Southern Sinner (North Carolina Highlands 3)

Annabel and I have been close since college. When I left school to play pro football, she was there. While I collected Super Bowl rings and cars worth more than the house I grew up in—she was there.



I always assumed we’d end up together. Everyone did.



But by the time I retired from football, Bel was married. I thought I’d missed my shot at love.



So I buried myself in my new job as CEO of Blue Mountain Farm, a five-star resort my family and I built in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. It seems like a good place to be alone with the secret I have to keep from her.



Now Bel is a divorced single mom, struggling to raise her daughter on her own—and it’s my turn to be there for her.



So I invite her and the baby up to the resort for some much needed R&R.



Then, in a moment of bonfire-and-bourbon induced weakness, I kiss her.



And the fallout could ruin everything.