Review: Passion under the Poplars

Author submission in exchange for an honest review.

Title: 

Passion under the Poplars

Authors: 

Dickey Roebuck and Austen Duane
Release Date:
December 20, 2010
Publisher:
Noble Romance
Word Count:
approx. 6,400

Purchase Links:  

Noble Romance

Amazon

Authors' Website:

http://www.dickey-duane.com/

Description:  

Heartbroken because his boyfriend dumped him for their Brazilian hairdresser, defeated because he got fired due to the recession, and desperate because his savings melted far sooner than he expected, Farley Stevens has no other option but to leave San Francisco and return to his Bible Belt hometown. The future seems bleak.

But then he accidentally meets his unrequited first love—a former quarterback who never acknowledged his existence back in high school. Can anything in his life remain the same after this chance reunion?

Joey's Review:

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