Saved by the Wounded Billionaire

He came to buy my inn.

I gave him a room key because I couldn’t afford to give him his money back.

Damon Ellis arrives in Ridgecrest with New York plates, a Rolex, and an offer to buy the Bennett House.

An offer that would solve all my financial problems while destroying everything my grandmother spent her life building.

I know exactly what men like him do.

They buy struggling properties.

They tear down history.

They leave towns like mine worse than they found them.

So I plan to fight him.

What I don’t plan is the way he keeps showing up.

Fixing burst pipes at two in the morning.

Holding ladders steady during storms.

Looking at me like I’m worth more than the numbers on a spreadsheet.

The foreclosure clock is running out.

His company wants my signature.

And the more I learn about why Damon was really sent here, the more I realize this fight was never just about my inn.

Thirty-seven years ago, my grandmother stopped his family from taking this land.

Now history is repeating itself.

Only this time, the man sent to finish what they started is sleeping under my roof.

The worst part?

I’m not sure which will break my heart first.

Losing the inn.

Or losing him.

He came to Ridgecrest to close a deal.

Falling for me was never part of the plan.