Games of the Heart (The 'Burg #4)
Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
4.25
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 65 ratings · Published: 15 Mar 2012
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.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 6
- take-charge heroine 6
- men in uniform 6
- friends to lovers 6
- mystery 6
- alpha male 6
- suspense 6
- single father 4
- older/mature 3
- angst 3
- sassy heroine 2
- small town 2
- sweet/gentle heroine 2
- straight romance 2
- cruel hero/bully 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- second chances 1
- dual pov 1
- possessive hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 1
romance tags
The 'The 'Burg' series
442 ratings 4.22 ·
m-f · angst · sassy heroine · suspense · contemporary · alpha male · mystery · dual-pov · possessive hero · tortured heroine · cruel hero · explicit-open-door · bad boys · mature couple · friends to lovers · small town · second chances · death · men in uniform · sweet heroine
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