The road north is long and often lonely. Any over the road truck-driver knows the comfort of wanting a safe, warm home to come back to. For Gwen Honeycutt, aka Honey Maple, the highways have become like second nature to her as she hauls freight and cargo for whatever company wants to hire her. She makes friends easily, is beloved by her fellow truckers, but often returns home to her cabin in Alaska alone. Being a big girl like her isn't easy, but she feels pride in who she is, what she does, and finds joy wherever she can.
For hitchhiker Laris Zent, however, his world is very different. Recently thrown into chaos due to family strife, he's left everyone he's ever known behind to make the long, cross-country trip back to the one place he ever truly remembers being happy: the place as a child where he first saw the Northern Lights that he is named after. He has become very jaded and skittish around others after several harrowing encounters, believing that he can trust only himself. All he wants is to be happy again; a fate that he isn't even sure is possible anymore or if his adventure will even bring him closure to his troubled mind.
Their paths converge on the open highway, where life, adventure, and love, have whistled by then like cars on the interstate. Maybe together they can find what they've always been missing.
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When Chef Margot loses her beloved restaurant to her cheating ex-fiance, her best friend, single dad Nathan, steps in with an unexpected offer to help her start over. As they collaborate, sparks fly-but can they overcome their complicated pasts for a chance at real love?
Season 4 of The Mechanic
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Margot Taylor thought she had it all: a thriving restaurant and a fiance she adored. But her world crumbled when her fiance abruptly cancelled their wedding and claimed ownership of her cherished restaurant. With her career in tatters and her heart broken, Margot is forced to start over.
Enter Nathan Davis, her loyal best friend and a single dad chasing big dreams of his own. As a partner in the multibillion-pound auto business, Nathan offers her a lifeline-a chance to open a new eatery on the grounds of his new mechanic shop.
As Margot pours her heartbreak into a new dream, her friendship with Nathan deepens into something much more electric. But their growing happiness is threatened when Nathan's ex-wife returns, determined to take their daughter away and upend the new couple's relationship. Caught in chaos, Margot must decide if she has the strength to fight for the life she's building...or let the wounds of her past ruin her future.
Content warning: This story contains depictions of eating disorders that may be upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
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