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Title: Back to Us
Author: Christi Barth
Narrator: Carly Robins
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-29-16
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.
Genres: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Ward Cantrell always went for the long shot. But that recklessness cost him his college scholarship and his chance to play pro ball, and - worst of all - it ended his relationship with the girl next door. Neither the town nor the girl has ever forgiven him. Now he's taking one last long shot by opening a boutique distillery on the family farm he inherited.
Piper Morrissey spent high school in Ward's shadow, but she's come into her own in the years since. Maintaining her spotless image and that of her family's winery is priority number one. Nobody knows that she still yearns for her golden-boy ex. Or at least they didn't - until Ward agrees to sell Piper the land she needs to start her precious port line. The caveat? She'll need to date him for one month.
Ward hopes a month is all it'll take to convince his former sweetheart that while he's changed, his love for her hasn't. But when the chance arises to thumb his nose at the town that turned its back on him, he can't afford not to reject Piper's offer. Will that make her reject him and his love - for good?
Members Reviews:
Barth gives great descriptions and knows how to blend humor and serious.
Overlooking the fact that Ward cheers for the wrong MLB team â hell, heâs in the wrong league â he does have three best friends who are chicks, since high school, so he canât be all bad.
I had to giggle as Piper approached Ward alone for the first time since they broke up YEARS ago after dismissing her inattentive date, who Ward ctritizes because of his name... Ward... Neil.... People in glass houses....
The chemistry between these two is off the charts from the get go. And Wardâs determination and his deep feelings for Piper are clear.
This says it all: âThinking about her wasnât a choice. It was an involuntary reaction, like blinking and breathing.â
He wants her and is willing to go the extra mile, or mountain â whatever it takes â to get her back. So, he comes up with a scheme to make her date him for a month in exchange for her use of a piece of land he owns to fullfill the dream her dad keeps shooting down at work. He knocks her off her feet.
âPiper blinked a few times, clearing her eyes because she couldnât figure out how to blink clear the words from her ears. Because they made no sense. As nonsensical as painting Easter eggs to look like jack-oâ-lanterns. As ridiculous as looking out at the thirty-six-mile expanse of Seneca Lake and saying that you couldnât see the water.â
I lreally like his pitch, especially his closer... Meow! He knocks her socks off with a kiss so hot, sheâd sex him up on the spot.
Barth gives great descriptions and knows how to blend humor and serious. Their friends are great foils too.
There are times that I wanted to wring Piperâs neck, even if sheâs justified at least in the beginning in being suspicious and distrustful of him and his motives. He did cheat on her in the past, if only by kissing another college student back when, effectively ending their relationship.
I like the quirky journal where townspeople for generations anonymously write down whatâs troubling them, questions and people can make suggestions to help.
But, the problem with anonymity is that it doesnât factor in the human element, those little and sometimes huge factors and quirks that make us all unique.