A girl who thinks she’s nothing and the boy who knows she’s everything. Can he show her what she’s worth? And will she believe him when he does?Lexie Preston hasn’t done much right in her life—at least, not according to her father—but Colton Derricks appears to be the exception.

Handsome, wealthy and successful, Colt is everything a girl should want . .

. though lately Lexie feels less like she’s been chosen and more like she’s been captured.

Jake Tanner is a country boy who’s always assumed he would know the right girl when he found her. Something tells him Lexie is the one, but they’ve spent years passing like ships in the night .

. .

and he’s running out of time to make a good impression. When life makes them interns in the same office, Jake finally gets a break! There’s just one problem: Lexie’s already with someone—someone who clearly doesn’t see her the way Jake does.

Taking the advice of sassy Grandma Ruby, Jake starts showing up for Lexie in ways her fancy boyfriend never has. But can he show her what real love looks like before she starts a life she’ll come to regret? -----Tropes: small-town romance, friends-to-more, love triangle, he falls first, found family, protective cinnamon roll heroContent warnings: toxic relationships (parent/child and domestic), brief physical violence toward a woman, verbal abuse.