Autumn Falls (Paradise Pines)

Autumn Warren and her friend Cecily determine to have one last hurrah before the crazy whirl of planning Cecily's wedding. Autumn reluctantly agrees to lay off the barbed comments about her friend's imminent move to Italy (for no better reason than that Cecily fell in love) and the girls rent an apartment at Cambria's Paradise Pines Lodge for the entire fall season.Autumn's reluctant agreement to remain silent regarding her friend's upcoming marriage, in no way indicates a change of heart about letting a man into her own life. She's watched enough friends get married and divorced to sour her on the subject of love and the sanctity of marriage. (Autumn isn't exactly a religious person, but she doesn't believe in divorce, and seriously...given the current divorce statistics, why even risk it?)But when she meets Russ Amundsen and his adorable daughter, Dalynn, she finds herself in danger of losing her carefully guarded heart. And what is it about the mysterious Miss Angelina Love—who may or may not own Paradise Pines—that makes Autumn believe her heart never stood a chance once she set foot inside the lodge?