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Hunter McKay, a burned‑by‑love architect, arrives in Phoenix to start her own firm and to leave behind a fleeting high school romance with playboy Tyson Steele. One night, a chance encounter at a nightclub introduces her to a charismatic surgeon whose legendary charm awakens a dormant longing. With her career on the line and hearts entwined, Hunter faces the possibility of heartbreak—and the uncertain promise of a second chance.
The story explores themes of ambition, love, and the raw, healing forces of passion, all set against the backdrop of contemporary African American romance and the demanding worlds of architecture and surgery.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Brenda Jackson
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