Motion to Hold

He makes a living ending love stories. She makes a living creating them. When a snowstorm traps them together, the verdict is anything but final.Sienna Brooks believes in happy endings. She has to—her failing event planning business, Rose-Colored Events, depends on it. Her career hits the crisis point when she books the rustic Silver Creek Winery for a massive "e;Galentine's"e; bash. It's the party that will save her company, provided everything goes perfectly.It doesn't.Enter Julian Thorne. The city's most ruthless divorce attorney, a man who wears three-piece suits like armor and regards romance as a breach of contract waiting to happen. He's booked the same venue for a cynical "e;Singles Awareness"e; networking mixer, and thanks to a digital glitch, neither of them is budging.Sienna recognizes him immediately: he's the shark who represented her ex-husband, leaving her with nothing but a bruised heart and an empty bank account. She hates him. He tolerates her. But when a blizzard slams into the winery, trapping them with a hundred tipsy guests, the two enemies are forced into a truce to keep the peace.Somewhere between the power outage and the wine cellar, the temperature rises. Julian reveals the wound behind his armor, and Sienna realizes the man who ruined her life might be the only one who can save it.But when the snow melts, reality returns with a vengeance. Her ex-husband is back for blood, and Julian has a choice to make: retreat to the safety of his billable hours, or burn down his own philosophy to defend the woman he's fallen for.