Julia Bentley spent her fortieth birthday doing what she always does, baking treats for the customers in her Cotswold bakery and taking care of her elderly father. She doesn’t realize how stagnant her life has become until a younger man, Tristan Hannigan, moves to the village and shows interest in her. As Julia becomes closer to Tristan, he begins to season her mundane days and to challenge how she views the world.
The relationship is threatened when Julia’s doubts and insecurities overwhelm her, and the secret she’s afraid to reveal creates a wedge between them. Will Julia choose the easy route, slipping back into her daily routine and living without love? Or will she find the courage to follow her heart and accept the love she deserves?
Taboo. Wrong. Off limits. I know the drill. I know the rules. But damn, if he doesn’t get under my skin. And into my bed.
There’s no reason for a woman like me, Successful, established, independent, To ever be sleeping with a younger man. A younger man with a hard, rugged, sculptured body. A body that can go all night. All night.
I can’t resist, can’t turn him down. Can’t walk away. Because I’ve never known pleasure like this. Chase Nolan walked into my life and disrupted my perfect little world. And made it so much better.
Enjoy it while you can, Jillian. Because there’s no way there’s a future for us. After all, is he barely even legal?
** Legal is a full-length standalone romantic comedy **
When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, transplant surgeon Harlow James hits the open road and ends up in Taos, New Mexico hoping to find out where she went wrong.
Instead, she finds the perfect man.
Master woodworker Dax Drexel is gorgeous, funny, and represents every reason to keep going.
There's only one problem: he's too young.
But even if everything about Dax is perfect, can their fling stand a chance against the world that betrayed her... the same world she's about to return to?
For Dax, a naked woman asleep in his bed when he thought his rental would have been available is the last thing he expected to find on his day off.
He could walk away... but he can't.
For there's something about Harlow James that he just can't turn away from.
Sure, she's thirteen years older than him, but she's smart, independent, and beautiful.
I just finished this. h is 22 and H is 19 and was her student when they met. Due to certain 'circumstances", they parted and ran into each other 9 yrs later. I like this book. There are some twists to related stuff in the story.
Post by Banana Boat on Dec 29, 2019 19:18:38 GMT -7
I'm on a Laura Griffin, a favorite RS author of mine, reread jag. In Exposed (Tracers Series Book 7) by Laura Griffin (Kindle Edition) this H is a 27ish FBI agent and the h is a 35 yr old forensic photographer. It's not a huge difference but through quite a bit of the book it really bothers the h. Good RS book.
Every picture tells a story. But not all of them have happy endings.
As a forensic photographer at the Delphi Center crime lab, Maddie Callahan is used to seeing violence up close, but she’s never before been the target of it. When a freelance photo shoot goes awry, she realizes she may have seen, and perhaps photographed, the kidnapping of a key witness in a federal probe. And although her camera was stolen, Maddie knows she has something that could be even more valuable to investigators.
FBI agent Brian Beckman has spent months investigating a vicious criminal known as the Doctor, only to have a key witness abducted on his watch. Worse, he’s falling for the woman who may be the Doctor’s next target. Maddie’s aloof facade hides a world of hurt that he wants to heal, no matter how much she keeps him at bay. But first he has to protect her from the danger that’s just out of focus, drawing close enough to shoot...and kill.
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Horsepower and green thumbs meets justice and flip-flops.
I’m a late bloomer.
A geek, an introvert, an enigma, and a watchdog.
My name is Paco.
I’m determined enough to bide my time, yet too clever to pass up on opportunity.
I’m a steadfast rebel.
An outcast, a defender, a hothead, and an eccentric.
My name is Mel.
I’m resolute enough to carve my own way, but not too blind to see a better path.
We are established loners—each limited by the boundaries we set—but when a young boy’s life hangs in the balance, we discover we have more in common than we thought.