Summer in the city heats up when the girl who got away moves in next door.Dean “The Machine” is a South Philly legend. Much to the dismay of fans who still hound him, the broody former fighter walked away from his boxing career right before clinching another championship belt. Tight-lipped on his reasons for retiring, he’s busy trying to figure out his future when the past literally falls in his lap.Tabitha Tyler, the fiery redhead who captured his teenage heart, is back in town and staying next door. Only now the girl that got away is all grown up and offering him a strings-free, summer fling. Dean knows better than to start something that will leave him flat on his back and seeing stars.But there’s only so much temptation a man can take.Kept away by the secrets that tore her family apart, sparkly filmmaker Tabitha is home for the first time in nine years. And her old friend and new hunky neighbor is just the distraction she needs. It’s the perfect relationship for her – one with an expiration date.She’s got two weeks to convince him to cave.He’s got two weeks to convince her to stay.But when she refuses to let down her guard, Dean realizes that this time…he just might get knocked out for good.Author’s A smokin’ hot, friends-to-lovers, opposites-attract love story in a close-knit South Philly neighborhood with a quirky cast of nosy but well-intentioned neighbors.
Publication Year: 2021
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0 0Man this book was good. A woman comes home to visit and falls in the lap of a man she knew in high school. They attended a support group for LGBTQ2 individual dusks and their families.
Tabitha is a freelance film maker. She films shorter pieces to highlight ways communities are important and how to make the world better. She comes home to Philly for a summer before her next project begins.
Dean “the machine “ was a boxer at the top of his sport until he was knocked out in a fight and suffered a severe concussion and a lot of horrible side effects. Many people in his city are pissed that he walked away and he is struggling to find his place in the world without boxing.
I loved the complexity of this characters. They have a lot of things from their pasts that they are trying to process. Each one has trouble opening up and being vulnerable. Both are in their late twenties but have experienced a lot of life.
Watching Tabby unlock Dean was so beautiful. The more he steps into himself, the more she unlocks herself as well. Their spending time together is just so well written. Fun & flirty and sometimes awkward.
The neighborhood and all the characters in it make this story so rich and colorful.
Found family, great sexy times, and two people who have to learn that love doesn’t have to be dangerous.
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