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When her husband's murder forces Cory Farland into the Witness Protection Program, she has to make a fresh start in a brand-new place. In Conard County, she has no past. Until former Navy captain Wade Kendrick moves in. The enigmatic ex-SEAL reawakens passion…and dares Cory to dream of a... read more
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“I got a nasty phone call earlier," "I didn't think it was a funny one.”
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“Lady, if you're going to ask a man to bare his soul, it might be best to let him choose the time and place.”
Wade -
“I want you," "Just don't carry me." "Why not?" "Because just once I'd like to get into bed with you under my own steam."”
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“I, um, guess it's okay if you carry me then." "Oddly, I think I'd prefer it a whole lot more if you cam with me, Cory. Come lie with me, lady.”
Cory, Wade
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The important thing is forgiving and forgetting when the hurt wasn’t intentional. That’s how you make a relationship that works.”
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Why don’t you count your strengths instead of your weaknesses for a change?”
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Most people never needed to look into the darkest parts of human nature.
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He recognized the signs of someone emerging from a terrible emotional trauma. Her actions were a little off center, her reactions misaligned. He didn’t even have to try to imagine the kind of confusion she must be experiencing within herself because he’d lived through it.
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You can have a life again. It’s just that sometimes you’re going to hurt. Always.”
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those who had looked…well, they lived in an uncomfortable world with all the rosy tint stripped away. It was a sad fact of life that someone needed to visit those black places, that someone needed to come face-to-face with the ugliest things in the human heart and soul. But those who went there remained apart and different because once you’d looked into the abyss, it became part of you.
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“There are times when you can act, and times when you simply have to react.
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You even told me what made you feel threatened.” “I did?” “Hope,” he said simply. “You’re terrified to hope.”
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Often abused children needed order in their lives, clear-cut rules to follow, after being subjected to the unpredictable whims of mean adults. The regimented lifestyle took away the fear of never knowing what would bring retribution down on their heads.
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not something wrong with a person. It’s survival. It’s only a bad thing when it takes over for too long and too completely.”
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 8 in Conard County: The Next Generation. (standard series)
Preceded by Her Hero in Hiding, and followed by No Ordinary Hero.
This is book 23 of 28 in Conard County. (standard series)
Preceded by Her Hero in Hiding, and followed by No Ordinary Hero.
This is book 1635 of 214 in Silhouette Romantic Suspense. (publisher series)
Preceded by Her Private Avenger, and followed by Colton's Christmas Baby.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rachel Lee (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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