The dress was custom-woven in Milan to look like spun sugar, but it felt more like a cage. Darcy Talbot didn't just leave her high-society fiancé at the altar; she stole a 1970s pickup truck and drove until the pavement turned to Vermont mud. Now, she's a "Scarecrow Bride" stranded in the middle of nowhere, her designer silk ruined by a spring deluge. When Nash Hollis, a reclusive beekeeper with a voice like gravel and a heart made of granite, finds her, he wants nothing to do with her "city noise." He's spent years building a life of silence and honey, and a runaway socialite is the last thing his mountain needs. But Honey Creek has its own brand of magic. Hamish, the town's legendary thousand-pound Highland bull, has a habit of deciding who belongs together. When the massive, ginger-furred beast drags Darcy's discarded wedding dress onto Nash's porch and refuses to budge, the path is officially blocked. Trapped together by a storm and a stubborn bull, Nash and Darcy are forced to look past the silk and the scowls. As the scent of woodsmoke and peppermint fills the cabin, Darcy realizes she's not just running away-she's finally found the one man who sees the woman behind the statue. Nash must decide: will he protect his silence, or will he let Darcy be the queen bee of his heart?