Joliet
Lovie Sinclair is on the run.
After narrowly escaping a volatile relationship, the former NFL WAG is a shell of herself. Her once glamorous life feels like a bad dream. Emotionally numb, broke, and desperate to disappear, she returns home to heal, but something about home feels different. She just can't put her finger on what's changed.
Then she meets Rich Lovelace.
Insular and intimidating, Rich is the embodiment of danger. He doesn't know how to run from anything or anyone. Born into a family of rugged street fighters, he confronts all of his problems head on-well, all except for one.
When Rich catches Lovie in a compromising position, the two clash in an intense encounter. Afterwards, everything about Rich that should scare Lovie piques her curiosity, while everything Rich likes about Lovie keeps him holding her at arm's length. Eventually, they find themselves tangled in a fiery, forbidden friendship that snowballs into a passionate love affair.
Together, they're pulled into a dangerous web of lust, secrets, and extortion that threatens to shatter Lovie's fragile healing journey and force Rich to confront the one problem he can't fight. But when desire collides with danger, someone always pays a price.
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A slow burn, with the right amount of anticipation that doesn’t leave you frustrated, but instead makes you yearn and smile 😌 I loved Rich and Luvie’s story. Rich, a street fighter, taught hard lessons about being a man from his father, Senior and takes on the weight of the world. Hard, but softens for his sister Arnez and his Luvie aka Slim. Luvie was in an abusive relationship with NFL player/school sweetheart AJ. Memories start trickling of how her father abused and then killed her mother, when the scars and bruises from AJ gets too heavy. Finally, mustering the courage to leave with a friend’s help Yessenia, she leaves and goes back home to Houston with her Aunt Faye and Uncle Kenny. Faye cleans houses and brings Luvie along to help, in which she meets Rich aka Pup. He immediately sees her and the bruises she’s hiding. A slow friendship builds between them. He helps put her life back together and she opens a soft spot in him. The chemistry is clear and a beautiful bond transpires. Faye has a past with Senior that is exposed and complicated. Lots of drama happens in between, but I enjoyed this read 🥰 Pup and Slim 😘
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