Small Town Hero - Paperback

by Olivia Hayle (Author)

My new boss is my best friend's older brother and the golden boy of Paradise Shores. Me? I'm the misfit single mom who never wanted to fit in...

Being forced to move back to my hometown after a decade away is embarrassing, but I'll do anything to protect my little girl. I'll even wait tables at the elite Yacht Club... now owned by the boy I once had a huge crush on. He's grown up and claimed his rightful place as King of Paradise Shores.

Parker Marchand was a star athlete and professional sailor who never looked at me twice. He's strong and steady, everything my abusive ex wasn't, but I'm a struggling single mom and professional screw-up. What could we possibly have in common?

But Parker doesn't believe in no win situations. He wants to be my knight in shining armor. His plan: Charm my daughter. Take me sailing. Out to dinner...and into his bed. Make me forget everyone but him.

The man I've always wanted is within reach, but I've been burned too many times to trust again. Parker has a brilliant future and I'm running from my past.

Everyone knows knights in shining armor aren't real, and I'm too old to believe in fairy tales. Even if Parker is making it hard not to...