Review: Dane

Dane by Liliana Hart
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

2 ⭐⭐ - Meh!
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The hero leaves town and kicks the heroine to the curb ... returns home 10 years later ... the two meet, have sex and everything is fine! She became celibate raising their son alone while he fulfilled his professional dreams and had countless women. Same BS as usual.
The end.

PS: They changed the cover and I clicked the book again. Aff!

It had been ten years since he'd been home. Sure, he’d kept in touch with his brothers. They got together once a year for a vacation and again at Christmas. But always somewhere else.

But now that he was here he wanted nothing more than to turn around and head back to the airport.

He was here to face his demons. To face his past.

His brothers had told him Charlotte had packed up and left town just a couple of months after he had, and they didn't know where she'd gone.

"Charlotte?" he whispered, afraid he was hallucinating. "Well, if it isn't the Prodigal Son himself. You worthless son of a bitch."

She'd never gotten over him. He'd destroyed every youthful dream of love she'd ever had. And he'd left her with a child to raise on her own.

"I'd prefer to see you roasting over hot coals in hell, but I'll have to settle for never seeing you again. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get home."

Even though I wasn't expecting to see you in Surrender, I was hoping the whole way home that you would be here waiting for me."

He crushed his mouth to hers with a passion she never thought she'd feel again. His mouth was hot over hers, his tongue wild as it parted her lips and delved inside.

She tried not to think of the last woman who'd pleasured his body, or wonder exactly how long it had been, but it was hard to keep jealousy from rearing its ugly head.

"I don't think that's a good idea, Dane. I've got things to do, and I really think it's best if we chalk tonight up to insanity and go our separate ways. It was fun visiting memory lane, but that's all it can be. Tell your brothers hi for me."

Her heart couldn't bear any more pain. It had taken her ten years to build her life back up after he'd walked out.

It wasn't until she was in the shower, soaping away the evidence of Dane's passion, that she realized he could very well have left her in the same position he had last time. Alone and pregnant.

"Would it have made a difference?" Coop asked. "She was here ten years ago and you still left. I thought you were over her."

You put her through hell. I'm not sure you're making the best judgment call messing with her again. Maybe you should just leave her alone."

"How long do you plan to stay this time?" Thomas asked, his own anger coloring his question.
"I don't know.

"I need to make love to you again. I need it like I need to breathe,"

Tonight was Christmas Eve, the first one he’d spend at home in ten years, but he felt little joy in the season.

And she had the child growing inside of her that she’d kept to herself because she worried how Dane and Jayden would both react to the news.

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