When urban refugee Lainey Roberts needed some hired muscle to help renovate her country home and stables, she didn't expect a gentle, intelligent, gray-eyed stranger with shoulders a mile-wide. Soft-spoken Zac Sinclair was undeniably attractive and plainly interested. But Lainey was utterly incapable of intimacy--even warm, wonderful Zac made her tremble with fear. Zac's recent loss had made him swear off love, yet sweet, troubled Lainey almost made him hunger to try again. As a builder, he knew about foundations: building a future with Lainey meant they would have to clear away the emotional rubble of the past. But could he convince her that now was the time for healing?