My life is falling apart before my eyes. I lost my boyfriend and my job, leaving my summer plans looking like they were shot with a shotgun. And to add a little more gasoline to the fire, my ex-boyfriend sent me an invitation to his wedding.

Who does that?

So I take my older sister up on her offer to let me visit her through the summer in exchange for a little bit of help with my two adorable nieces when she has her baby at the end of July. A free place to stay, far away from all of the drama that is my life? I’ll take it.

I pack up my tiny car and drive to the tiniest mountain town on the Wasatch Back–Sherman Pines. The problem with my man-free summer plans doesn’t become apparent until my car breaks down just outside of town, and now I have to rely on Carter Hayes, the insufferable–and unfortunately, only–mechanic in this tiny town to fix it.

When my summer becomes a raging dumpster fire of epic proportions, Carter is the only one who can douse the flames. I just have to be able to convince everyone around us that the fiery passion between us is love, not hate.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.