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by Lisa Kleypas
RT Rating:  ½
Category: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Publisher: St. Martin's
Published: March 2007
Type: Contemporary Romance
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Kleypas is a New York Times bestselling author for a reason. As a beloved historical romance writer, she's mastered her craft, and it shows in this novel, her first work
of contemporary romance and her
hardcover debut. The well-rendered
characters, fluid narration and skillfully composed dialogue shine, and the plot remains compelling even as it spans
more than a decade of change.
Summary: Liberty Jones grew up in trailer-park poverty in rural Texas, the child of a widowed mother with a mysterious past and a current string of no-good boyfriends. But young Liberty is smart, determined and willing to work hard to make her dreams come true. She's inexplicitly drawn to Hardy Cates, the boy down the street who forever claimed her heart at age 13. But he too has ambitions, and they take him out of town and away from Liberty.
Soon alone and with a young sister to raise, Liberty finds herself in the big city, slowly growing up and piecing her life together. In her 20s, she comes into contact with an extremely wealthy businessman, Gage Travis, who some call her sugar daddy. Their relationship is more intense than many believe, however, and it comes with emotionally dangerous complications. When Hardy, now a rich and powerful man in his own right, re-enters the picture as an enemy of the Travis family, Liberty is forced to consider both her past and her future before making the most difficult choice of her life. (ST. MARTIN'S, Mar., 384 pp., $19.95) HOT
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