Falling in Fate by Melanie Shawn

Ava Wells had no idea that Dear John letters actually existed until she received one on the morning of her wedding. When she woke up, she expected to walk down the aisle and say, “I do.” Instead, she ended up at a diner commiserating with her sisters as she inhaled a carb heavy breakfast and ate her feelings. With her entire future in limbo, Ava was plotting her next move when she overheard a deep, sexy, blast-from-the-past voice ask for a table for two. She tried to place where she’d heard the baritone vibrato before but it was sort of hard to concentrate with the tiny hairs on the back of her neck standing up, goosebumps lifting on her bare skin, and her lady parts throwing a rave.

After nearly twenty years on the force Asher Ford thought he could handle anything, but becoming a single dad to a rebellious teenage girl overnight was proving to be more difficult than he’d expected. In a hail Mary move, he decided to quit his job as a homicide detective in New York City and move his daughter across the country to a simpler life in a small town. Things were going as planned until his fresh start was threatened after running into a breathtakingly beautiful woman whose smile made him feel like a teenager again and he also happened to share a complicated history with.

Sometimes it’s best to leave the past in the past…spoiler alert: this isn’t one of those times.

Author’s Note: Falling in Fate is a hot cop, jilted bride, single dad, slow burn, small town Hope Falls standalone romance. This happily-ever-after tale comes complete with a damaged hero, optimistic heroine, a misunderstood teenage daughter, a meddling sister, town folk who all think they know best, a plethora of heartwarming moments and swoony sexiness that will warm up more than just your heart. Warning: this HEA may restore and/or ignite your belief in fate and true love.