For Fox Sake — Mary Frame

Jake Fox is a man on a mission. Armed with a collection of mysterious letters between his late father and a stranger named Ryan, Jake wants nothing more than to unravel the enigma: Just who is this Ryan guy? But when Jake arrives in Dull, Oregon, he finds Ryan is no guy at all.

Ryan Green is just trying to get by. So while the handsome stranger who pays for her groceries intrigues her, caring for her dying mom and raising her dead sister's daughter are all she has time for. But when the muscular handyman moves in across the street, the spark of their chemistry is difficult to ignore.

Safe in the blue-eyed beauty's company, Jake can't quite confront his past -- or share his true purpose in Oregon. But the deeper Ryan falls, the closer their intertwined histories come to splitting them apart.

For Fox Sake is the poignant fifth book in the Fox Family romantic comedy series and can be read as a stand-alone, but the experience is definitely enhanced by starting with book one: Between a Fox and a Hard Place!

If you like witty characters, swoony moments, and grief leavened with humor, then you'll adore this heartfelt tale of love, loss, and the complexities of unraveling the past.