But he is no longer the awkward, shy boy from her youth.
Steve has had a crush on Barbara since high school. When her father falls ill, she is forced to return home to Hamilton, New Mexico, a small town that comes with big problems, the biggest of which is Steve Meston. Instead, she loves through her characters, embracing her romantic dreams with every book she writes, and convinces herself it is enough. Her emotional scars make intimacy a frightening thing, and those who try to grasp this beautiful rose are quickly met with her thorns. And those who try to pass her protective boundaries are met with her cutting sarcasm. She denies to all those who are concerned for her that there is anything wrong. Barbara avoids her home town at all costs. Sarcasm, avoidance and denial have become weapons to keep her monstrous past at bay. She has learned to hide the physical scars, but the emotional scars that taint her soul become harder to hide each day. Raped on the eve of her high-school graduation, she was left pregnant and scarred, both emotionally and physically. However, her own love-life is nothing to write home about. Barbara Houlton is a best-selling romance author, known for her achingly sweet love stories.
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