Carli Santana never expected to become Willow Creek's most talked-about runaway bride-but when she bolts from the altar in her wedding dress, barefoot and breathless, she sets off a scandal that shakes the small Texas town. All she wants is a quiet place to figure out her next move. What she gets is Cory Hayes-the charming, reckless, completely off-limits bad boy who once made a habit of flirting with her like it was his full-time job.
Cory's back in town to tie up loose ends-not to fall for the girl he was told to stay away from. But when he finds Carli drinking whiskey in a wedding gown, his resolve goes out the window. Offering her a place to lay low in his family's guesthouse? Terrible idea. Falling into her bed? Even worse. As small-town gossip swirls, a tornado tears through Willow Creek, and old fears resurface, Carli and Cory must decide if their wild, unexpected love can survive the storm-or if some hearts were never meant to stay.
Carli Santana never expected to become Willow Creek's most talked-about runaway bride-but when she bolts from the altar in her wedding dress, barefoot and breathless, she sets off a scandal that shakes the small Texas town. All she wants is a quiet place to figure out her next move. What she gets is Cory Hayes-the charming, reckless, completely off-limits bad boy who once made a habit of flirting with her like it was his full-time job.
Cory's back in town to tie up loose ends-not to fall for the girl he was told to stay away from. But when he finds Carli drinking whiskey in a wedding gown, his resolve goes out the window. Offering her a place to lay low in his family's guesthouse? Terrible idea. Falling into her bed? Even worse. As small-town gossip swirls, a tornado tears through Willow Creek, and old fears resurface, Carli and Cory must decide if their wild, unexpected love can survive the storm-or if some hearts were never meant to stay.