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"Six years, a complex about my freckles, a love for pastrami, and a fear of failure. That's what he gave me before slaughtering my heart and my faith in men."
Suffering from the sting of betrayal, twenty-eight-year-old Avery Johannas quits her job and moves hundreds of miles away to Ocean City, the beach town of her dreams. With the help of her zany roommate, Jodie, Avery finds a new career, home, and freedom. Throughout her self-exploration, she makes only one rule: She won't give her heart to a man again. She's living for herself this time.
But then she meets Jesse.
A tattoo shop owner, the green-eyed Jesse Pearce is wild with a touch of mystery. As Jesse and Avery explore Ocean City and their friendship, they'll have a hard time drawing a line in the sand between their hearts.
When summer nights get a little more heated than either expected, they'll have to ask themselves: Can they let go of their notions of love, or will their hearts be permanently inked by past pain?
About the author
Lindsay Detwiler is a high school English teacher and the published author of eleven romance titles. All of her works fall on the sweeter side of the genre. Her first novel, Voice of Innocence, released in February of 2015 with Melange Books. Inked Hearts, book one in her Lines in the Sand Series with Hot Tree Publishing, was named a Top Pick by Romance Times.
Lindsay’s goal with her romance is to shine a spotlight on the realistic, everyday kind of romances so many modern women live. She seeks to write characters that women can relate to and connect with. Her stories focus on the emotional side of romance instead of the physical. Her eleven novels range from romantic drama to romantic comedy.
Lindsay is married to her junior high sweetheart, Chad. They live in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, with their five cats and their mastiff, Henry. Henry appears in every single one of Lindsay’s published works.
