Great story of redemption- overcoming what is seemingly impossible to recover from. Cruz had a terrible hand dealt to him and endures 10 tears in prison as an innocent man who is finally vindicated.

Cruz decides to start over in a small town away from the demons in the city of Chicago. He is a sexy, tattooed man in a southern town where life is in slow motion to what he had been used to. Cruz is so relateable as a man just trying to start over. What he hadn't planned on was encountering the beautiful Rosie who has things she to hides in her past.

When the truth is discovered about Cruz I loved how Rosie and even her brother didn't let it cloud their judgment of Cruz and let his current actions speak for themselves. Rosie was open to all things Cruz didn't know he was looking for or needed in putting his past behind him. These two were sweet and vulnerable with one another and stripped themselves bare emotionally.

Great story of overcoming a past, finding love and making a future. Lol forward to other books in this series.

I really enjoyed reading this romance novel. The characters had amazing backstories that helped add to the overall plot line of the story. The setting only adds more detail to the amazing overall story.

Record of wrongs.
After 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit Cruz decides to have a completely fresh start, and after throwing a dart at a map he ends up in Sundown Illinois, a small town where everyone knows everyone, here he meets Rosie who works at the local bar. It's lust at first sight for both of them but the relationship deepens and develops into love. Cruz and Rosie are great characters both with troubled pasts, but with the support of each other they are able to let go of the past and start to live their lives fully. A good enjoyable read with some exciting scenes ( not just the love making ones!) I look forward to the next in this series after reading preview at end of this book.
My thanks to net galley and publisher for opportunity to review this book honestly.

3.5*


Cruz Zaffino has served ten years for a crime he didn't commit and now he's out he wants a fresh start. One dart thrown at a map later and Cruz finds himself in Sundown, Illinois.

Rosie has lived in Sundown all her life, she knows everyone and everyone knows her and there's no such thing as secrets in such a small town.

Cruz walks up to the bar where Rosie is working and the attraction is instant, he may not have come to town looking for a woman but Rosie is hard to resist.
Cruz is tall muscled and tattooed in other words he's hot and so unlike anything this town has seen before and Rosie can hardly form words the first time she's face to face with him.

As these two get closer and both their pasts are revealed but can either of them truly escape the mistakes they've made or will their pasts come back to haunt them.

This is a cute sweet funny read, I do love small town books full of quirky characters and I'm looking forward to the next one.

There's so many parts I loved and this is one of the many that made me smile

The girl peered at Rosie but then turned back to Cruz. “Did you drawed on yourself?” she asked in a voice that was somewhere in between awe and you’re-getting-in-trouble.
Rosie stifled a snort. “Ah…” Cruz frowned. Christ, the kid had to be three feet tall. And she stared at him like a courtroom judge who expected an honest answer immediately. “No. One of my friends did.”
"You gots to wash it off,” she said. “You’re ‘posed to use soap but we don’t have soap. Here.” She grabbed a grubby napkin from on top of a paper plate at her feet and proceeded to rub it along Cruz’s arm.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-Op