A steamy small town romance about a down on her luck actress and a wounded veteran.
They say there’s no place like home. For Ashley Ann Scobel, there’s no place as terrible as home. When she left Prattsville at seventeen, she swore she’d seen the last of the dusty Texas town. Home sweet home is the last place she wants to be, but with her acting career sputtering to a stop and bills piling up, … and bills piling up, she needs a breather—and a place to make a fresh start. The last thing she expected was to butt heads with the town’s new law man—who also happens to be her landlord…and a tall, dark Texan who takes her breath away.
Small town police chief Smith Salvatierra has everything he needs—a good job, a beautiful home, and a canine partner who never pressures him to talk about the past. Prattsville might be boring, but he’ll take solitude and big skies over city lights any day of the week. He likes things orderly and predictable, which is why his new tenant is forever getting under his skin. Messy, nosy, and prone to breaking speed limits, the Hollywood starlet next door seems destined to disrupt his life…and maybe change it forever.
Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan for either of them…but never say never.
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I LOVED this book.
I will not give the synopsis since you can read the blurb and others give more detail but I definitely recommend!
All-in-all, you would not be reading reviews if you were not intrigued by the blurb, so I will stick with what you need to know:
You will find plenty of toe curling steaminess with a laugh or two along the way, and smile on your face from their happily ever after.
No cliffy, no cheating.
I received a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
The first book in a new series called Never Say a well written story. Ashley Ann Scobel comes back to the last place she wants to be Prattsville. She meets small town police chief Smith Salvatierra and both their worlds get turned upside down. But they will have a lot to go through to be together. There is suspense, drama, dog poisoning, an evil man, a sheriff who has a past to get over, and the woman who has an even worse one to let go of. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a small town romance staring Ashley an actress that finds herself without an agent and down on her luck and Smith, an ex Green Beret turned police chief. Ashley decides to surprise her mom by showing up unannounced, only to find her mother gone, grandmas house sold and not much money left to her name.
Grandmas house is not being lived in and Ashley finds out the next door neighbor owns it. Smith is surprised to find Ashley in the house next door. After much begging, he decides to let her stay there for a few months. As you can expect, sparks fly with these two. Thanks to Smiths PTSD, he is not the easiest person to get along with. It is an adventure watching these two struggle with their emotions.
Written as a 3rd person, multi pov with a HEA.
Would I recommend this book? Yes
Would I read more from this author? Yes
Sassy Beta Reading and Review
NEVER SAY I LOVE YOU (Never Say #1) by Amy Pennza is the first contemporary romance in a new series by a new to me author.
Ashley Ann Scobel is an out of work actress. For two years, she has made ends meet by refurbishing antiques, but she decides she needs to return to her small Texas hometown of Prattsville and try to pull herself and her finances together. But Prattsville has no fond memories for Ashley. She hopes to use her grandmother’s old furniture in her family home attic to finance a return to California. When she gets home, she finds her mother gone and the house sold to the next door neighbor named Smith. Hopefully he won’t mind if she stays for just a few weeks.
Chief of Police Smith Salvatierra likes everything orderly and predictable. He and his canine partner, Deuce appreciate the boring and quiet small town over the crowds and frantic pace of the larger San Antonio. He likes his privacy and his partner never asks about his past. When Smith finds Ashley in the house he bought next door, they come to an arrangement. Ashley can stay for eight weeks.
Smith’s new tenant is messy, unpredictable and beautiful. Ashley finds Smith to be by-the-book tall, dark and handsome and is not sure what to make of her landlord’s hot and cold attitude. Can the two of them find what they need in each other?
I was very happy I tried this new to me author. This contemporary romance had an interesting twist with Smith dealing with a tragedy in his past that colors all of his decisions in the present. His rigid adherence to predictability is challenged by Ashley and he begins to see an opportunity for change. I love dogs in books and I loved Deuce. He is a great example of an emotional support dog. The sex scenes in this book are explicit but not gratuitous. My only problem with this story was I felt the ending was too abrupt. I would have preferred that some of the secondary issues had been locked down instead of still up in the air. Hopefully this H/h will be revisited in future books in the series and I will find some of the answers I am looking for in a complete HEA. Overall, a good start to this new series.
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