5 SMOOCHES!
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SYNOPSIS:
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Marked Men series comes an irresistible and suspenseful romance between a tough Texas Ranger and his first love–a woman in danger who insists she doesn’t need his protection.
Hill Gamble is a model lawman: cool and collected, with a confident swagger to boot. Too bad all that Texas charm hasn’t gotten him anywhere in his personal life, especially since the only girl he ever loved has always been off-limits. But then Hill is assigned to investigate her father’s mysterious death, and he’s forced back to the town–and the woman–he left behind.
When Hill left Loveless, he broke Kody Lawton’s already battered heart. And now that he’s working on her father’s case, avoiding him is impossible. She can handle Hill and her unwanted feelings–until he puts his life on the line to protect her. Suddenly, Kody realizes that Hill could be taken away from her…for good.
“Crownover delivers the goods.” -Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author
“Crownover writes cowboys that make you want to pack your bags in search of a small-town ranch!” -Melissa Foster, New York Times bestselling author
Includes the bonus novella Cowboy to the Rescue by A.J. Pine!
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REVIEW:
I’ve been a long-time reader of Jay Crownover’s, and her innate ability to write complex, complicated bad-boy heroes, and in some cases antiheroes, has always fascinated me. I wasn’t sure exactly what Jay would do with cowboys, but she’s nailed it, completely sweeping me off my feet with the Loveless, Texas series in the process. She’s brought all those interesting qualities of her usual heroes and delivered them in a whole new, exciting way. I’ve positively devoured each book in this series so far, and I’m ecstatic that she’s announced another book in the series, because frankly, I’m just not ready to let the Lawton clan and Loveless, Texas go.
Unforgiven, Kody Lawton’s story, is the book I’ve been anticipating the most. Crownover’s two-pronged plot that drew me in from page one by pairing an angsty, steamy frenemies-to-lovers romance with a twisting, turning suspenseful arc. Unforgiven was an engrossing, unputdownable love story between two people with a long, complicated history. Hill Gamble, a Texas Ranger, is an all-around good guy and a kind, honorable man. Kody Lawton is the daughter of the corrupt former Loveless sheriff, and she’s wild in every sense of the word. Wildly angry, wildly reckless and wildly filterless. She takes all her emotions and reactions to the extreme, and she’s Hill’s opposite in all ways.
Hill fell for Kody as she was falling in love with his younger brother. Unbeknownst to him, though, she was falling for both brothers, but chose the one she thought she deserved. She put Hill up on a pedestal and settled upon the younger Gamble, becoming swept up in and consumed by his mental health issues. Hill was always the calm and steady presence in Kody’s life, though, and he was the person she relied on when Aaron’s issues became too heavy to bear on her own. As much as Hill wanted to be there for Kody, it became a struggle for him to conceal his feelings, so he began to push her away.
The sweet friendship they once shared is scorched by the implosion of Aaron’s issues and, therefore, Kody’s, and she holds a mean grudge for years as she believes hill callously turned his back on them when they needed him most. This story was so passionate in absolutely every sense of the word. Heart-breaking tragedy, gut-churning angst, Kody’s anger simmering between them, the longing of unrequited love and all the guilt that goes with it, and finally, the lust. Emotions run high and the passion runs hot in Loveless, that’s for sure.
Thick with emotion, smolderingly sexy with a heart-pounding suspense story that kept me glued to my Kindle, Unforgiven was quintessential Jay Crownover, but with a fresh twist, and I positively inhaled it. This is Jay Crownover doing what she does best: telling the tale of two opposites attracting in a difficult, hard-earned, emotion-filled and sexy love story. Five smooches from me for Unforgiven by Jay Crownover!
~Danielle Palumbo
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