss in eighth grade, nothing has ever happened between us. We've never come close to crossing that line. But since I moved back home—and away from Kennedy—two years ago, my feelings for her have only grown. When she shows up at my door two weeks ahead of schedule because she needs me, I decide to test the waters and see if fate is finally pulling us together after all these years.

From the moment I step on the plane from New York to South Carolina, I go from Mark Abbott, hated quarterback, to Mark Hainley, unassuming small-town boy on his way to a tiny beach town and a private resort for a two-week escape all alone. At least, that's the plan. Until I sit down next to football-oblivious and possibly crazy Frannie Baker on my flight. Her beauty makes me look twice, but it's everything else about her that draws me in. From her fear of flying to her comforting herself with Eminem lyrics to her love of books, I can't help but want to know more.

Welcome to Magnolia, Louisiana, a small town desperate for a fresh start after tragedy. Newcomer, April has made it her life’s work bringing old, abandoned properties back to beauty. It was a dream first instilled in her by her father after they lost their home in a hurricane. Since then, April has lost much more—both her parents and her hearing. April’s life has been quiet for far too long. The only comfort she finds is in her work. That is until she meets the farmer next door, Emmett Calhoun.