Smith’s Corner: Alora & Ash by Jayne Paton

Love…it comes with no assurances, as life has taught me. Can past hurts be overcome to give me a second chance at finding happiness?
Loneliness has me returning to the place where I grew up and where I left a big part of my heart behind. My return isn’t the only hot gossip in town when it seems fate is out to mess with me once again. Ash Smith, the man who was once my whole world, is now out of prison, and the secret I’ve held close is harder to hide.
A smile that eclipses the sun and melts me faster than the asphalt on a hot summer Texas day is pointing in my direction, but this time I’m older and wiser. Yeah, like that’s the truth. The second Ash aims those sexier than sin, caramel eyes at me, love is back on the agenda. But can I give my trust to a man who once crushed my heart with his rejection when it isn’t only my heart on the line this time?
It seems I’m about to find out.