Nora Bennett has built her life around winning. She is a brilliant attorney, fiercely independent, and determined never to need the people who once made her feel small. One reckless night with Grant Beaumont, the wealthy hometown rival she has not seen in twelve years, should have been nothing more than a private act of revenge. Then the pregnancy test turns positive, and suddenly the man she planned to forget is tied to her future twice over. Grant has spent years carrying his own losses behind a polished name and a competitive streak that Nora remembers all too well. He does not trust her motives at first, and she refuses to become dependent on his money, his manor, or his plans. But pregnancy forces them into an intimacy neither can win by argument. Between doctors' appointments, family history, old school grudges, fears of abandonment, and two babies changing everything they thought they wanted, their rivalry begins to expose how alike they truly are. Grant wants to build a family. Nora is terrified that loving him means giving the world another chance to leave her. The closer they get, the more their old competition becomes something tender, frightening, and impossible to dismiss. They know how to fight each other. The real challenge is learning whether two people broken in the same places can finally choose to stay.
Nora Bennett has built her life around winning. She is a brilliant attorney, fiercely independent, and determined never to need the people who once made her feel small. One reckless night with Grant Beaumont, the wealthy hometown rival she has not seen in twelve years, should have been nothing mo...