Carolina Girl (Berkley Sensation mass-market ed.)

Meet the Fletchers of Dare IslandAmbitious Meg, the daughter who never looked backSteady Matt, the son who stayedAnd rebel Luke, the Marine who thought hed never returnMeg Fletcher spent her childhood dreaming of escaping Dare Islandher familys home for generations.

So after she landed a high-powered job in New York City, she left and never looked back.But when she loses both her job and the support of her long-term, live-in boyfriend, she returns home to lick her wounds and reevaluate her life.Helping out her parents at the family inn, she cant avoid the reminders of the past shed rather forgetespecially charming and successful Sam Grady, her brother's best friend.

Their one disastrous night of teenage passion should have forever killed their childhood attraction, but Sam seems determined to reignite those long-buried embers.

As Meg discovers the man hes become, shes tempted to open her vulnerable heart to him.

But she has no intention of staying on Dare Islandno matter how seductive Sams embrace might be