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She’s a nerdy academic with a hopeless crush. He’s a rugged outdoorsman who’s never looked at her twice. Brooke Griffiths is fed up with being treated like she’s fragile. Sure, she spent a couple of decades dealing with chronic illness, but she’s ready to grab life by the horns… if only people like Jack Farrelly would stop trying to ‘protect’ her. For years, the gorgeous adventure guide never noticed her. After a stolen kiss, she thought that had changed, but her hopes quickly went up in smoke. Unfortunately, she needs his help if she wants to keep a promise to a friend who passed away. Jack is grumpy and distant, but the more time they spend together, the more she realizes it’s all a façade. The real Jack is a raw, heartbroken mess. She’s falling for him, but he’s determined not to open his heart again.
Author
Alexa Rivers writes about genuine characters living messy, imperfect lives and earning hard-won happily ever afters. Most of her books are set in small towns, and she lives in one of these herself. She shares a house with a neurotic dog and a husband who thinks he’s hilarious. When she’s not writing, she enjoys traveling, baking, eating too much chocolate, cuddling fluffy animals, drinking excessive amounts of tea, and absorbing herself in fictional worlds.
