Spontaneous Love — Heather Tullis

Love is not on Sheila's side. She isn't sure if she just has terrible taste in men, or if she actually changes nice guys into total jerks, but she's done with romance. Her resolve hasn't been challenged for the past three years—but that was before she met Ethan Wolf.  Still, if she can focus on building her decorative metal pieces, maybe she can work him out of her system. Ethan's time as an Army paratrooper is nearly over and he's been looking for a place to settle down and start his security company. He was attracted to Sheila from the first time they met, but respects her clear hands-off signals despite his increasing attraction. Intrigued by the single mother, he's glad when she takes him up on the offer to help her with a large project for the building she and her five friends are renovating. Sheila finds herself softening as she gets to know Ethan better, but just as she starts to think there might be a man out there for her after all, her abusive ex-boyfriend tracks her down. It's going to take all of their ingenuity to figure out what he wants before someone pays with their life.