Northern Lights — Laurie Ryan

NORTHERN LIGHTSA Contemporary romance story about finding love in the heart of Alaska.When New York corporate man Renzo Gallini shows up with papers saying he owns the way- station Jess Jenkins lives and breathes for, she laughs in his face. But things get tense when he's got the paperwork to prove it...and her father, who apparently signed their home away, is nowhere to be found.Jess has lived her entire life at Last Chance Camp, a man's world where femininity is relegated to wisps of time behind her closed apartment doors. Yet she's proud of what they've built here. Last Chance is all she needs to be happy and no amber-eyed city-boy will convince her otherwise.Renzo Gallini left New York on his mother's foolish errand, to ferret out what could turn an Alaskan truck stop into a vacation destination. He finds little of merit in the wide spot in the road until the small community, led by a fiercely loyal tomboy, show him there's more to Alaska than just ruts in the road. That survival depends not just on good planning, but on each other. And love can be found in places where you least expect it.