Smoke Show by Amelia Simone

Kissing your co-director is a sure way to fan the flames of gossip…

Eve Pendleton moved to Campfire for a fresh start. She’s agreed to help the town council with their bachelor charity auction, but hosting it at the high school is a no-go unless she agrees to co-direct the winter play with the principal. Brady Gleason is handsome, but awfully strait-laced for Eve’s tastes. Besides, her fresh start didn’t include plans for a new man… Can she make room in her heart and her new life for a man whose icy exterior hides a flame only she can quench?
Brady Gleason can’t stop thinking about Eve. Loud, chronically late, and generally a thorn in his side, she gets on his nerves—but her prickliness conceals a pain he can’t help but try to soothe. He’s learned the hard way that risk means loss. Can Eve encourage him to open his heart one last time if it means finding love?

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