Forbidden (Falcone)

Baker Natalie Brooks needs to fix her home before it falls apart, but her late husband's alcohol addiction left her broke. When her sexy father-in-law shows up at her house and offers his help to compensate for failing his son before he died, she accepts though she doesn't know him that well. However, there's no denying the instant heat sizzling between them. She shouldn't want him, but she doesn't know how to stop the need building inside her. Contractor Vincent Brooks needs closure to ease his guilt about not being there for his son when he was alive. When he learns about his daughter-in-law's financial crisis, he returns his hometown in Texas to volunteer his services and pay off her debt. What he doesn't count on is his attraction to his son's intriguing, gorgeous widow. And, if he's reading the signals right, the electricity sparking between them is mutual. Acting on it would be wrong, so he's determined to fight the desire drawing them together. Everything's going according to plan until the AC breaks. Vincent suggests they go to the nearest motel to keep from melting during a scorching summer night, but there's only one room available which tests their self-control. They can't fight the sizzling heat flaring between them and their sexual chemistry spirals into a dangerous fire zone...