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Destiny Novel Series, No 3
Toni Blake
Avon Books/HarperCollins
Publishers
December 2010 / ISBN 978-0061765803
Contemporary Romance
Amazon
Reviewed
by Leslie Halpern
Destiny, Ohio, seems to be the place where emotionally damaged
men and understanding women originate and gravitate. In Toni Blake’s
latest Destiny Novel (following 2009’s
One Reckless Summer and 2010’s Sugar
Creek), former motorcycle gang member, Lucky Romo returns from
his years of lawlessness in California to hide out in his hometown.
Now making an honest living painting skulls, fire, and other accents
on motorcycles, he meets his sexy neighbor, Tessa Sheridan, an interior
designer who harbors her own secret past.
Unlike Lucky’s dark secrets, Tessa’s secrets aren’t
the dangerous kind. She’s coping with the completely unglamorous
and unfortunately chronic heath condition, Crohn’s disease,
which keeps her a prisoner in the bathroom when it flares up occasionally.
While Lucky attempts to hide his mysterious past, Tessa attempts
to hide her own problems. As their love blossoms beyond merely a
sexual attraction, they both learn to trust each other and reveal
more of themselves.
Can a very good girl and a very bad boy compromise enough to meet
in the middle and make a long-term relationship work? Can Tessa
reclaim the spirited sensuality she enjoyed before her sickness?
Underneath all those muscles and tattoos, can Lucky rediscover the
sweet boy he once was before a childhood tragedy took his life off
course? Those essential questions propel the story forward.
As in her previous novels about Destiny, Blake includes many colorful
town residents and intertwining characters. Friends of both central
characters weave their way throughout each of the books, making
the relationships feel genuine and vital to the characters’
connectedness to the town. Blake also includes the same highly passionate
love scenes her fans have come to expect. In Whisper Falls (the
title refers to a legend associated with a local waterfall), readers
will continue their love affair with the sexy residents of this
small Ohio town.
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