There are some paths in your life you're never meant to take. Yet, by some twist of fate, you find yourself on the forbidden road all the same.Those are the words I stumble upon when I unearth a hidden journal that once belonged to my grandmother.A hidden journal that details a heartbreaking affair with her husband's brother. It's a family secret I'm unprepared to deal with, especially when my own life begins to parallel hers.Sawyer Gallagher was never on my radar. The moment I met his younger brother, I was taken. Done for. Love-drunk.But some things aren't meant to last, and, at the age of thirty-three, I find myself divorced, penniless, and living with my parents. When Sawyer stops by our family's antique store, asking for a job, I figure Why the heck not? Life can't get much worse.It doesn't take long to realize just how different the Gallagher brothers are. Sawyer is kind, supportive, and, oh, did I mention sexy as hell?In a small town like ours, I can't help but wonder if I can fall for my former brother-in-law...or if this is just history repeating itself.
Death is easy. Surviving it? That's the hard part. Dr. Jake Jameson knows this all too well. Losing his mother at the age of eighteen, he walks away from his small hometown and the painful memories it holds, vowing to never return again. Twelve years later, he finds himself driving back down the coast of North Carolina. When his father leaves him a small medical practice, he has no choice but to heed the call until he can find someone else to take it off his hands. But coming back home means facing everything he left behind, including the one woman who might make it impossible to leave again. Molly McIntyre has spent her entire life in one town. Taking over her parents' small inn, she's settled into a quiet, happy life. But all of that comes to an abrupt halt when Jake shows up at her door in need of a place to stay. Molly loathes everything about this man, but she can't find it in her heart to refuse his request. After over a decade, these former lovers quickly discover what once burned brightly between them has only grown in their time apart. Soon they must decide if the choices they've made have led them back to each other for a second chance or one final goodbye. Contains mature themes.
Head down. Don't look up. Never make eye contact. Those were the words I lived by growing up, the words that protected me in an unsafe home. But words are only letters, and eventually even they couldn't keep his hands off me. Hoping to leave behind the shattered life of my past, I find myself in a boring, small town, with an aunt I've never met, and at a school I loathe. But soon I learn that not everything in this world is as black and white as I've determined. Sometimes those we are so quick to judge often need a second, third, or even fourth time to make a first impression. And often, there are friendships and even love waiting just around the corner, if we are brave enough to take the first step. Am I brave? Or will I hide behind these tattered gloves of mine forever?
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