LATHAN: A Short Sweet Blue Collar Hometown Hotties Instalove Romance
Carly Keene
Eight years after I left my hometown, I'm back, with one failed marriage, zero college degrees, four failed careers, zero children, one busted credit rating, and one small mountain of debt (blame my ex, thanks).
My Perfect Overachiever big sister's been kind enough to take me in.
And kind enough to find me a temporary job, too.
My first week there, who should walk in but the best friend who tried to keep me from marrying my walking-disaster ex.
LATHAN:
I don't believe in love at first sight.
I'm not sure I believe in love, period. After the girl of my dreams rejected me and ran off to marry her older, loser boyfriend, I gave up on her.
And on love.
Now that she's back--single, emotionally healthy, and glad to see me--do I even want to give love a shot again?
Heaven help me, I think I do.