He's sexy and confident, the kind of man every woman notices. Now Paul and Olivia have to decide: Will they help each other heal? Or are they forever broken?
And the more she slips past his defenses, the more keeping his distance is impossible. But Paul doesn’t count on the beautiful twenty-two-year-old who makes him long for things that he can never have. He’ll do anything to stay in self-imposed exile, even accept his father’s ultimatum that Paul tolerate the newest caretaker for three months or lose his inheritance. Paul Langdon doesn’t need a mirror to show him he’s no longer the hotshot quarterback he was before the war. and whose smoldering gaze and forbidden touch might be her undoing. Instead, he’s a brooding twenty-four-year-old who has no intention of being Olivia’s path to redemption. Only, Olivia’s client isn’t the grateful elderly man she’s expecting. But Olivia has a secret: helping an injured war veteran reenter society isn’t about charity-it’s about penance. When Olivia Middleton abandons the glamour of Park Avenue for a remote, coastal town in Maine, everyone assumes she’s being the kind do-gooder she’s always been. Lauren Layne’s heart-wrenching novel tells the story of a girl with secrets, a guy with scars, and a love that could save them both. But once Jay’s made Devin over into the perfect date, will he be able to let him go? so he asks Jay to help update his look for the rest of his dates. Jay wants no part of Devin, but Devin wants every part of Jay. He just wishes he could convince Jay to go out with him for real. “The date doesn’t count for the bet unless you get a goodnight kiss.” After one not-a-date dinner with Jay, Devin isn’t worried about his sister’s rules. Only Devin’s swift apologies convince Jay to accept dinner to make up for the deception. When he realizes he’s been conned into a date with exactly the kind of man he’s sworn to avoid, he’s ready to walk away on the spot. But his last boyfriend left him feeling humiliated and determined to stick to guys his own age. Jay thought he wanted to fall for an older man. Finding out she used a thirteen-year-old picture of him to score a date with a young guy who looks like a rock star? Epically bad.
When he loses a bet to her and the penalty is to go out on five dates with men she’s chosen from, he thinks that’s bad enough. Helping his sister Lucy raise her kid has put Devin’s love life on hold.
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