
A Hard Man to Love
Hawthorne Family, Book 2
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Nia Serge
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Delaney Diamond
About this listen
Hating him is easy. Loving him is hard.
Derrick Hoffman never quite got over not having a relationship with his biological father. The woman he was seeing is pregnant, and there's no way he's going to let her raise his child without him-even if it means coercing her into marriage.
Eva Jacob made the mistake of falling in love with Derrick, a man she knows is incapable of love. After their breakup, she discovers she's pregnant. When she agrees to a loveless marriage, she tries to shield her heart from further pain. But she soon discovers that the heart wants what the heart wants, and her heart wants Derrick's love.
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- AWPERRY
- 03-26-24
Learning to love a troubled man
This was much better than book 1. Getting to see the love story unfold was heartwarming. Definitely worth the time and effort
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- Val
- 02-21-25
Easy romance read
There could have been more to the story about her father and even the detective. Something felt missing overall in the storyline and the story teller wasn’t engaging.
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