The whole town wrote them both off. Turns out the throwaways were keepers all along.

Maddock Pike is the rough-handed Taylor Falls mechanic who got adopted into the brotherhood and never once believed he belonged — a stray who learned long ago that nobody stays for the likes of him. Candy Cross is the glittering socialite who chased the wrong men, lost everything when the money ran out, and is trying — quietly, badly — to become somebody better.

They're the two people the whole county gave up on.

So when her dying car limps into his one-bay garage with grease under his nails and her pride in pieces, the least likely match in all of Clearwater County turns out to be the one that finally heals them both.

No fight left to win. Just two overlooked hearts, finally, fully home.

The whole series comes home in this tender finale.

Unlikely match · two broken hearts · grumpy mechanic · redemption · slow-burn · sweet small-town Montana · closed door.


Genre: Romance



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