Citrine — Kathryn Quick

Ali Archer is the last one standing. One by one she has watched her siblings fall in love after getting one of their Grandmother's rings from their mother. She is determined not to let the last ring get her.

Jake Daultry is on 30-day leave before going back to his unit in Iraq. All he wants is to enjoy his family and decompress for a while. But it seems as though a bigger skirmish begins the day he meets Ali.

At first, it is a classic clash in a contest of wills, but when it culminates in a kiss on the front porch, each feels an attraction that can't be denied. Can the environmentalist and the soldier find some neutral territory in order to follow their hearts, or will Ali and Jake just have to settle for some combat wounds that may never heal?