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Jane Kline is a struggling divorcee and single mother with a social life on hold. Not only does Jane not have the time to date anyone, she’s not even going to consider making herself vulnerable to another man after being deserted by her husband. That’s why Will Griffin, her ex’s former best friend, takes her totally by surprise. What would such a hot and sexy wild card see in a harried mother juggling two kids and two jobs? For starters, everything Jane no longer sees in herself. As she dares to take the flirtation to the next step, Jane finds herself back where she never wanted to be—falling for another man. Now it’s up to Will to convince Jane that she has everything he wants in a woman, and that the second time around can be the best time of all. (Hope Smolders previously appeared in the Hot Summer Nights anthology.)
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Very sweet back story on how Will and Jane, from the Hope series, got together. I'm always leery going into a .5 book of a series. Sometimes the author really has something to add to the overall series that doesn't warrant a full length novel, but often it seems like filler that has nothing to do with the overall arc of the series or could have been easily added into the other books. In fact, some of this particular author's .5 books in the Play by Play series were huge disappointments.
In this case, I was glad to get Will and Jane's story. I loved them in Hope Flames and had wondered about their initial romance. Sure, it was even more insta-love than most. That's to be expected in such a short story. Jane's kids took to Will a little too easily...again, short story.
This doesn't get 3 stars because it was in any way insufficient. Just because it wouldn't necessarily work as a stand-alone type book. So if I wasn't reading the series it wouldn't really stick with me. Plus, I'm glad I read book #1 first.
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