Helen R. Myers - Almost a Hometown Bride

Recipe for Romance:Take one mystery man…add the best baker in town…and a dash of red-hot chemistry! Cain Paxton’s return to town caused quite a stir. And no wonder: his brutal temper had landed him in jail! Merritt Miller vowed to stay far away from Cain and his bad reputation…even though she couldn’t ignore the sparks they shared.But just as Cain had shuttered his heart when he was punished for a crime he didn’t commit, Merritt’s emotions were imprisoned by her secret past. The straight-as-an-arrow girl and the rebel made an improbable couple – with an intense attraction!