Blueprints and Blizzards

Rule #1 of historic preservation: Never fall for the handsome architect who shows up during a blizzard to critique your radiators.

Emma Greene has plans for her grandmother's Victorian B&B. Very specific, historically accurate, doesn't-involve-sexy-strangers plans. But when a freak snowstorm delivers Marcus Hayes—preservation architect and walking temptation in a wool coat—to her doorstep, her carefully restored world starts developing some serious structural issues.

He says he knows how to save historic buildings. She says her renovation schedule doesn't include distractions, no matter how good they look rolling up their sleeves to fix burst pipes. But as the power fails and temperatures plummet, the only thing heating up is the tension between them. Turns out Marcus doesn't just know his way around period architecture—his hands-on approach to emergency maintenance is threatening to demolish Emma's defenses faster than you can say "compromised foundation."

Now Emma must decide if she can trust this gorgeous preservationist with more than just her grandmother's legacy. Between his brilliant solutions for modernizing the B&B and his frustrating ability to make her forget why mixing business with pleasure is against code, she's discovering that some things are worth exposing to the elements… and others are worth surrendering to completely.

A steamy, snowed-in romance featuring one stubborn innkeeper, one persuasive architect, and absolutely no modern insulation… at least until morning.

Some renovations require a permit. This one requires a fan.