I've been living here all of three weeks and so far it's everything I thought it would be: hot, humid, and lonely. He has me set up an appointment through his secretary and then sends me on my way, back out into the Texas heat. "I'll be back as soon as I get my first paycheck." According to the paperwork that was filed back in Portland, you've put yourself in a tough spot. "The only promise I can make is that I'll do everything I can to ensure the judge does rule in your favor. "And there's no guarantee the judge will rule in my favor?" Actually, I'm going to have to rob a damn bank. He came highly recommended and I knew it was going to be expensive, but I had no idea it would be this expensive. Instead, I glance down at the business card in my hand. I fail to tell him what a horrible analogy that is. He leans back in his chair, pulling his hands to his chest and resting them on his stomach. "Auburn, what you're asking me to do is going to cost money." He folds his arms over the mahogany desk and clasps his hands together, pressing the pads of his thumbs against one other. The wrinkles around his mouth become more prominent as he attempts to keep from frowning. "Do you work on a sliding-scale basis?" I ask him.
There's no way I can afford this with my income. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin.I squirm in my chair as soon as he tells me his hourly rate. To save their relationship, all Owen needs to do is confess. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.įor once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is keeping a major secret from coming out. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes.
‘Hoover will pull heartstrings in this second-chance love story… edgy, sexy’ Booklistįrom the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of It Ends with Us, a novel about risking everything for love and finding your heart somewhere between the truth and lies.Īt age twenty-one, Auburn Reed has already lost everything important to her. ‘This book will consume you - rip out your heart and piece it back together.
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