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Two people find love in the embers of their painful pasts in this slow-burn romance from Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw.
For me, family is a curse. My father and brother made my life hell. My mother’s untimely death still keeps me up at night. Now that my brother, Donovan, has been killed in an accident, I can forget the past.
The last remnant is the childhood home I’ve inherited—and which I intend to burn to the ground. The only obstacle? Anneliese Nielsen, Donovan’s fiancée.
Donovan left her destitute, and selling this run-down house is her only chance to recoup her losses. I shouldn’t care, but…maybe it’s her eyes when she sees me. I look strikingly like my brother, a man she loved despite everything.
So we strike a deal. We’ll renovate the house together, but she’ll have to convince me to sell—or up in flames it goes.
But the more time we spend in the house, the more its terrible history threatens to come out.
And even more dangerous, the harder I start to fall for Anneliese.
Caroline's Review
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I thought this was a great read.
"If my life was a story, you'd be the plot twist."
When Anneliese Nielsen first sees Lachlan Byrne, it feels like she just saw a ghost - specifically the ghost of her late fiancé, Donovan. Turns out that he is Donovan's brother - a brother that he never mentioned. Like a lot of other things that Donovan never mentioned. Lachlan has come to claim the family home that Anneliese moved into with Donovan. He wants to burn it down along with all the painful memories it holds, then get the hell out of town again. Anneliese wants to fix it up and recoup all the money she's ploughed into it. When Lachlan makes a proposal that could go either way, she has no choice but to accept it. They didn't bank on getting along. They didn't expect to start relying on one another. And, they definitely didn't plan on falling for each other.
"I know you said this was a bad idea...But you're wrong. Being with you is the only thing that makes sense to me."
This was a lovely story. I enjoyed the way the relationship between Anneliese and Lachlan grew. Their connection, their joy in being with each other, the way they didn't like being apart, and the way they looked forward to coming home to each other. I adored how each chapter started with an unusual word and definition - I found this super fun - and the significance of unusual words in the story. Lachlan's background kinda broke my heart. He deserved so much happiness in his life, and I loved that he found it with Anneliese, who was such a kind person and really deserved someone special in her life, too.
Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw is a bona fide daydream believer. She lives somewhere in the middle of the USA and can rarely be seen without her trusty Mead notebook and ultra portable laptop. When she’s not writing, she’s living the American dream with her husband, three kids, and the laziest puggle this side of the Mississippi.
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