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Ava Vincent hightailed it out of Texas more than twenty years ago, vowing never to return. But when Ava takes the “perfect” job in Redfish, Texas, she never expects to find her estranged brothers living in the same small town. Reconciliation is made that much harder because she won’t explain why she completely cut off her family. Some secrets can’t be shared. Ever.



Widower Jack Williams moved to Redfish hoping for a better life for himself and his troubled teenage son. When he meets Ava he knows that here is a woman he could be happy with. But there’s more to Ava than she’s sharing, even with the man who loves her. Jack could forgive her secrets, but could he forgive the shameful truth?



Should she play it safe and push Jack away? Or listen to her heart and take the biggest risk of all?

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First published August 1, 2006

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Eve Gaddy

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Eve Gaddy is the award winning, national bestselling author of forty novels and novellas.

Eve 's books have won and been nominated for awards from Romantic Times, Golden Quill, Bookseller’s Best, Holt Medallion, Texas Gold, Daphne Du Maurier and more. She was nominated for a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Innovative Series romance as well as winning the 2008 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Series Storyteller of the year. Eve’s books have sold over a million copies worldwide and been published in several languages and many foreign countries.

Eve’s writing career began when she was in search of the perfect job and a friend challenged her to write a novel. Naturally, she thought of romance, since that is one of her favorite things to read.

Eve loves her family, spring and fall in east Texas, the Colorado mountains, dogs, chocolate, books, and electronics. She enjoys cooking except when she is creating, and has been known to tell her husband that is what takeout was created for.

Eve also loves a happy ending. That's why she writes romance.


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December 18, 2025
Support with love and understanding

This is a novel what can happen if children are neglected and abused. What Has suffered was unimaginable but unfortunately happens in the real world. Thankfully there are people like Jack who are prepared to be patient, non - judgemental and show their support with love and understanding.
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January 3, 2019
Trusting love

Ava has been running from her past for a long time - then she meets Jack. Can she trust love and Jack? Or just keep running?

I loved this story of two people who've been hurt in the past and now have to learn all over again to trust themselves and each other.
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