The Mountain Man’s Chance by Lyssa J Cole

The entire town is anticipating his homecoming. She wishes he wasn’t coming home at all. What she didn’t know was he was coming home to her.

The last thing I cared about was that Zach Kahan was returning home from the military. He might be a hometown hero, but he was far from one in my eyes.
We fell in love as kids, and when he left, there was no goodbye. Only a breakup and radio silence. For four long years.
So he can come to my diner all he wants, pick up his usual takeout food, and chat with my family about the weather, but I’m not falling for his crap a second time.
Until he rescues my parents during a storm and I can’t thank him enough.
But he’s still not getting my heart, no matter how much he says it’s always been his.