I fell in love with his rope skills. I stayed because somehow he took hold of my heart and made it his.

 

Callum Valentine didn’t mean to eavesdrop. Then again? When a man is calling a woman fat right in front of your table, it’s kind of hard not to intervene. Especially when the town’s most beautiful creature ever is the one being called fat.

 

 

Desi just wants to be left alone. After an ugly divorce, she thinks she’s in the clear. Then her ex takes it upon himself to continue to make her life miserable, giving Desi no choice but to take it or leave.

 

 

 

In fact, her bags were nearly all the way packed when Callum poked his nose into the most embarrassing spectacle the town of Kilgore has ever witnessed. The moment he declares her his and off limits, everything changes—and definitely not for the better.

 

 

 

As if things couldn’t get worse than being called a pitiful, fat heifer in front of the hottest man she’s ever seen, Callum has to go and say that she’s his, and they have to play a game that she’s not quite sure she wants to be playing.

 

 

 

But before her eyes, things change. And suddenly the rules of the game aren’t clear. And they’re crossing boundaries neither one of them see coming.

 

Review

After her ex-husband cheated on her during their marriage and blamed her due to her curvy figure, Desi thought the divorce would bring her the closure she needed. She wasn’t prepared to have him and his new girlfriend ridicule her in front of the town and she certainly wasn’t prepared for Callum to not only stand up for her but announce that he is in the new man in her life.

Callum has a very strict code of honor and isn’t about to stand by while Desi is being attacked. What started out as a way to help Desi has evolved into so much more. Not only will he help her achieve her goals, but he will show her that she is perfect just the way she is and the only place she belongs is with him.

I really enjoyed both these characters. Desi’s image of herself has taken quite a hit at the hands of her ex but Callum is the perfect combination of sexy and sweet to hep her gain her confidence back. The chemistry is hot, the interactions humorous and it is always great to catch up with the other characters we know and love.

Lani Lynn Vale is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, to cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple meaning over twenty) chickens. 

She hails from the Great State of Texas. 

When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.

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