Dare to Stay - Carly Phillips

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Résumé :
He's the one who left. She's the one he left behind. Willow James, athletic trainer for the Miami Thunder football team, knows abandonment and hurt. A child of foster care, she's been moved around and left behind more times than she cares to count. Just when she was starting to let her guard down with Braden Prescott, he left for a two year stint with Doctors Without Borders. Now he's back. Dr. Braden Prescott always felt like an outsider in his family of professional sports players. He's traveled the world and is better for it, but now he's home with a job for the Miami Thunder. When he comes face to face with the woman he left behind, their chemistry still smolders. She'll give him her body again but not her heart. He knows leaving her once was the biggest mistake of his life. Can Willow learn to trust him not to leave, especially when adventure comes calling again?...

Sommaire:
I left Willow James once. I won't make that mistake again. Two years ago, I walked away to work for Doctors Without Borders, convinced I was doing the right thing. All I did was prove she couldn't trust me. Now I'm back in Miami as the Thunder's new doctor, face to face with the one woman I've never been able to forget. Willow is sharper than ever. Colder, too. She does her job as the team's athletic trainer, keeps her distance, and pretends my presence doesn't affect her at all. But I see the way her breath catches when we're too close. How the past still burns between us-hot, unfinished, impossible to ignore. Willow tells herself I'm just a colleague. Until we give in to the physical pull neither of us can deny... even as she swears she'll never trust me with her heart again. That's fine. I'm not here for easy. I'm here to regain her trust and to prove I won't leave when things get hard. Because this time, I'm staying. And if Willow James is my second chance... I'm not letting her go. A swoony, spicy second-chance romance packed with forced proximity, slow-burn angst, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Perfect for fans of Carly Phillips and high-heat contemporary romance with all the feels. Second Chance Romance ? He Left, Now He's Back ? Slow-Burn Angst ? Football Team Romance ? Emotional Healing ? Guaranteed HEA...