Adult, Contemporary, Romance
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.
5 out of 5 (exceptional)
Independent Reviewer for Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Meet the Hennessy cousins. Three different men, and their stories. Told by three different authors in their own way.
Chris, landscaper, and Natalie, in town to sort her grandfather's estate out, have history. When their paths cross, its clear neither really forgot what they had, and they both think that maybe, just maybe, they can have that again.
Sage, mechanic, had his heart broken by Rachel when she up and left, spouting that he was never gonna be good enough for her. But Rachel's heart was broken too, just not for the reason she said. Will Sage let her back in?
And Adam, carpenter, signed up for online dating, arranged to meet Charlie and then realized that maybe he wasn't ready. But when Adam is tasked to fix Charlie's porch after his friend wrecked it, he sees it as a sign, and pulls out all the stops to apologize to Charlie, and win her heart.
Three men and their stories. And they are gloriously short, sweet, sexy and just what I needed!
They are quite easy reads, not complicated or difficult to follow, and I really loved that fact. Because sometimes (and its becoming more and more clear to me I need them more often!) you just need something to READ, you know? To fall into and just wile away a couple hours, watching 6 people fall back in love and getting their happy ever after.
All three authors are new to me. All three are now on my wish list. I'd love to read more by these authors, other stories, but also of these men, and their cousins, can you find some more?? The Hennessy's are a stubborn bunch, but when they love, they love hard and fall fast.
Because it was JUST what I needed...
5 full stars
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