Larson Hayes doesn’t do relationships.
But when Nell Belmont, a heartbroken widow with a razor-sharp wit, challenges him to prove he’s more than a pretty face?
Game on.

Nell is a woman rebuilding her life, stone by stone—on her own terms. She’s not looking for love. Not again.

But Larson’s charm is relentless, his humor disarming, and the wager they strike soon becomes something deeper.

As they kayak lakes and rivers, trade barbed banter, and tiptoe around their undeniable chemistry, walls begin to crumble.

But healing isn't linear. And neither is falling in love.

A slow-burn romantic comedy about second chances, emotional armor, and what happens when the one person you didn’t plan for might be the one worth risking everything for.