Take a Chance on Me

Summary

Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor—oldest son inthe large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, anddoting father. But he’s also wounded and angry since the tragic death of hiswife, Felicity. No woman in Deep Haven dares come near.

New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesn’tknow any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. Nor does she knowthat when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood outof jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing theman responsible for Felicity’s death. All Ivy knows is that the Christiansensfeel like the family she’s always longed for. And once she gets past Darek’stough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with—whichscares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wife’scase.

Caught between new love and old grudges, Darek must decideif he can set aside the past for a future with Ivy—a future more and more atrisk as an approaching wildfire threatens to wipe out the Christiansen resortand Deep Haven itself.