Synopsis

He’s a notorious flirt, so she lays down a challenge she’s sure she’ll win.

When playboy police lieutenant Ryker Lange stops Kitt Boynton for driving on the wrong side of the road, his attraction to the feisty Irish lass is immediate. Yet, despite the sizzling chemistry between them, Kitt quickly turns him down.

Kitt has moved to River’s Edge for a fresh start and is ready to focus on her new marketing job at her cousins’ winery. She’s done with players and vows she won’t let the local sexy cop distract her, but Kitt, a flirt herself, is definitely tempted. To keep her sanity as she prepares for several Valentine-themed winery events, she and Ryker make a bet: for the next three weeks, neither of them can flirt with the other.

The game starts out lighthearted, but when the town takes sides, Ryker and Kitt must choose between winning a wager or finding lasting love.

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Review

This sweet and funny romance has two worlds colliding, all in the name of love.

Kitt has made the journey from Ireland to help her cousins in their winery and escape a broken heart and relationship back home. It doesn’t help that during her first few days, she is pulled over by Lieutenant Ryker Lange for driving on the wrong side of the road. I have to admit that was funny because I imagine that would be me in Ireland and not remembering that the right of way is not the same as in the US. However, sparks flew during that initial meeting, or maybe it was just irritation? Either way, it sets up the story for a romance between these two.

Ryker has a reputation as a playboy, and we find out later in the story why that is and how it all came about. We also learn more about the heartbreak that Kitt endured in Ireland. Both have some baggage to deal with, and jumping into any sort of relationship is not a good idea. This is how the wager came about – to be only friends with no flirting or any sort of romantic endeavors by either party. Be friends and get to know one another first. I have to say it is a smart wager, but will they be able to keep their hands off one another? Will they get to know one another as friends first?

This story is entertaining, and I loved the banter between these two. There is also a bad situation for the two boys that Ryker knows as their big brother. It will break your heart, but it gives the story even more depth and brings Ryker and Kitt closer together. The people in this town are comical, and apparently, in the early months of the year, there isn’t much else to do in town other than stick their noses into other people’s business. But that is what makes a small town great; they care for each other.

This is a fun read, and we give it 4 paws up.

About the Author

Nan Reinhardt is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet romantic fiction for Tule Publishing. Her day job is working as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader. However, writing is Nan’s first and most enduring passion. She can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t writing—she wrote her first romance novel at the age of ten and is still writing, but now from the viewpoint of a wiser, slightly rumpled woman in her prime. Nan lives in the Midwest with her husband of 49 years, where they split their time between a house in the city and a cottage on a lake.

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