Sometimes what you want and what you need are two very different things.

Always relegated to the "friends with benefits" corner of small town River Bend, Jenny Riley is done giving the milk for free. Falling hard for a bad boy? Not in the plan, either.

Sexy, emotionally-wounded Marine Reservist Brody Nelson just needs someone to lend an ear. A friend. Friends to lovers? That’s more than he bargained for, especially with a woman who lives on the other side of Nebraska.

Neither wants a relationship. Until that’s all either of them can think about, despite the miles between them.