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Games of the Heart
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The 'Burg: Book 4

Games of the Heart (2012) (edit title/settings)

by Kristen Ashley (Author) (edit contributors)

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From the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is the little sister of his high school girlfriend, Dusty who grew up there. As a teen, Dusty had gone off the rails but when she was a kid, she was sweet, she was funny... read more

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From the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is the little sister of his high school girlfriend, Dusty who grew up there. As a teen, Dusty had gone off the rails but when she was a kid, she was sweet, she was funny... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

From the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is the little sister of his high school girlfriend, Dusty who grew up there. As a teen, Dusty had gone off the rails but when she was a kid, she was sweet, she was funny and she had a special bond with Mike. But after high school, she took off and Mike never saw her again.

Then tragedy strikes Dusty's family, she comes back into town and Mike thinks she hasn't changed back to the sweet, funny girl he knew but instead continued to be selfish and thoughtless, leaving her family alone to deal with their mourning. So he seeks her out and confronts her in an effort to understand what went wrong and to force her to sort herself out.

He finds out quickly he's wrong about Dusty Holliday. Very wrong. And right after Mike discovers that, the bond they had years before snaps back into place in ways he would never suspect.

But Mike Haines had a bad marriage then he played games of the heart for a good woman. And lost. In order to protect himself and his kids, he's cautious, he's careful to read the signs and he's not interested in finding a woman he has to fix.

Then he learns what happened to Dusty and he thinks she needs to be fixed. He swings, he misses and in this new game of hearts, for Dusty, Mike just got strike three.

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  • ““There is no time with my bitchface sister, budding teenage romance, shadowy, nefarious businessmen lurking and Rhonda baffling science by being the first case of a walking, talking, cooking, grocery shopping coma patient.””
    Dusty to Mike

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Darrin Holliday was dead.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1 ~ Hey, Angel
Chapter 2 ~ Making a Mental Note to Do Cartwheels
Chapter 3 ~ The Food of Your People
Chapter 4 ~ The Brush Off
Chapter 5 ~ Strike Three
Chapter 6 ~ Wounded Bird
Chapter 7 ~ All It Ever Felt Was Right
Chapter 8 ~ Way Past Curfew
Chapter 9 ~ Bunches
Chapter 10 ~ Dirty
Chapter 11 ~ Right Next Door
Chapter 12 ~ First Kiss
Chapter 13 ~ Sex Zone
Chapter 14 ~ Gifted
Chapter 15 ~ Uneasy
Chapter 16 ~ Unleashed Hell
Chapter 17 ~ Stealth Kisses
Chapter 18 ~ Promises
Chapter 19 ~ Done with Your Shit
Chapter 20 ~ "Fell on Black Days"
Chapter 21 ~ Bakin' Cakes
Chapter 22 ~ Games of the Heart
Chapter 23 ~ Black Day
Chapter 24 ~ Bicky and Bickrum McBickerson
Epilogue ~ All's Well

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 4 in The 'Burg. (standard series)

Preceded by Golden Trail.

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  1. Kristen Ashley (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Kristen Ashley
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 16, 2012
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: N/A
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Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • The 'Burg Series Webpage: It contains information about the entire series as well as a free preview of the first five chapters of this book.

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • For You
  • At Peace
  • Golden Trail

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