Never Say Goodbye by Lori Ryan

A second chance at love

Elle Noble knows about loss. Her battle with cancer stole her chance at love, her hopes for a dance career and her dreams for a family of her own.

Still, she’s found a life she’s content with, working alongside her brothers and father at their family resort. But Canyon Creek Mountain Ski Resort isn’t doing well. Tourism in the small Colorado town is down and working with the neighboring lodge might be their best bet to turn things around.

Joining forces with the Sumner family lodge means working with Emmett Sumner. He was her best friend, and the man she’s loved for most of her life. Until she foolishly let him go five years ago. Being so close to temptation and the object of her desire is enough to drive her mad. Mad enough to do something she shouldn’t. To hope again.

Emmett Sumner refuses to love Elle Noble again. She’s broken his heart, twice. But when they’re thrown together for work, he finds himself falling all over again until he discovers she hasn’t overcome her need to keep secrets, reinforcing his determination to keep his distance. Trying to convince his heart to stay away might be a bigger challenge.

Never Say Goodbye is the second book in the Canyon Creek, CO Series. It can be read as a standalone book.