Publication Date: August 15, 2016
Genre: Contemporary Romance -- Anthology
Nothing can keep a Hennessy from what he wants, even if it means getting dirty... And these men are good with their hands.
When an inheritance forces Natalie Green back to her hometown, she finds herself knee-deep in family heirlooms and unwanted memories. And some of those memories involve landscaper Chris Hennessy—the guy whose virginity she took all those years ago. As the two begin rekindling an old flame, Natalie realizes her entire life is about to be UPROOTED.
When lawyer Rachel Cambridge's life falls apart, she should be heartbroken. So why can't she drag her thoughts from the bad boy she walked away from years earlier? Sexy mechanic Sage Hennessy isn’t interested in forgiveness, but he won’t say no to a night in his bed. Will it be enough, or will Rachel get back the one man who's ever REVVED her engine?
Cynical sports journalist Charlie Grant isn't looking for love, especially not with smartass carpenter Adam Hennessy. But when Charlie hires Adam to rebuild her deck, she can't seem to keep her hands to herself. When smoking hot sex turns into something more, she's worried she might get NAILED.
Follow the rough-around-the-edges Hennessys and the women who snag their hearts in DIRTY WORK, an anthology with novellas by Amanda Heger, Harper St. George, and Tara Wyatt.
When an inheritance forces Natalie Green back to her hometown, she finds herself knee-deep in family heirlooms and unwanted memories. And some of those memories involve landscaper Chris Hennessy—the guy whose virginity she took all those years ago. As the two begin rekindling an old flame, Natalie realizes her entire life is about to be UPROOTED.
When lawyer Rachel Cambridge's life falls apart, she should be heartbroken. So why can't she drag her thoughts from the bad boy she walked away from years earlier? Sexy mechanic Sage Hennessy isn’t interested in forgiveness, but he won’t say no to a night in his bed. Will it be enough, or will Rachel get back the one man who's ever REVVED her engine?
Cynical sports journalist Charlie Grant isn't looking for love, especially not with smartass carpenter Adam Hennessy. But when Charlie hires Adam to rebuild her deck, she can't seem to keep her hands to herself. When smoking hot sex turns into something more, she's worried she might get NAILED.
Follow the rough-around-the-edges Hennessys and the women who snag their hearts in DIRTY WORK, an anthology with novellas by Amanda Heger, Harper St. George, and Tara Wyatt.
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Reviews of Wyatt's Previous Novels:
Primal Instinct (#2) -- TBQ
My Review:
Uprooted by Amanda Heger
A quick read; nothing really special stuck with me from this
story, but there wasn’t anything at all bad about it. It just . . . was. :/
Honestly the one thing that comes to mind when I started writing this review
was the dog, who apparently thinks he’s a goat because he likes to stand on top
of random pieces of furniture and stare at the wall. Between 2 ½ and 3 stars
Revved by Harper St. George
This one felt too rushed and fell short for me, as I had to
double check that I had actually reached the end of the story. Spoiler: I had.
Again, nothing bad about it, but it was also a bit forgettable, considering I
only read it a day and a half before writing this review and still my mind went
blank on specific points from the story. 2 ½ stars.
Nailed by Tara Wyatt
Out of the three stories, this was my favorite, though it
still didn’t quite hit the mark for me. However, I thought this one had the
most potential and could have made for a great full-length novel, or even a
short novel, rather than this quickie novella.
Nailed had a great
start: the hero and heroine “met” before on a dating website, but only ever
chatted online for weeks. When a date was set, Adam ended up standing her up,
and then completely pulling his profile and they never spoke again . . . until
he shows up to fix her porch, which his best friend (her neighbor) drove into.
Adam tries to explain to Charlie that he never meant to hurt her; he had just
gone through a divorce, and signed up for the site just for
a hookup. But once he started talking to Charlie, he knew she wasn’t “just a
hookup” and he also knew he wasn’t ready for a relationship again. So instead
he ran completely. Understandable, it takes Charlie a little bit to warm back up to him.
I have to say, I really loved her attitude. She actually
throws her shoes at him when he first shows up.
Like I said, I would have loved to see this one fleshed out
into a longer story, showing us their romance from the very start – the online
messages, which were only referenced – through to the “break up”, and then
their reunion and ultimately their HEA. I would totally read that because I
thought the premise for this particular story was really good.
I did have two things to complain though: first,
I found it hard to believe that as much as they were talking on the dating
site, they never exchanged phone numbers. But I suppose it was done that way to
work for the story of Adam running, giving Charlie no chance to talk to him
after that night. Second, towards the end of the story when they have their
fight, I couldn’t believe that Adam would hang up on a CRYING Charlie and then
later block her number when she called (a few times at that) but “didn’t leave a voicemail”, which to him meant that she didn't care enough. *sigh* Between
3 and 3 ½ stars
Overall thoughts:
Anthologies are good at trying out new authors and this one
was no different in that respect. I’ve read one from Wyatt before (romantic suspense),
which I liked, and while I’m not writing off Heger or St. George, I’m not
exactly dying to grab another book of theirs right now. Still, it was nice to
get a taste for their writing, and I can’t say I hated any of these stories –
they just didn’t offer me a lot to remember them for after I closed the book.
All three stories are all loosely connected by two things:
the heroes are all cousins, and the second-chance trope. Three things, I
suppose, if you count the heroes all being blue-collar types that work with
their hands. If any of those things interest you, you may like this anthology.
I found the stories all quick and cute, with the third story (Wyatt’s) being my
favorite of the bunch.
3 STARS!
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I received an e-ARC of this book from the authors.
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Enjoy!
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