When it came to the men in her life, Charlotte Belmont was
cursed. She’d known losers, cheaters, abusers, and criminals, so it went
without saying, she stopped trusting her judgment a long time ago. Then Dalton
came into her life; a good, dependable man who made her heart race and her body
hot. When she felt herself falling for him, she did the only thing she could
think to protect them both . . . she ran like hell.
Dalton Prescott was a protector by nature, so when the woman
he’d been tasked to keep safe was almost killed on his watch, he carried that
guilt like a weight on his shoulders. What made matters worse was that before
everything went south, Dalton had started to care for Charlotte in a way that
had nothing to do with his job.
She’s determined to ignore their attraction and keep him at
a distance, but he’s playing for keeps and has no intention of losing. However,
when ghosts from the past start popping up, bringing with them a whole new
threat, Dalton may be the only man who can keep her safe this time.
**Hope Valley is a series of interconnected, standalone,
small town romances.**
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“Second chances, 5 stars”
Ugh, Prince killed it again. Playing for Keeps hit me in the feels. Poor Charlotte has had a rough life and thinks of herself as unworthy. Dalton knows she’s worth it. Sometimes, though, it takes more than a little work to convince someone they deserve to be happy. Charlotte’s walls though are more than high and no matter how tempting Dalton is, she just doesn’t know. One-click Playing for Keeps to see what happens.
If you love small town romances, swoony alpha men, and headstrong women, look no further. Prince has you covered.
Plot-5/5 Characters-5/5 Heat-5/5 Writing style-5/5
His eyes were still dancing with humor when he finally got a
hold of himself and looked back down at me. “What’s so funny?”
“The fact you thought you had to convince me you weren’t
perfect,” he said, a chuckle still shaking his chest. “Believe me, Thumbelina,
I’m well aware of the fact you aren’t perfect.”
My eyes narrowed into slits when he started cracking up
again. “All right,” I said snootily. “You don’t have to laugh so damn hard
about it.”
“You did everything you could to make my life miserable when
I was put in charge of keepin’ you safe. You were loud, you picked fights
constantly, you’re hardheaded, you had shit taste in music, you’re messy, and
you were constantly eatin’ my yogurt, even though I put my name on it before
stashing it in the fridge. Christ, baby. You pretended to have menstrual cramps
just so you could sneak out on me when I was tryin’ to protect you. Straight
up, you were a pain in my ass, so trust me when I say you don’t have to warn
me.”
I squirmed in his arms until he was forced to let me go, and
took a step back, planting my hands on my hips while shooting fire from my
eyes. “First off, I do not have shit taste in music.”
“Babe, every one of your playlists is like bein’ trapped at
the g***** Lilith Fair with no escape.”
“Second,” I continued, ignoring his dig, “I’m not messy. I
know exactly where everything is.”
His brows climbed high on his forehead as he looked around
my apartment to the piles of clothes and shoes strewn about.
“I got really tired after finishing my laundry,” I defended
snappily.
“But I’ll have you know, they’re all clean, and like I said,
I know exactly what is in each and every pile.”
He grinned arrogantly, and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do
more, kiss it or smack it off his sexy, stupid face. “Whatever you say,
sweetheart.”
“And last, that yogurt was in my fridge. That means, labeled
or not, it was fair game.”
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Born and raised around Houston Texas, Jessica spent most of
her life complaining about the heat, humidity, and all around pain in the ass
weather. It was only as an adult that she quickly realized the cost of living
in Houston made up for not being able to breathe when she stepped outside.
That’s why God created central air, after all.
Jessica is the mother of a perfect little boy–she refuses to
accept that he inherited her attitude and sarcastic nature no matter what her
husband says.
In addition to being a wife and mom, she’s also a wino, a
coffee addict, and an avid lover of all types of books–romances still being her
all time favs. Her husband likes to claim that reading is her obsession but she
just says it’s a passion…there’s a difference. Not that she’d expect a boy to
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Jessica has been writing since she was a little girl, but
thankfully grew out of drawing her own pictures for her stories before ever
publishing her first book. Because an artist she is not.
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