When Cherry Fowler agrees to house-sit for her mom, she expects a quiet escape to figure out her post-graduate life. What she doesn't expect is Ray Patel-the rugged, no-nonsense handyman living in the pool house. With his brooding demeanor and rough charm, Ray is everything Cherry doesn't want...and everything she can't seem to resist.

As heated arguments give way to stolen glances and simmering tension, Cherry and Ray are drawn together in ways neither of them anticipated. But their connection isn't without complications. Cherry's future is calling-a promising teaching opportunity in the city-while Ray remains haunted by a past that's made him wary of love.