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Rachael Henderson is a recovering romantic who declares that love "stinks" after experiencing growing up in Valentine, Texas and watching two of her grooms leave her at the altar. Refusing to accept romantic fate, she creates Romanceaholics Anonymous, a twelve‑step program to help others break their love addiction and a local philosophy that challenges the small‑town love myth. When Rachael’s security guard becomes Sheriff Brody Carlton, she finds herself entangled in a new, lust‑filled affair that threatens the program’s principles and her own heart, forcing her to decide whether to protect her fragile heart or to love again.
The book explores love, cynicism, and community conflict in a small Texas town, while weaving a contemporary romance set in its own unique environment.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Lori Wilde
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