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A Reckless Heart by Jennifer Wilck

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  …when her secret is revealed, will her love survive?...   A Reckless Heart , Book 1, the Scarred Hearts series, written by Jennifer Wilck, released by the Wild Rose Press.        Former “It Girl” and media darling, Meg Thurgood flees to Gulls Point, Maine after release from prison. The peace and solitude she finds in the charming cottage on the coast are temptations she must resist. This is just one more stop on her journey toward recovery after all. And her reclusive landlord, Simon McAlter, is another form of temptation Meg must avoid. She cannot look toward a lasting life until she reconciles the one she had in the past.        Our Review: As always, it is always a treat to read something by Jennifer Wilck. With her gift for showing—as opposed to telling—we were drawn in immediately by the snappy dialogue, well-drawn and layered characters, and mysteries behind the what led Meg to this spot on the Maine coast as well what k...

Finding Tuesday

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Never Say Never. If you do, it'll come back and bite you in the ass...                The above a tried and true axiom has never been proved better than in Finding Tuesday , a contemporary romance written by Savannah Scarborough.             After a twenty-year absence, Grace McAllister returns to Temple, Georgia for the reading of her father’s will. She has neither seen, nor heard from him in all that time—but curiosity drives her to return, perhaps to find a bit of herself as well as the man who was her father.          When the will reveals she is not Benjamin Troup McAllister’s biological daughter, Grace digs in her heels and decides to stick around and jerk a few chains of her own. Aided by former bully Mayfield Donovan, who still plays the role of enigmatic bad boy, the two uncover a world of secrets, treachery and bad blood.           With snappy dialogue,...

Opposites Ignite by Sadira Stone

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  . . . Working at Bangers Tavern offers budding entrepreneur Eddie Volkov the opportunity to hone his ideas for the future—when he opens his own place. It’s all written down in his personal book, including his feelings for enticing barmaid, Rosie Chu. All those dreams and plans take on a different view. . . . All Rosie Chu wants is a chance to express her art. But Tacoma enjoys an overflow of tattoo artists like Ro. Even landing a decent apprenticeship stands the chance of a climb on Everest. Not helping the situation is the intriguing, terribly sexy Eddie who ignites her juices each time she looks at him. . . . Complicate all that with the No Personal Drama rule at Bangers—and Eddie’s ultra-traditional family’s expectations—and the two lovers have a mess on their hands. How do they achieve their dreams, cope with demanding family expectations, while they explore the DMZ of mixed messages, misunderstandings, and raging hormones associated with new love? Stop by Bangers Taver...