Tender Yearnings — Elaine Raco Chase

Writer Nick Maxwell arrives at a Virginia bookshop to find the owner causing problems for his father's credit card company. Abigail Wetherby turns out NOT to be a dusty old bibliophile, but a gorgeous, sexy woman making changes -- in more ways than one!
Abby finally had the life she wanted -- quiet, secluded, serene.

When Nick Maxwell walked into her small bookstore one day, Abby's defenses got their first shattering blow. The tall, dashingly handsome writer was determined to bring Abby to her knees... and into his arms.

But when he tried to pry open her secrets, Abby found that Nick had more than a few secrets of his own, secrets loaded with as much danger as her own mounting passions.