num_pages: 264
description: Olivia Bennett is on the tenure track at Cornell University the resident expert on Southern women writers. After moving to upstate New York from Atlanta she falls in love with and purchases an old run-down farmhouse. The only catch: she know s nothing about renovating a house taking care of land or snow . Joss Bauer is a New York native who grew up in her familys construction business. She has a soft spot for old houses but no patience for overpaid debutantes who want to play at country living. When Olivia hires Joss to do the renovations on her new home the sparks fly in more ways than one. It turns out both women have a lot to learn about life love and the meaning of home. But when a scandal threatens Olivias professional reputation it puts her priorities and her new found love on the line.
language: English
title: Built to Last
publisher: Bold Strokes Books