Two shattered souls, one chance at love’s redemption…
After being wrongfully imprisoned for the death of her abusive husband, all Jessica Smithson wants is to start a new life where no one knows her true identity. Maple Ridge is the perfect place to hide from the media circus battling to know who really rid her of the man. A question she can’t answer.
The last thing she expects to find in the small idyllic mountain town is the good-looking and very persistent Troy Carson. From the moment he sees her, the ex-Marine is determined to help Jess with her anxiety attacks and to get to know her better. He’s determined to help her renovate the old house she bought—a house with secrets hidden behind the walls.
Heat simmers and grows between the pair, but Jess can’t risk getting too close to Troy. Can’t risk her own secrets being revealed.
So much is at stake if the truth gets out.
For fans of Rebecca Yarros’s THE THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHED comes a toe-curling, dual-timeline romance that bridges the gap between past and present, love and loss, and heartbreak and healing.
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Life hasn’t been kind to Jessica as the pain that the man she allowed into her life didn’t end with his passing. She is now hoping to leave that in her past and she has relocated to Maple Ridge where no one knows her past and all she wants is a fresh start.
Troy has transitioned from his career in the Marines and he and his family are trying to help those who are trying to deal with the aftermath of what they have been through. When he meets Jessica he is drawn to her but he knows he needs to be patient and understanding as the wrong move could destroy what they could have before it begins.
This is the beginning of Troy and Jessica’s story so we are still left for some unanswered questions including the books she believes are left behind by the previous owner of her home. The storyline is intriguing and the characters are compelling and leave us wondering what the future holds.
Michelle’s love affair with romance began the summer before high school when she discovered her mom’s Harlequin collection. The feeling of joy from experiencing those happily-ever-afters has stayed with her ever since.
Now she writes stories about strong women with strong passions, sexy swoon-worthy heroes, and the twists of fate that bring them together and try to tear them apart. She hopes to ignite the same spark of joy for her readers that caught fire in her that long ago summer.
When she’s not writing, reading, or voicing a novel, Michelle spends most of her time hanging out with her favorite humans. With marriages and babies and puppies, the boisterous group seems to grow every year, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
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