The Edens - A Legacy Short Story

On New Year's Eve 1988, Anne Snow would rather be at home in her pajamas watching Unsolved Mysteries. Her friends have other plans. They pressure her into a weekend at a cabin built around cross-country skiing, and she gives in.

The trip goes wrong the moment she arrives. Harrison Eden opens the door. She has avoided him since they broke up in high school, six years earlier, and he has only grown better looking. He still knows exactly how to irritate her.

Anne's plan is simple: stay out of his way for the whole stay. The plan falls apart when she learns that her friends invited more people than the cabin has beds for, so guests must share rooms.

Harrison volunteers to be her roommate. This is a forced proximity romance between exes in a small town, told as a short story and part of The Edens series. It reads quickly and has a light, teasing tone. The open question is how long Anne can keep her distance from a man sleeping a few feet away.