When Emmett Bush agrees to star on a reality dating show to save his family's farm, he's got his heart locked down tight—until Julia Silva arrives as the location consultant, and suddenly all his carefully laid plans feel dangerously fragile. She's off-limits in every way that matters: sharp-tongued, gorgeous, and the little sister of his biggest rival, plus she's got her own reasons for keeping romance at arm's length. As they're forced to work together on set, their sarcastic banter and stolen moments away from the cameras spark into something neither of them saw coming, but Emmett's contractual obligations and a family legacy hanging in the balance threaten to pull them apart. This is a swoony small-town romance about two people who never expected to find their match in the last place they were looking.

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Sultry country-pop with indie edge, slow-burn tension, and late-night confessions. Think twangy guitars meeting moody R&B, acoustic vulnerability mixed with sensual undertones. Small-town nights, forbidden attraction, the ache of proximity and restraint.