WHAT MAKES A FAMILY? by Nicole Foster, SSE, Sept. 07.
Teacher Laurel Tanner couldn't stop hearing her ex-husband's words, "You're lousy at being a woman!" And then she met Cort Morente. The injured, brooding detective was the hottest hunk in her new hometown. And when Laurel and Cort worked together to help Tommy, a troubled boy at school, they did the impossible -- they began to fall in love.
But her husband's hateful words still haunted her. Laurel could never tell Cort the secret she'd kept buried deep inside. She was convinced it was the real reason her husband had left. The real reason she could never be the woman Cort needed. Even though his eyes and lips were telling her otherwise.
Although it's not listed as such, this is the third in the "Brothers of Rancho Pintada" series according to the author's note inside the book. I was lucky enough to read the first two books and this one is also a touching story. Two people, whether damaged inside or out, who find something in the other one that makes them feel they're finally whole.
