Jim Rawlings takes the biggest chance of his life—bidding at auction for a once-grand inn. Genie King attends the hotel auction, never expecting another LBC employee to bid at the sale—much less the guy she had a major crush on in high school. Working together means Jim must share long- hidden secrets. Will Genie reject the man with a past? Or will she love the man he's become? Can an hotelier with a past and a chef with a future revive the grand dame in a neglected old inn?