Deep in the Heart
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4.1 • 48 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A wounded military veteran, a talented guitar maker hiding from her past, and a love that can soothe their hurts...
Camden Grace thought realizing his dream of country music stardom would chase away the ghosts of the past. He's focused on his career — but he can't help falling for guitar-maker phenom Jenna. Their explosive chemistry creates a magic that rivals the music until Jenna's dangerous ex reappears to play a reckless game. They'll have to fight for each other or lose everything...
Don't miss the chance to lose your heart to Jenna and Cam in this sexy saga of hope and love from a USA Today bestselling author. Start reading DEEP IN THE HEART!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two strong, battle-scarred people grapple with how to make a relationship work in the forceful first Austin After Dark contemporary. Ever since Austin, Tex., became a country music hub, the Olsen family's custom guitar business has done well. Whenever country music star Camden Grace wants a new instrument, he's willing to pay the Olsens whatever they charge. He needs a new guitar ASAP, but 24-year-old co-owner Jenna Olsen is swamped with orders. There are three things that might put him at the head of the queue, though. First, Camden's just rescued Jenna from an attack by a high school nemesis who won't let an old grudge die. Second, Jenna's grandfather, the widely respected luthier who founded the business, has a soft spot for Camden. And third, every time Jenna sees Camden, sparks fly. But Camden has PTSD from his time as an Army Ranger, and Jenna's a survivor of assault. The harm that trauma can wreak on a budding romance is convincingly portrayed as each lover is simultaneously drawn to and unnerved by commitment to the other. For fans of complicated characters, this one's a shoo-in. (BookLife)
Customer Reviews
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Beautiful but broken
Deep in the Heart
An Austin After Dark Book #1
Alexa Padgett
Jenna a beautiful but broken young woman has wicked guitar making skills. She oozes talent but due to past trauma is very nervous and introverted. She makes beautiful instruments in her Pop-Pop’s shop, world famous.
Cam is a hunky war-vet country musician with issues of his own. He often doesn’t play nice with others and has a short fuse. The nightmares and flashbacks don’t help. Underneath is a kindhearted, gifted soul who just needs to believe both he and Jenna are worthy of love.
Jenna:”I didn’t do this connection thing anymore. I kept people at arm’s length- or further. Bat length more like it.”
Jenna is a familiar character for those who have read all of Ms Padgett’s novels and it is great she gets to tell her story. While this is the first in a spinoff series it can be read as a stand-alone novel with hea.
I received an arc of this book.
Brilliant
Alexa Padgett is such a talented writer! So much happens in such a short time but it’s all so brilliantly written. Jenna & Camden are such messed up yet very relatable characters who face the world as best as they can. So much emotion in their story, loved every word. Recommend to all