Live Together As Strangers — Megan Lane

Longing to escape the shambles of a twice-failed engagement, China Castleberry took a vacation from her two Palm Springs dress shops and headed for the refuge of the Big Sur cabin she'd recently inherited from her grandmother. But when she arrived, she found a golden-haired stranger claiming to be the rightful heir. Seductive and bold, Byron Scott soon turned China's bitter protests into passionate promises of love. But Byron had sworn that no woman could ever hold him. Had China made the same mistake all over again -- falling for a man who wanted only to be free? By making them co-owners of the cabin, had her grandmother bequeathed her a home--or a broken heart?