Baby, It's Cold Outside by Susan May Warren

When disaster threatens the home they all love, they quickly learn what has been truly important all along. As Ivy starts to transform Darek’s ways, Claire and Jensen must also learn to change. Unable to let go of their pain, they both remain stubbornly convinced that God has turned against them. Claire Gibson and Jensen Atwood both love Deep Haven but feel trapped by their pasts. Meeting Darek Christiansen complicates her life even further, because her work is intertwined with his past in a way she fears will lead him to reject her. Ivy Madison believes moving to the idyllic town will be her opportunity to start fresh, but she soon learns life in a small world is tricky. Caught between new love and old grudges, Darek must decide if he can set aside the past for a future with Ivy-a future more and more at risk as an approaching wildfire threatens to wipe out the Christiansen resort and Deep Haven itself.ReviewRITA Award–winning and best-selling inspirational author Warren takes readers on a journey back to Deep Haven, Minnesota, as in The Shadow of Your Smile (2012). Which scares her almost as much as Darek learning of her involvement in his wife’s case. And once she gets past Darek’s tough exterior, she finds a man she could spend the rest of her life with. All Ivy knows is that the Christiansens feel like the family she’s always longed for.

Nor does she know that when she crafted a plea bargain three years ago to keep Jensen Atwood out of jail and in Deep Haven fulfilling community service, she was releasing the man responsible for Felicity’s death. New assistant county attorney Ivy Madison simply doesn’t know any better when she bids on Darek at the charity auction. But he’s also wounded and angry since the tragic death of his wife, Felicity. Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor-oldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, and doting father.

Baby, It's Cold Outside by Susan May Warren