Chapter Eleven Wes found it hard to focus on why he’d come to Echo Ridge in the first place when every other thought was filled with Elise Gibson. She was a breath of fresh air, with so much vibrant energy that he couldn’t help but feel invigorated when he was around her. He’d finally worked up the nerve to ask her out on a date and his cheeks hurt from grinning every time he thought about picking her up tonight. He hadn’t been out on a real date in over six months. He shuddered when he thought of his last date selling him out to the paparazzi. The photos were still circulating on the internet and Wes hated the fact that pieces of his life he wanted to forget were just a click away for anyone curious enough to type in the Montoya name. His mother wouldn’t approve of him taking an America

