When I pull into the diner of this small mountain town, there’s only one thing I want.
To put down roots and find someone to build a life with.
And the woman who pours me a cup of joe is sweet as sugar and warm as apple pie.
She serves me up a “Josie Special” and I know she’s made to order—the only woman for me.
My past is dark, too dark for a ray of light like her.
But she cracks open the clouds and lets the sunshine in … she sees me as the man I can become.
Her father wants me gone.
He think...