Title: Playing with Danger
Series: Desire Bay Book #2
Stand Alone Title: yes
Author: Joya Ryan
Genre: Romance
Blurb: They married on a whim, and then she disappeared from his life. Now he’s determined to find her and convince her to make their marriage work . . .
It’s all happening for Hannah Hastings. After ten years of slinging drinks, she’s about to go from bartender to bar owner. But before she can sign her name to the deed, a blast from her not-so-distant past comes blowing into her hometown of Yachats, Oregon. It’s Grant Laythem, the man it seems she can’t resist. And he’s come looking for his runaway bride . . .
Set to inherit a multi-million-dollar company, Grant is used to women wanting to get him into bed—and get into his bank account. But not Hannah. Bedded, wedded, and abandoned after a passionate two-week fling, he never even had the chance to tell her who he really was. All he knows is that she wanted him, no strings attached. And now that he’s had a taste of something real, he’s not about to let it slip away.
Can Grant convince her to give their marriage a shot? Or will Hannah continue to run from the only love she’s ever known?
Thoughts: The book starts out pretty good, but found myself quickly losing patience with the heroine. Hannah spends so much time living in a fantasy world where she can deny any and everything that has happened. To the point where it starts feeling delusional to me and it damages my enjoyment of the story. I tend to like Joya Ryan, but this one just fell flat for me.
Rating: B-/C+
