Never Too Late — Kari Holloway

Love knows no bounds. Darien Payne's been in love with the girl-next-door since he first seen her sitting on the swing hanging from the oak's branches. Determined to win her heart till death do they part, he sets a plan in motion that could make it or break it for their friendship and his family's legacy. But a death hangs over the happiest day of his life, his brother is missing, and some unsettling news about a certain blonde has him worried that the two are intertwined. Can he carry the weight of what it means to finally fill Granddaddy's shoes and become the patriarch of the Payne family?