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THAT DAMNED MAN IS BACK. This is not good. She isn't ready for her late husband's best friend now. Widowed Rhea Masterson is finally finding her footing again after losing her husband so suddenly three years ago. Life is good—her sons have all married and are making her the grandchildren she adores. She is happy now. Until he came back home, anyway. Retired general-turned-diplomat Gerald Talley is moving his overly rigid hiney in right next door. The man is militant, bossy, arrogant, clueless and just a real pain in the neck. Seeing him brings back the memories of the only man she would ever love. Gerald and her husband had been almost inseparable for decades. And it hurts to remember… HE IS USED TO MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. He fixes things that are broken. That isn't happening now. He's failing the ones who matter most. His daughter had suffered a horrible trauma two months earlier—but Marin needs more help than Gerald is equipped to give. But Gerald is not about to fail his daughter ever again. No matter what it takes. THERE IS ONLY ONE WOMAN HE CAN TURN TO. Rhea. As maddening as she's always been, he needs her. So much. Rhea's the one person who can reach his daughter in her time of greatest need, and neither Gerald nor Rhea are ready to let Marin keep breaking. Gerald and Rhea have to team up to fix this, somehow. Before Marin breaks forever. But along the way, they realize one truth: Maybe… life isn't over when you lose the one you love... Maybe you can fall in love again—with the friend you've had right next to you all along.
Author
Who is Calle Jaye Brookes? Calle Jaye is fun, playful, ironic, professional and sophisticated. She’s super-educated in the field of fiction and would spend most of her time walking around in “Book World” (or”eBook World”). Does she have slight control freak tendencies? Yep. Why else would she chose to self-publish? In her day job she gets to read romance novels. In her night job she gets to write them! Her favorite color is bold purple. She likes rock like Kid Rock, Shinedown, and Nickelback. Add in a bit of Anastacia and Adelle, too. She collects rocks. Watches crime dramas. Abhors Lifetime Movies and Titanic (especially Leo…) and refuses to read or write about sparkly teen vampires. She’s married to a cop she strongly suspects is a vampire. They’ve made vampire babies, too. They live in Indiana with their vampire relatives and their vampire dogs.
