Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Readers' Favorite

Wanda Jane Coblentz is running for her life. She got in with a seedy guy, and now the people after him are after her. She buys a bus ticket and heads to Last Chance, South Carolina. The first night there she meets Clay Rhodes. After spending the night together, he decides that she is not what he needs. However, his mother Ruby hires Jane to work as a manicurist in her shop and gives her a place to live over the shop. Clay and Jane keep running into each other, and they can't deny there is a spark there. Then Jane and Haley, Clay's niece, are kidnapped and Ruby is injured by the bad guys. Jane thinks that Clay will only think badly of her since his mother was hurt and his niece was kidnapped because of her. Jane keeps Haley safe, but she sees herself as not being loveable.

This is the first book I have read by this author. It was a pleasant read with lots of charming minor characters. The story was a good one: very believable and showed how much Jane changed from the beginning to the end. Clay went through some changes, too. The main characters, though they did not think they were good for each other, made a perfect pair. I could not help rooting for them throughout the book and think that's what kept me turning the pages. I really liked the cover; it showed a typical small southern town and was very appropriate to the storyline in every way. This is one book that I think I will read over again to see what I missed the first time.