He came back for her. Now if only he could convince her that’s a good thing…
If there’s one thing bar owner Thea Maguire knows for sure, it’s that you can’t trust men to stick around. They’re only good for one thing—fun and games. Anything more than that? No way. Case in point, Cain Marshall. She’d trustingly given him her heart and he’d left her high and dry to follow his dreams. So she’s more than a little skeptical when he shows up claiming he’s come back for her.
Cain has never forgotten Thea, nor stopped loving her. Nor has he forgiven himself for leaving her behind. But the Siren call of adventure and ambition had been a heady combination he couldn’t ignore. Especially when the fear of being tied down was riding his tail. But if the past ten years have taught him anything, it’s that life without Thea isn’t worth living.
Sparks are flying, and the heat is undeniable. Now it’s up to Cain to convince Thea they belong together.
Warning: This book contains a sexy, smoldering bad boy, excessive margarita drinking, drunk dialing, and oh yeah, plenty of molten-hot graphic sex.
By day, Anara Bella is a mild-mannered writer pounding out erotic romance stories on her trusty keyboard, but by night she’s the Domestic Avenger, ready to take on any and all evil that gets in her way. Okay, so the evils in question are only despicable dust bunnies and dastardly dirty dishes, but they are evil. And diabolically prolific too.
In reality, Anara lives a quiet life in the suburbs, just outside of Toronto, with her hubby and two adorable cats. An avid reader her entire life, she’d never thought about writing until a friend suggested she try her hand at it. Rising to the challenge, she did just that, only to discover to her utter astonishment that she actually loved writing even more than reading. She’s been working away at it ever since.
In 2004 Anara won Lori Foster’s Brava Novella Contest. Her first published book, Ready or Not, is based on her winning entry from that contest.
“Sassy, sexy, and fun, my books are all about the romance.” Anara explains. “I realized many years ago that although I enjoy a wide range of genres in both movies and books—everything from sci-fi, paranormal, western, historical, thriller, to comedy—they must contain at least an element of romance to really pull me into the story. That’s why I write romance, because I absolutely love the genre. The hotter the story, the better. Fiery heroines, sexy heroes, what’s not to love?”
This was only okay for me because there wasn't much to the plot and the hero, young or not, had no excuse to abandon the heroine the way he did. If he was a reporter, I'm assuming he'd finished 4 years of college and must have been at least 22 when everything went down. Not young enough for the excuses he gave. And I didn't like that the heroine, even if she didn't know it herself, had been waiting around in the same small town until he showed up again. The one good thing about the book was the tattoo of her name that he still had 10 years later.