Recklessly in Love, Melanie A. Smith
Recklessly in Love, Melanie A. Smith
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Recklessly in Love
A Steamy Small-Town Forced Proximity Romance

Author: Melanie A. Smith

Narrator: Rachel Woods, Lance West

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2024


Synopsis

Sometimes you have to risk everything to find where you belong…
Joanie Morris got herself fired on purpose.
Five years of defending corporations against the consequences of their own behavior had worn thin, so she seduced a junior partner onto the copy machine during business hours, made as much noise as she could manage, and let HR handle the rest. The sex was disappointing. The exit was not.
So two weeks before Christmas she points her car at the Cascades, aiming to spend the holidays with her best friend and work out what comes next.
What she finds is Greg Tyler — community center director, built like a man who chops his own firewood, and possibly the only person in Washington State entirely uninterested in being impressed by her.
She also finds a town with a problem.
Alpine Ridge is unincorporated. No budget, no protections, and nothing standing between it and the developers who'd like to turn the whole valley into a tourist trap. 
Every attempt to change that has been voted down by the town council.
Which is interesting, because Joanie is a lawyer. And unincorporated towns don't have town councils.
Proving it means taking on men who've run this place on a technicality for decades — and for Greg, going up against the family he left behind to get here. Neither of them can do it alone. So they don't.
Joanie came up the mountain looking for a distraction. What she found was a fight worth having, a town worth keeping, and a man who stands beside her instead of getting out of her way.
She's spent her whole life taking risks that cost her nothing. This one might.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Courtney on July 24, 2024

This was my first novel by Melanie Smith and it was fun! I loved the comedy and sass that was Joanie. I loved that she was brave and zany in going after the man she wanted! Alpine Ridge may be cold and snowy but this novel was steamy! Joanie and Greg were great! I loved that this was a hallmark feel......more

Goodreads review by casvec on August 12, 2024

Joanie is a lawyer who lives in the big city, but when she realizes the company, she works for is more about the boy's club, she does what she has to. Now needing a break, she goes to Alphine Ridge to visit her friend. Greg manages the community center in the town. but there is more to him. When Joan......more

Goodreads review by Marie on July 24, 2024

Leaving her job as a lawyer behind Joanie decides to spend time in Alpine ridge her best friends idyllic mountain town. Although she'd prefer a sunny beach or private hit hideaway instead but she wants time with her friend Mia. Joanie is a go getter not stopping and loves lavish travel and being org......more

Goodreads review by Alexsis on August 13, 2024

Melanie is the greatest at writing a book that sucks me in; her writing is incredible and I can’t get enough of it. Every book I’ve read of hers has the ability to grab hold of me and I binge read them as fast as possible, they’re that good. Recklessly in Love is no different! There is so much going......more

Goodreads review by J on August 26, 2024

Phew, talk about a feisty 🔥 steamy 📖 Joanie has absolutely an insatiable appetite when it comes to men and is not shy about going what she's after. Enter Greg, Joanie wastes no time going after what she wants - him. Greg has been burnt but he finds himself opening up to Joanie. Putting aside how loud......more