Defying the Odds

When struggling waitress Melody Dylan gives a handsome, lonely stranger a simple gift she has no clue her life is about to take a drastic turn.

The stranger ends up being Clay Powers, a famous UFC heavyweight fighter. Clay’s large build and dangerous fists have always intimidated. People in his hometown keep their distance and Clay is fine with that. Everything changes when a new waitress at the local diner buys him a piece of pie on Thanksgiving. Touched by the gesture when it’s obvious she can barely afford to survive, her warm smile and lush body churn up powerful feelings that leave Clay wanting more from her than pie.

Melody is running from her past and the small, country town of Garnet is the perfect hiding place. With an ex-husband after her and scars from her abusive marriage etched deep, the last thing she expects is to fall for a man who makes a living with his fists, but she can’t resist Clay or the tender connection they share.

Finding love in the most unlikely of places, the passion is undeniable, but Clay and Melody know their haunted pasts and unpredictable futures leave the odds stacked against them.



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I read the second book in this series long ago and never realized there was a first book! I am more studious when it comes to the books I read now and I stalk the author before and after each one.
Now I will need to reread "Star-Crossed" because I know there are glimpses of Clay & Melody throughout that book!

Melody is a Sweet Sweet woman who is having a hard life. I am surprised she isn't as damaged as she could be but I'm good with that, sometimes in these books the characters fight themselves too much and it was nice that Melody didn't but when she thought about Clay she did step back so he didn't get hurt in the cross fires. It is also nice that Melody isn't some hard body 20 year old trying to snag Clay, instead she is in her early 30's and a normal woman-curvy and soft! It's so sweet to read how Clay falls for her. Lot's of Hot SteamyRaunchy Sex! Good ending.

Quotes:

"Full hips, even fuller breasts, she looked sort of like a very huggable angel."

" 'How do you marry ketchup?' 'You perform a little condiment marriage ceremony and then fill out a buncha paperwork in triplicate.' "

"You look like a fallen angel, spread out and begging like you are right now."

"Everything works with you. It's like magic. You make me feel normal, and I love you for it."

CONTENT RATING

Romance: 4 out of 5

Kink: 3 out of 5 

Raunch: 4 out of 5

Overall Hotness:  4 out of 5