Tie Me Down - Melanie Harlow

n nJust friends.n n nn nThat's all Beckett Weaver and I have ever been.n n nn nSure, he's a hot cowboy who left Wall Street behind to take over his family's ranch. Yes, I've had a secret crush on him since we were seventeen. And who wouldn't appreciate those strong hands, that massive chest, and the way he fills out a pair of Levis?

He makes a girl sweat just looking at him . . .

and I look.n n nn nA lot.n n nn nBut I'm a single mom trying to move on with my life, and he's running that ranch single-handedly while taking care of his elderly father. We don't even live in the same state. I only returned to my hometown of Bellamy Creek to sell my late mother's house, and he just invited me and my son to stay with him because he's got a big heart.n n nn nThat's not the only big thing he's got--which I discover the night I finally sneak across the hall to his bedroom and shed my inhibitions right alongside my pajamas.

And once we give into each other, we can't stop.n n nn nThe hayloft. The bed of his truck. The dock by the pond.n n nn nNothing has ever felt so right, but his past has taught him not to believe in happily ever after, and every perfect night I spend in his arms brings us closer to goodbye.n n nn nLike any cowboy, he's good with a rope and knows exactly how to tie me up.n n nn nBut what if I want him to tie me down?n