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Tough to tame, but not too tough to love…  Charlie Allington is supposed to be on the fast track to the top—a small-town girl who was making it big in her career. Instead, she's reeling from a scandal that's pretty much burned all her bridges. Now, out of options, she needs a place to lick her wounds and figure out her future. True, working at a ski resort in rugged Jackson Hole, Wyoming, isn't her dream job. But if there's one perk to coming back, it's a certain sexy hometown boy who knows how to make a girl feel welcome.  Cowboy Walker Pearce never expected a grown-up Charlie to be temptation in tight jeans. She's smart and successful—way out of league for a man like him. But he's not about to let that, or his secrets, get in the way of their blazing-hot attraction. Yet when passion turns to something more, will the truth—about both of them—send her out of his life for good…or into his arms forever? ** ### From Booklist The third installment, after Too Hot to Handle (2013), in Dahl’s Jackson Hole, Wyoming, series opens with security specialist Charlie Allington returning to her hometown after being exonerated in an embezzlement scandal at her old job. She finds an apartment at Jackson’s Stud Farm boarding house, across the hall from the guy she lusted after in high school, Walker Pearce. Walker doesn’t seem to have changed much. At 30, he’s still a charmer with girls hanging all over him. As Charlie settles into her new job, which she landed with her brother’s backing, she starts to suspect that everything isn’t on the up-and-up. But she’s distracted by Walker’s lovemaking and steady friendship while she works to shore up his low self-esteem because of his dyslexia. She just knows he can be more than a working cowboy, even if he doesn’t believe her. Dahl delivers another sexy story while delving into weighty subjects, making this story deeper and more satisfying than the previous ones. It will delight her fans and attract new readers. --Pat Henshaw ### Review "Victoria Dahl never fails to bring the heat."-RT Book Reviews on Too Hot To Handle "Hits the emotional high notes.... Rising romance star Dahl delivers with this sizzling contemporary romance." -Kirkus Reviews on Close Enough to Touch "Dahl adds her signature hot sex scenes and quirky characters to this lively mix of romance in the high country." -Booklist on Too Hot to Handle "A delightful romance between two people who struggle to discover their own self-worth." -RT Book Reviews on Bad Boys Do "This is one hot romance." -RT Book Reviews on Good Girls Don't "A hot and funny story about a woman many of us can relate to." -Salon.com on Crazy for Love "[A] hands-down winner, a sensual story filled with memorable characters." -Booklist on Start Me Up "Dahl smartly wraps up a winning tale full of endearing oddballs, light mystery and plenty of innuendo and passion." -Publishers Weekly on Talk Me Down "Sassy and smokingly sexy, Talk Me Down is one delicious joyride of a book." -New York Times bestselling author Connie Brockway "Sparkling, special and oh so sexy-Victoria Dahl is a special treat!" -New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips on Talk Me Down