Date: 02 June 2011, 06:10
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When Kelley Spencer walks into the Hopeful, Texas police station to retrieve her troubled sixteen year-old sister, Madison, the very last person she expects to see is Jack Morgan. The irony of the previous small town bad boy now being the police chief doesn't escape her. Nine years ago Kelley was Jack's teacher, when he was a senior in high school -- held back a year. Instant sparks flared between the two, but Kelley swore she wouldn't get involved with a student, concluding it was both morally and professionally wrong. When Jack graduated however, those sparks turned into a conflagration between the two, but circumstances and a tragic misunderstanding led them to a heartbreaking parting of the ways. Now, Kelley is an older, wiser thirty-one year-old guardian to her younger sister, while Jack is a twenty-eight year-old ex-soldier and single father. As old feelings bubble to the surface, Kelley is torn between what she knows is right for her sister, and what she wants for herself. Jack Morgan has never forgotten his former teacher and how she influenced him both academically and emotionally. If not for her, lord knows where he'd be today, and while he is grateful for that, gratitude is far from what Jack feels when Kelley walks into his police station. Nine years have passed, and Jack could be the poster boy for the old saying, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", if his reaction to seeing Kelley is any indication. Kelley and Jack are two very believable characters, both with issues from the past they need to work through together before they can find their own happiness. Ms. Heath handles the very delicate subject of student and teacher developing a romantic relationship in a poignant, moral, and acceptable way. Kelley's sister Madison is trying to adjust in typical teenage fashion to leaving her friends from Dallas behind, and Jack's son is an adorable, loving, well-adjusted nine-year-old. Jack's late friend's widow, and next door neighbor, Serena Hamilton, will be getting her own well-deserved story in SMOOTH TALKIN' STRANGER coming April 2004. HARD LOVIN' MAN is Ms. Heath's contemporary debut novel. She makes the transition from historical genre romance smoothly and seamlessly, transferring all of the emotional impact and in-depth characterization she is known for into this outstanding modern day tale.
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