The last person she wants to see in Magnolia, North Carolina, could be exactly whom she's been waiting for...Mariella Jacob was one of the world's premier bridal designers, but one viral PR disaster later, she's trying to get her torpedoed career back on track in small-town Magnolia, North Carolina. With a secondhand store and a new business venture helping her friends turn the Wildflower Inn into a wedding venue, Mariella is finally putting at least one mistake behind her. Until that mistake--in the glowering, handsome form of Alex Ralsten--moves to Magnolia too. Mariella ruined Alex's wedding by announcing that his starlet bride-to-be was sleeping with Mariella's fiancé. While he's furious when they're forced to work together, there's no denying Mariella is hardworking, talented...and gorgeous. In fact, though Alex keeps reminding himself that they're enemies, something deeper is growing...daring them to admit that a rocky past might lead to something unexpectedly wonderful.