Women often say a good man is hard to find. And a hard man is even better.

That’s why I’m quite a catch— good, hard, loaded, and wait for it…I’m ready to settle down too. But the woman I want to pitch my tent with lives clear across the country. Neither of us wants to get lost in those woods. All I have to do is resist her for the week she's in town.

I try. I swear I try. But yeah, that doesn't work out. 

And after one fantastic night with Mia, I’m ready to give her years of nights under the stars. What's a few thousand miles when love's involved? But there’s a hitch in my plans — she just hired my adventure tour company. If there’s one thing I’m committed to, it’s running a squeaky clean business. Number one on my list of iron-clad rules?

Don’t screw your customers.

I can follow my own guidelines for a quick group tour down the hills and over the trails—even if it’s hard in the woods. I’m about to give myself a badge of honor when the storm of the century hits, sending everyone else running for cover. They're safe, but Mia and me? We're trapped. Together. Alone in the woods. 

You don’t screw the client, especially when you’re already in love with her . . .

But what’s a guy to do when she’s so hard to resist? Time to take a trip in a new direction. 

Patrick Milligan is an adventure tour guide and outdoorsman. He is charming, funny, sexy, dependable, and normal. Yes, normal is so important. He has seen his sister, Evie find her man (Stud Finder), and his best friends Max (Joy Ride) and Chase Summers (Full Package) find love. And he has his eye on someone too. She happens to be Mia Summers, their little sister.

But that's not his biggest obstacle. He's a good guy and his friends are pretty level headed. First, he has no idea what Mia really thinks about him. Sure there's some looking, flirting, and definite like and fun. But they both don't really let on what they are thinking. 

The big problem is she lives in California and he is in New York. Hello long distance! When she comes to visit her brothers, he's been around her at times, but it's hard to do casual cross country dating. And she has her own successful beauty business on the West Coast while he runs his own company from New York and delegates out his West Coast business. 

I freaking adored Patrick. He was damn near perfect. He knew his own mind. he had no qualms about love, settling down, or Mia being the girl he wanted. He was easy going, capable, protective, sweet, and just everything. Totally made me swoon!

These two have their own personal epiphanies and make their own decisions. There are different paths they could choose. But their biggest issue might just be not putting it all out there. Oh, communication breakdowns, tension, and angst!

There are other conflicts and c*ckblocking situations, but overall this is such a sweet, passionate, humorous, fun, and engaging friends-to-lovers-best-friends'-sister-long-distance-love story.

It brings back so many friends from other books in this series of stand-alones. There are big events and progressions. It brings everything together. There are epilogues. There is the most amazing wonder cat, Zeus. This is a flirty and heartfelt adventure in love that left me smiling and swooning.

Patrick Milligan has watched his sister and his best friends find love and he is ready for his turn. The only problem is the attraction he feels for his best friends’ sister. And the biggest problem with that is the distance between the coasts that they each make their homes.

Mia and Patrick have been hinted at, but when Patrick decided to not let long distance stop him from developing feelings for Mia, things heat up quickly. But distance isn’t the only challenge they have to face, and just when it seems they have the all clear, more challenges arise to make things difficult.

The sexual tension between these two is electric. Even before they decide to give it one night, the attraction crackles between them. But when they decide to give in to the feeling, there are still things standing in the way.

Zeus’s interludes added a fun element, and I loved the thread that became his tagline throughout the story. With as much as people talk to their animals, and fail to filter around the four legged roommates, it was only a matter of time before it was pointed out.

Once again, Lauren has created a story filled with humor, family, friends, and love. This was an easy read that moved quickly, smoothly, and kept me entertained. I loved watching Patrick and Mia try to find a common ground, a way to make thing work between them. The lengths each is willing to go to prove that they are a perfect match.

I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.