Almost a Hometown Bride (Harlequin Special Edition #2171)

Recipe for Romance: Take one mystery man…Add the best baker in town…
And a dash of red-hot chemistry! Cain Paxton's return to town caused quite a stir. And no wonder—his brutal temper had landed him in jail! Merritt Miller vowed to stay far away from the loner and his bad reputation…even though she couldn't ignore the sparks hot enough to melt even a Montana snow.But just as Cain had shuttered his heart when he was punished for a crime he didn't commit, Merritt's emotions were imprisoned by her secret past. The straight-as-an-arrow gal and the chip-on-his-shoulder rebel made an improbable couple—with an intense attraction! Would Cupid bring them together just in time for Valentine's Day?