5 SMOOCHES!
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SYNOPSIS:
I will not fall for my fake boyfriend.
Famous last words.
Dr. Ares Pierce may be new in town, but it only took one encounter to know he’s trouble. Sexy. Broody. Older. A broken look in his eyes.
The kind that says he’s carrying something heavy… and I should run.
But when my cheating ex-fiancé has the audacity to ask me to be in his wedding, panic takes over. A small lie to save face spirals out of control when I claim the sexy stranger beside me is my boyfriend.
And Ares plays along.
Soon we strike a deal: we keep up the relationship to help him win patients at the struggling clinic he’s trying to save, and I get a shield from the humiliation of my ex’s happily-ever-after.
Simple. Temporary. No feelings involved.
Except nothing about Ares Pierce is simple.
The more time we spend together, the harder it is to ignore the man behind the broody exterior… The one who makes me laugh when I least expect it and reminds me what it feels like to be wanted after the worst betrayal of my life.
But our arrangement comes with an expiration date.
Ares isn’t planning to stay in Infinity Ridge. And when he’s forced to choose between the career he built and the woman he never meant to love…I’m terrified I’ll be the one left behind.
Again.
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REVIEW:
It’s back to Indigo Ridge, Colorado with the second book in Corinne Michaels’ Heartstone Ranch series, Never Been Tamed. This book features a fake dating, cowgirl/city boy, small-town romance with a meddling father and an age gap. I listened to the audiobook, narrated in duet by Jason Clarke and Desiree Ketchum. Anything narrated by Jason Clarke is going to be a hit for me, and pairing him with Desiree Ketchum yielded another fantastic performance, from both narrators, full of natural chemistry and authenticity.
Chicago cardiologist, Dr. Ares Pierce, returns to his grandmother’s home in small-town Colorado following a professional sabbatical. His first night there he meets Harper Stone in what is likely the most awkward first meet (not so) cute of Michaels’ entire catalog. Thanks to some pressure from Harper’s ex-best friend, she and Ares wind up in a fake relationship that quickly turns into something very real.
Full of Corinne’s signature angst and emotional push-and-pull, this was a richly developed, small-town romance full of chemistry, charm and side characters who brought the story to life. Five smooches from me for Never Been Tamed by Corinne Michaels!
~Danielle Palumbo
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