Jaxson Riggs once hated everything about Higher Ridge. But after years in the big city, he's come to appreciate the small town he grew up in—the safety, the peace, and the fact that it finally feels like home.
He's also earned himself quite the reputation with the local women.
But there's only one woman he truly wants.
Tillie Short.
Sweet, curvy, and kindhearted, Tillie has no one in the world but her beloved dog, Belle. And lately, Jaxson keeps finding reasons to be around her. To everyone else, he's the town grump. With Tillie, he's something entirely different.
Their unlikely friendship quickly becomes the best part of her life.
Until one scorching summer night changes everything.
One moment they're friends. The next, Tillie's no longer a virgin—and Jaxson has no intention of going back to the way things were.
He wants Tillie. Not for a night. Not as another name in his past.
He wants her as his woman. His wife. His forever.
But Jaxson's reputation is hard to ignore, and now he has to convince Tillie of the one thing that matters most:
She was never just another woman to him.
