Jessica used to love Sundays. A day reserved just for them and his family. Now she hated Sundays and especially the upcoming Sunday. The anniversary of the loss of all her dreams. It had been two years, but she couldn't move on.
Mark Bourne had consumed the last seven years of her life. The five years they had dated and the two years since an accident that took his life way too soon. He had been her world. Her high school sweetheart. He had been voted 'best smile' while she was voted 'class clown'. He had been her best friend.
But the looks of pity from the people in their small town and the property he had left her wouldn't let her move on. She was determined to find the woman she had been before Mark died so she gathers everything she needs for a day lazing by the lake and heads for the Gator.
She pulls out her tablet and starts reading a romance feeling encouraged that even through the hurdles they find their way. But then she realizes she never experienced half the things in the book even though she had had a man who loved her.
She hears someone splashing through the water and turns to see a man walking towards her. She only sees the shadow of a man with broad shoulders through the blinding sunlight but recognizes his voice immediately. Maverick. Mark's older brother. And the sound of his deep voice sends shivers through her veins just as it has since she met him seven years ago.
Maverick moved away to follow his dreams of aviation now owning his own private luxury charter planes with clients around the world only returning home when it couldn't be avoided. In truth, he had fell in love with Jessica the first time he saw her without even speaking a word to her, but when she was introduced as his brother's girlfriend he knew the only thing he could do was avoid being near her. His family meant too much to him and he loved his brother.
He would never break that trust even though it killed him to stay away. But now Mark wasn't around. Would she think he was worth the gossip?
I loved this book! It is very well written and the characters are absolutely amazing. Jessica had always felt a zing the rare times that Maverick was home, but since he always came up with excuses that he was needed for a work emergency when she was at his parent's for dinner she thought he hated her. She wanted to move forward with her life, but Maverick was forbidden.
Maverick had his own billion-dollar empire along with his family owning a huge farm where they raised show horses and race horses. He knew that he could no longer stay away from home since his parents needed him more than ever now, but it was becoming harder to avoid Jessica.
This book is action-packed and smoking hot, but be prepared to get out those Kleenex. There are many tear-jerker moments throughout this book as they deal with the death of a beloved member of the family & community, deal with their forbidden feelings for each other and his father's deteriorating health.
I so loved her baseball romances, but this book has to be my favorite to date. I can't wait to read Beau's story! Highly recommend anything written by Kristin Lee. You won't be disappointed.
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