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| Plum Valley Cowboys Book 4 |
Longtime friends. Blurred lines. And the secret that threatens it all.
Jake
There are three things my best friend Nash Dupree and I are good at. Fishing. Fighting. And another F-word that sure isn’t friendship.
Nash has been by my side for the last thirty years, but despite our long, complicated history, there are some things the town bartender still keeps close to his chest. And now those secrets are threatening to tear us apart.
That friend of mine may be running from his feelings and tackling ghosts only he can see, but I refuse to let him run away from me just because he’s scared.
I love that stubborn fool, and after everything we’ve been through, I’m not giving him up without a fight.
Nash
Since the moment I set eyes on Jake Hanson, he’s had his hook in me. No matter how hard I tried to keep the lines of our friendship from being muddled, I was powerless to resist his pull.
But the big-hearted veterinarian deserves more than I can give. And if he found out the truths I’ve been hiding, he’d see me as another pet project to doctor and mend.
I never meant for us to get so tangled together, and if we could go back to those simple days spent fishing out on my dock, oblivious to what the future had in store, maybe I could do things differently. Maybe then, I wouldn’t keep hurting Jake.
But I can’t erase my past mistakes. All I can do now is make things right. And hopefully, when I’m long gone from Plum Valley, Texas, Jake will finally understand the truth.
That he’s better off without me and always has been.
Swan Hearts is a friends-to-lovers romance spanning three decades and told in dual, alternating timelines of present and past. There’s mutual pining, an on-again/off-again dynamic, a good dose of angst, and one hard-fought HEA. It’s book 4 in the Plum Valley Cowboys series but can be read as a standalone.
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My Review: 4/5 Stars
Nash and Jake have been friends for thirty years. And a lot has happened in that time. Their friendship has transformed over the years to something more. But they have never let anyone know what’s between them. And their relationship tends to be push and pull. Never settling into the relationship both clearly want. So when Nash has pushed Jake away yet again, Jake needs to know what is going once and for all. The story bounces between the past and present. We get to see these two meet and how they fall for one another. And while Jake is the one all in, Nash is the one holding back. Because he has this deep fear that has truly impacted on how he lives his life. A fear that if he lets Jake in completely, then he will be leaving Jake behind in heartbreak. But the truth of the matter is that he’s hurting Jake by not telling him and not being honest about his fears. Have to say, hurt to watch Nash clearly being in love with Jake but have to push it down so hard. They could have had thirty years being completely together and happy. And while their lives together were happy, there was always something holding him back. Oof, get ready for the emotional whiplash of this story! But at least we get that well deserved happy ending.
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