by A.L. Jackson
Book: Time River #4
Publisher: A.L. Jackson
Pub Date: July 1, 2024
Genre: Adult, Romance, Contemporary
Format: eBook
Source: Borrowed
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It was pouring rain, so I figured the neighborly thing to do would be to lend a hand.
I nearly dropped to my knees when I realized who she was.
Hailey Wagner.
It’s been six years since I’ve seen her, and she’s always been the one person on earth who is off-limits.
My past sins I’ve kept like an ugly secret made sure of that.
Too bad this single mom with soulful eyes still makes my pulse speed the way it did back then, and I soon find our chemistry is just as strong.
When I find her ex threatening her, I insist on staying with Hailey and her little girl until I’m sure they’re safe.
I thought I could handle being under her roof. Only the tension between us strains, and with one forbidden kiss, all restraint is lost. We collide in a lightning bolt of greed, the two of us locked behind her door night after night.
Falling so hard I know there will be no coming back from it.
But being with Hailey exposes the past I’ve been trying to hide, and I’ll do anything to protect her from it. Because if I don’t? We’re both going to pay the consequences…
Hailey is starting over again by moving back home and hoping to give her daughter and herself a better life. Joined by her grandma Lolly, the three of them are going to make the best of all this. Lolly, is fiery, no filter and pushing Hailey to get out there and build herself a reputation. Hailey just wants to focus on her new job, her daughter Maddie and never mind anything else.
Then add in the surprise of her neighbor being Cody. Maybe he doesn't remember her and everything will be okay.
Cody just got the biggest project of his career and is doing well for himself. What he wasn't expecting was his new neighbor being Hailey.
Neither of them forget each other. But they could make this work. They could be neighbors, friends and even tolerate each other while Cody is doing the construction where she works.
That is until the night Hailey joins everyone for a night out and then Cody witnesses Hailey's ex at her door and knew something was up. So here comes Cody waltzing in to protect them and finally is the push for these two to be together.
Watching Cody gain the heart of Lolly and Maddison made Hailey melt for this cowboy and they start to build a relationship that just pulls at your heart strings as they navigate so much and get an ending that they truly all deserved.
I absolutely adored this series. Every single book was perfect and a series I wont soon forget.
I have such a love/hate (in the best way) for A.L. Jackson.
She writes some of the most amazing books/series I've read and has quickly
become a favorite author of mine. I'll put everything on hold to just get lost
in her books. She brings you a story and characters that you absolutely fall in
love with and then hits you with scenes that rips your heart out, leave you
needing tissues, on the edge of your seat and ready to riot if there isn't a
happy outcome. Do I hate that she does this to me with those scenes? Yes, I do.
But I love the way she builds the story to that point and gives me an ending
that makes it all worth it.
