The End of the Road — Cassandra Pierce

Victoria knows she is taking a big chance by returning to Birch Falls, the quaint New England town where she grew up. Twelve years before, her wealthy and powerful father had forced her to abandon the man she loved, a man she assumed she'd never see again.



To her surprise, she soon discovers that Gabriel Black is still in town. No longer the resident bad boy, he has transformed himself into a prominent citizen and respectable business owner. The moment she actually sees him, Victoria feels all the old emotions rush to the surface again, and though he is cool to her on the surface, she senses that the past is tugging at his heart, too. Yet rekindling the passions that once nearly destroyed both of them would be like opening a wound that never fully healed, and Victoria isn't sure she's ready to risk that kind of pain again.