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Title: Once Burned

Subtitle: Chris and Duff Insurance Series

Author: Jackie Griffey

Narrator: Janet Hoskins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-24-14

Publisher: Writer

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Once Burned is about a career girl who has everything but love because she's 'once burned - twice shy.' A fire claim introduces a man handsome as he is determined to teach her to trust and love again. Will she find happiness or get her wings singed as her hopes go up in flames?

Members Reviews:

Mayra Calvani--Midwest Book Review

Insurance Claims Adjuster Chris Lovell leads a calm, routine life. At twenty-seven, and having had negative experiences with the men in her past-including her own father who eloped with his secretary when Chris was still a child-she is distrustful of men and happy to focus her life on her work, which she shares with two very warm and caring colleagues. Yet there seems to be a void inside her and at times she feels lonely.

Her routine life is about to change when she "meets" a handsome, dark-haired man in the supermarket, a mysterious man who later on keeps running into her in spite of her efforts to avoid him. Who is he? Why does he keep appearing when she least expects it? She soon begins referring to him as Mystery Man.

A twist of fate brings them together in a way she never thought possible: one day she investigates a fire-related claim and discovers that her Mystery Man is none other than her client, Richard Browne Duffle, or Duff, owner of Duffle's Tires. Over the next few days they meet for lunch and get to know each other, and Chris is impressed with his warmth and good nature. Soon she falls deeply in love, and willing to take a chance with a new relationship, she decides to open her heart to him.

At the same time Chris' ex-boyfriend Johnny has come back and is set on winning her back. He does more than that-he begins to stalk her. But her real nightmare begins when an investigation report declares that the fire which damaged Buffle's Tires was intentional. Could it be possible that the man she loves, the man she has learned to trust so deeply, is a criminal?

Once Burned is a novel that readers of sweet, contemporary romances will enjoy. The heroine is vulnerable and likable, and the hero sensitive and willing to give himself to the woman he loves. He is not the brooding, macho-type character typical of many romances. The ex-boyfriend adds a touch of suspense to the plot, as well as the rescue scene towards the end, where Chris, doing her job after a dangerous storm, becomes trapped under a parking lot and must be rescued. Another interesting aspect of the book are all the bits and details pertaining to the insurance claims adjusting business, which add legitimacy to the story.

Once Burned

Chris Lovell works in the exciting field of insurance claims adjusting. She looks forward to the yearly storm season and even has a wardrobe designated especially for working claims in it.

Chris is haunted, not only by the abandonment of her father, at a young age. But, also of the elopement of her high school sweetheart, Johnny Archer, while she is away at college. These past events in her life have led her not to trust men. Her two friends, with whome she works, repeatedly try to "fix" her up, all to no avail. So when she happens upon a smoldering pair of brown eyes attatched to the ruggedly handsome Richard Duffle, while browsing the cereal aisle of a local market, she runs for the hills. Several near miss encounters ensue before a twist of fate brings them together.