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So when Dee ignores his pleas and leaves, he ends up with shattered heart. Jack has always secretly loved Dee for as long as he can remember. Getting out of that small town was the only thing on her mind, and no one or nothing, was going to stop her at that point. Jack Brewer, Dee's next door neighbor for the last twenty some years & also her best friend since they were only a few years old. So when a good looking man from Pennsylvania shows up and promises her the moon, she pulls up stakes and leaves the town and her family in the dust. Growing up she always wanted to escape the small town life. Then they pick themselves up, and they find a way to move on. Oh they might grieve once in a while, but not for too long. And in this book.Dee finally comes to realize that very fact, after seven long lonely years in the "Dog Eat Dog" world of the rich & famous people, while living the big city life.Īll the women in this book are strong willed characters, and Dee is no exception. This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.įirst of all I love stories set in small towns, where family means more to the people who live and work there, than anything else this world has to offer. With Dee and Jack battling past hurts and fears, they try to reclaim their lifelong friendship and trust again, each secretly hoping they’ll be more than just friends this time around.

Then one hot summer day she appears, and he’s determined not to let her hurt him or get away again.

But there’s a hole in his heart and the only person who can fill it is Dee Hooper. He’s content, selling picnic supplies and bait to the fishermen and campers. One that allows him to continue to run the convenience store in town, which he loves. Jack was the computer geek in high school, and he’s turned that knowledge into a lucrative business. Seven years later, she’s brought a broken heart back home to her dysfunctional family: Roxie, the grandmother, who runs the family with an attitude of steel Mimosa, the mother, who’s been married so many times she’s forgotten half of them Tally, the sister who’s in the county jail for writing hot checks Bodine, Tally’s daughter, who’s been raised by Rosie just like Dee and Tally were and Jack, the boy next door who’s always loved Dee. From the time they were less than a year old they’d been best friends, then Dee eloped with a man from Pennsylvania. With Dee and Jack battling past hurts and fears, they try to reclaim their lifelong friendship and trust again, each secretly hoping they'll be more than just friends this time around.ĭee Hooper and Jack Brewer grew up next door to each other in sleepy Buckhorn Corner, Oklahoma. Then one hot summer day she appears, and he's determined not to let her hurt him or get away again. But there's a hole in his heart, and the only person who can fill it is Dee Hooper. He's content, selling picnic supplies and bait to the fishermen and campers. Jack was the computer geek in high school, and he's turned that knowledge into a lucrative business-one that allows him to continue to run the convenience store in town, which he loves. Seven years later, she's brought a broken heart back home to her dysfunctional family: Roxie, the grandmother, who runs the family with an attitude of steel Mimosa, the mother, who's been married so many times she's forgotten half of them Tally, the sister who's in the county jail for writing hot checks Bodine, Tally's daughter, who's been raised by Rosie just like Dee and Tally were and Jack, the boy next door who's always loved Dee.

From the time they were less than a year old they'd been best friends, but then Dee eloped with a man from Pennsylvania. Dee Hooper and Jack Brewer grew up next door to each other in sleepy Buckhorn Corner, Oklahoma.