Broken Open
Lauren Dane
Harlequin HQN, Nov 25 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9780373779352
Widow Tuesday Eastwood emotionally struggled for five years with
her paralyzing grief after her husband died, but found her footing when she
settled in Hood River, Oregon where her BFF Natalie the librarian lives. Residing nearby at the Sweet Hollow Ranch, rock
star Ezra Hurley became a heroin addict but now is clean and vows to stay that
way though he tests his resolve with his first Sweet Hollow Band tour since
before rehab.
Tuesday and Ezra met through her BFF Natalie the librarian and his
brother Paddy also a rocker-rancher being an entry (see The Best Kind of
Trouble). Attracted to each other each
fears a commitment for different reasons, but simply cannot pretend their
growing desire does not exist.
The second Hurley Boys Beaver State romance
is an enjoyable second chance at life starring two scarred protagonists who
must overcome their emotional issues if they are to forge a permanent
relationship built on love. Both leads
are three-dimensional although the depth of their respective emotional tsuris
each confronts is a two-edged sword with astonishing layers that makes them
feel incredibly real but also slows down the storyline.
Harriet Klausner
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