Release
Date: June 1, 2017
Genre:
Contemporary
Romance
Formats:
ebook on major retailers (links provided). Print on Amazon.
Length: 275 pages
Length: 275 pages
A sophisticated city girl, a small town guy. Will their
differences drive them apart or will they discover that home is where the heart
is?
When the only girl Joey Bennett ever loved stole his heart
and sped off to the city lights, he swore he’d never again surrender his heart
or be measured by someone’s big city ideals. Love is for chumps. Trust is only
given to family and locals who care about him for who he is, and what he isn’t.
But when a beautiful stranger dances into his bar, he takes up the challenge to
prove that his hometown is different.
Brittany Carlson hates small towns after growing up where
the old boy’s network turned a blind eye to her father’s abuse, destroying her
mother’s life… and her own. She left
that hell in the rear-view mirror the minute she turned eighteen. New York City
is her new hometown where her neighbors are friends and everyone looks out for
each other. They keep her safe. But a weekend visit to Oak Grove and one
dance with a sexy local threatens to change… everything.
Joey is not like any guy she’s ever met. And she likes that.
Long nights stoke Joey and Brittany’s desire to stay together, but reality is
different when exposed to the harsh light of day. If Brittany goes back to New
York, she’ll be heartbroken. But she promised herself long ago that she
wouldn’t ever again live her life looking over her shoulder, wondering what
secrets people are hiding and what ugliness lurks in the shadows with no one
there to help.
Can she take the small town out of Joey, or can the love of
a good man become her new home?
My Thoughts…
A bar owner and a city girl meet at the bar he owns and
sparks fly. Is the bar owner, Joey, too
country town for the city girl? Can the
city girl, Brittany, become a country girl?
Joey and Brittany feel the sparks, fight the attraction, and fall for
each other. One Last Dance has a HEA
(Happily Ever After) ending which is what I expected. I didn’t expect all the hard work they had
to do to get that ending.
I liked that they each had their own lives before they
met. They are not a couple coming
back together. That means they had to
get to know each other, trust each other, and tell each other about their
histories. Joey has an ex that makes
his heart leery to love again and a family that ties him to his home. Brittany is extra careful due to her father
and mother’s tumultuous relationship.
Together they have to share their pasts and open up their futures to be
able to become a couple.
One Last Dance is the second book in the Oak Grove Series
but each book is its own story. There
is a HEA ending, a complete story, and each one is wonderful. I recommend picking up either of them and
enjoying the marvelous story that Nancy Stopper tells.
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Check out my thoughts
on One Last Risk ~ Oak Grove Series book
1
HERE
Nancy
Stopper is an award-winning debut author. She writes contemporary romance with
strong women and sexy heroes that tug at your emotional heartstrings and leave
you with a warm feeling that lingers long after the last page. Her favorite
escape is small-town romance and even when set in a larger location, her books
have that small-town feel.
Her
first novel, One Last Risk, won first place in the Short Contemporary Romance
category of the Fool for Love Contest and was a Maggie Finalist in the
unpublished Single-Title Contemporary Category.
Dreams
Come True in Laguna, Nancy's first novella, was published in the Laguna Beach
Kindle World in 2016. One Last Risk, her first full-length contemporary romance
novel was published in April 2017.
Nancy
lives in Virginia with her husband, two of her three kids that are still at
home, and one cat who regards her with disdain daily. When she's not behind her
laptop, you can find her at a ballfield, cheering on her favorite team
(Washington Nationals) or her favorite player (her son, who pitches for his
local high school), or at a dance performance with her daughter.
Website:
http://www.nancystopper.com
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Excerpt
1:
Before long, Joey pulled the
truck into a dirt-covered patch in front of a metal gate. A path extended
beyond the gate and wound into the woods. He shut off the truck and then turned
to her. “We’ll walk in from here.”
“Where’s here?”
“You’ll see.”
Boy, today was going to be a riot
if all their conversations consisted solely of two-word sentences.
Before Brittany had a chance to
climb out, Joey threw open the door, wandered to the back of the truck, and
fiddled with something. She scrambled out, tugging her T-shirt down. “Can I
help with anything?”
“Nope, I’ve got everything
covered. I’d planned to come out alone anyway.”
“Obviously, so why didn’t you
just tell Karen no?”
Joey shot her a look that told
her maybe she didn’t want to hear the answer. He mumbled under his breath
again.
“All right, that’s it. Go ahead
and get it all out.”
Joey ran his hand through his
hair, spinning away from her for a minute before turning back. “You’re right. I
didn’t want you to come hiking with me. I’d been looking forward to this time
alone all week.”
“Then why did you agree to let me
come?” She threw her hands in the air and stomped her feet like a petulant
child. She hadn’t meant to yell, but her peaceful feelings were quickly being
replaced with unsettling ones, reminders of the past she’d rather stay there.
“I don’t know, okay?” A clear
look of exasperation crossed his face, and then his eyes locked on hers.
With his eyebrows raised and his
jaw tight, he looked as ridiculous as this situation was. Neither of them were
happy that Karen had roped them into this.
The corner of Brittany’s mouth
quirked, and the pressure built in her gut until she couldn’t hold it in any
longer and burst out laughing. Not a quiet, simple one, but a full-out belly
laugh. She doubled over, clutching her stomach as she continued to laugh.
Eventually she stood and wiped the tears from her eyes, only to see Joey had
joined in her laughter.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be taking
this out on you,” he said.
“It’s okay.” Tears still flowed
down Brittany’s face. “Let’s relax and have fun for a few hours.”
“Sounds good to me.”
The creases on his forehead
relaxed and his jaw eased. His features softened and she was reminded of the
man she’d met last night, not the tense man who had driven her here.
