He’s got secrets, but Lacey’s past has returned with a vengeance…her ex, who hasn’t bothered to show up since her daughter was a year old, has had an epiphany about the importance of family and now he wants to come home and make more babies with Lacey. Not that all their problems are Clay’s fault. It’s integral to the way the characters think and act. Claire is very good at drawing you in so you don’t feel like it’s a “big misunderstanding” that’s just being used as a plot device. But you never think “why doesn’t he just go ahead and tell her…” St.

More than one, in fact, and they’re just bound to blow up in his face. He’s also an architect and builder, which is just what she needs to transform her hurricane-devastated property in to a classy resort. He refuses to hear the word “can’t,” and plows his way under, through, around, or over any excuse or blockage she throws at him. Especially since he’s her polar opposite in other ways. Which makes Clay Walker - “sorry, I don’t date, I just like sex and I’d like to have it with you, please”-just about perfect for her. And why bother looking for investors when they wouldn’t want to partner with her? And why should she date anyone? They’ll only leave as soon as she pins her hopes on them the same way her daughter’s father did fourteen years earlier when she told him she was pregnant. She wants to build a B&B on her grandparents’ land, but she doesn’t have the money. Luckily, I also like contemporary, so the minute I could get my hands on this one, I did. Claire, creator of the Bullet Catchers and the Guardian Angelinos, is switching genres.

I am a huge fan of romantic suspense, so I was devastated to hear that one of my very favorite romantic suspense authors, Roxanne St. ClaireĬontemporary Romance published by Forever 24 Apr 12 Laura C’s review of Barefoot in the Sandby Roxanne St.

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