Make Me All Over Series by Tamrin Banks

Jamie:A new year as a new beginning. And boy do I need one! My job as a nurse is sucking up my whole life. I need balance. I need fun. Unfortunately, my first date in forever ditches me in a bar. Even worse, the bartender/owner is the most obnoxious jerk I've ever met. I don't care if he's gorgeous and offers to be my good time guru....his words not mine, I don't need his brand of fun, do I?Rafe:She's the most stuck-up, infuriating woman I've ever met... moreJamie:A new year as a new beginning. And boy do I need one! My job as a nurse is sucking up my whole life. I need balance. I need fun. Unfortunately, my first date in forever ditches me in a bar. Even worse, the bartender/owner is the most obnoxious jerk I've ever met. I don't care if he's gorgeous and offers to be my good time guru....his words not mine, I don't need his brand of fun, do I?Rafe:She's the most stuck-up, infuriating woman I've ever met. If I didn't see the hurt in her soft green eyes when her date ditched her in my bar, I never would have given in to my inner white knight. But I did. Now I'm running around town and the gossip's flying fast and furious! I need to back off before every little old lady in town has us married off! Valentine's Day is coming and suddenly my stubborn heart feels like it won't beat without the gorgeous redhead's touch and the girl I love to hate is now the love I can't live without! less

Ruth:I'm in a good place finally. I've managed to start my life over after leaving my ex. I absolutely don't need or have time for any man except my brother right now. My shop is so busy that he's taken to helping me out as much as possible. I hate asking him for too much though. He's deliriously happy with his new love, Harvey. And I love that my best friend is with my brother. Really... moreRuth:I'm in a good place finally. I've managed to start my life over after leaving my ex. I absolutely don't need or have time for any man except my brother right now. My shop is so busy that he's taken to helping me out as much as possible. I hate asking him for too much though. He's deliriously happy with his new love, Harvey. And I love that my best friend is with my brother. Really.But his new buddy is making my life crazy and I can't take it anymore! He's just another jerk trying to control me. I hate that man!Tate:The gorgeous strawberry blond sister of my friend brings out the worst in me. She's so beautiful and I just want to be near her. Which is why I do the stupidest thing I can do. Bug the heck out of her and act like a complete idiot. And just like a moth to a flame, I can't stay away from her blinding light. No matter how much I tick her off.But when someone starts targeting her business with little accidents and then takes a shot at her, I know it's time to step up and be the man that she needs.Ruth is my whole world and no ghost from her past is taking her from me. less

Chris:Touring for the last ten years, I left my home town in the dust, never to return. It hurt too much to remember my first love, Carinna Abbot. She was my best friend, the love of my life. My first in so many things. But she was also the woman that told me to follow my dreams of music stardom. To get out of the horrible trailer my mother raised me in and try to make a better life for myself.I left, promising to stay in touch with her. She never answered me though.Now I know why... moreChris:Touring for the last ten years, I left my home town in the dust, never to return. It hurt too much to remember my first love, Carinna Abbot. She was my best friend, the love of my life. My first in so many things. But she was also the woman that told me to follow my dreams of music stardom. To get out of the horrible trailer my mother raised me in and try to make a better life for myself.I left, promising to stay in touch with her. She never answered me though.Now I know why.Carinna:I've led a good life, been a good neighbor and friend. So why am I being tormented like this? My secret is out! It took less than five minutes for him to realize my daughter is his. The night he ran off, he left a piece of him with me and I've never regretted it. I even managed to build a career as a cozy mystery writer to keep me home with her. We've had a great life but I know I can't offer her the life he can. That doesn't mean I'm giving up my daughter though.Before I can blink, he's moved into my little house and taken over our lives. He says he wants to get to know our child but his deep navy eyes burn with hunger when he looks at me.Am I setting myself up for a fall when I see forever smiling back at me? He says he's never stopped loving me and when he kisses me I can't breathe, can't see beyond the two of us. He says he'll stay but in the end will the lure of the road and his fans drive him away from us again? less