Before and After You

Leigh DAlessandro is a fighter. She fought to escape her dysfunctional family to end a soul-killing marriage and to build a new life in a small Tennessee town. When the fate of the community hospital she works for is threatened shes primed and ready for battle. What she cant fight any longer is her unshakable attraction to her best friends brother who has a notorious reputation and triggers all her worst fears about trust and betrayal.Walker Leffersbee is a lover. At least thats the reputation hes built in his hometown. Scion of a prosperous Tennessee banking family hes a known ladies man and a confirmed bachelor. His hands are full as he juggles competing demands from his familys bank and his growing property renovation business. The last thing he needs is to give in to his long-standing craving for his sisters headstrong and hot-tempered best friend. Especially because shes the only one who knows the secret that threatens to upend his life.When a home renovation project brings them too close for comfort they both struggle to withstand the growing heat. As they grow closer helping each other navigate family minefields Walker learns that love is not a four-letter word and Leigh realizes that some battles are meant to be lost.But Walkers secret is the one thing that could keep them apart unless they both decide to fight for the love they never looked for but now cant live without.Before and After You is a contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #2 in the Leffersbee series Green Valley Chronicles Penny Reid Book Universe.