Helen Hardt 
Smolder 

She’s on the rebound, and he’s on the prowl.Aurora Rory Pike gave up her dream of becoming an opera superstar long ago. Now she s content to teach music to the children of Snow Creek while helping her family recover from the wildfire that devastated them. After a messy breakup and a ghost from the past resurfacing, she s examining her priorities and they don t include a passionate kiss from womanizer Brock Steel.Brock Steel just watched his skirt-chasing mentor his cousin Donny give up his playboy ways and fall hard for Callie Pike, sister of Rory Pike, the most beautiful woman in Snow Creek. Rory just ended a relationship, and Brock makes sure he s there to pick up the pieces. Physically, that is. Emotionally? Brock doesn t do emotion.Chemistry between Brock and Rory proves to be hotter than either of them imagined, and it provides a welcome respite, especially for Brock, who s dealing with a conundrum. As bits and pieces of seemingly unrelated evidence emerge, he must come to terms with the fact that his renowned family may not be the paragon he thought they were.