Welcome to Black Wolf's Bluff, where turning forty doesn't mean your life is over. It might just mean the spark that can light up everything is right around the corner.

She's turning forty.

Lily Easton's series of lackluster boyfriends ended three years ago with the ex from hell—self-absorbed, thoughtless, and seriously bad in bed. After she dumped him, he told everyone in their small town she was the horrible lover. Being made the dating-pool pariah allowed her to focus on her goal of becoming the first female mayor of Black Wolf's Bluff, but with that accomplished, the arrival of Lily's fortieth birthday is a stark reminder of everything she's still lacking: love, commitment, and some seriously intense orgasms.

He's here to do a job.

John David Lane walked away from Black Wolf's Bluff thirty years ago, determined to find his own success and leave behind the family who hated him. Now he's back, but not to stay. He plans to turn the family estate he has inherited into a high-end resort, the kind that would completely transform this backwoods town. To succeed, he'll need the help of the "lady mayor," but he didn't count on the desire for something far more personal with Lily than political negotiations.

Dive into an all-new small-town romance that proves falling in love isn't impossible after forty — and neither are seriously intense orgasms!