Cowboy Eli Turnbull isn't thrilled to be working for Victoria Baker, the penniless widow of a financier who committed suicide after being caught running a Ponzi scheme. The only things she has left are her son and the Crooked Creek ranch, her birthright and last hope. Eli has worked the ranch for years and sees it as his birthright since the land originally belonged to his family. They have wanted it back for generations.

Victoria's plan to turn the ranch into a spa adds fuel to the fire that burns in Eli. He finds himself waging a war against Victoria and doing things he's not so proud of. The attraction that flares up every time they are together doesn't help matters. How do two feuding people deal with their passionate impulses? Can they figure it out before they both lose everything that really matters?

CAN'T HURRY LOVE is passionate story that will tug at your heartstrings. The story brings back two wounded and struggling characters we first met in Can't Buy Me Love. Eli, having been abandoned by his mother at a young boy, isn't sure he trusts the whole idea of love. Victoria was deeply hurt by her husband's betrayal but must build a future for her son. The transition of their relationship from antagonistic to passionate occurs as a natural result of their each characters personal growth. Together they come to recognize and trust their second chances in more ways than one.

Book Summary

From award-winning author Molly O’Keefe comes a wonderfully written contemporary romance about second chances at life and at love.
 
Victoria Baker, the penniless widow of a disgraced financier, is ready to stand up, be counted, and make a new life for herself and her beloved son in Texas. She’s taking over Crooked Creek ranch, her birthright, and turning it into something special. All that stands in her way is Eli Turnbull, a rugged, too-handsome cowboy who wants the land just as badly.
 
If Victoria wants a fight, Eli will give her one. He’s devoted his life to Crooked Creek, and he’s not about to let some pampered city girl—even one as brave and beautiful as Victoria—turn it into some silly spa. But Victoria’s and Eli’s burning anger and frustration only fuel heat of another kind: uncontrollable passion. And soon they each realize that the person standing in their way is the one they can never do without.