Ava Hunter

Keeping my heart guarded all my life has never been an issue. Until he saves me in a bar fight.

Tessie Truelove has spent her entire life avoiding . . . well, true love. And why wouldn't she? Her dog ran off, her father left to go get cigarettes and never came back, and her mother passed away years ago. Instead, Tessie, a celebrity interior designer, clings to her to-do lists.

Nashville's pop-country princess Alabama Forester is drowning in debt and a bad reputation after a tabloid scandal. Without a manager, she's working at a podunk diner unsure if she'll ever record another song again. That is, until she's offered the chance of a lifetime.

It's been nine months since country superstar Luke Kincaid lost his wife in a tragic plane crash. Unable to cope with the pain of losing her, Luke is damn close to giving it all up—the music, his band, even his life. Until he learns his wife is alive.