Play the Part

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Connie Broadbent loves to run away from her mistakes. So when her glossy Hollywood life turns into a tabloid nightmare on the eve of her twenty-ninth birthday she does what she knows best and books a one-way ticket back to Marsford Bay. But even her hometown isn't safe from her past blunders-namely a year-old impulsive one-night stand with a broody ex-con.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Huxley McKenna believes that his past will haunt him forever. At just eighteen his life irrevocably changed when a rash decision landed him in prison. Now twenty-five Huxley is determined to move on from his delinquent past. Despite his cynicism he stays out of trouble and gets a job in construction to pay the bills. But there's one thing from his past that he can't seem to evade: Connie Broadbent. A seemingly impossible task when his older brother is engaged to her best friend.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>However their plan to ignore each other fails when Connie buys a rundown theatre and is cornered into hiring Huxley thanks to a little persuasion from her best friend. Wanting to keep their shared past a secret the two reluctantly agree to work together. This inevitably leads to infuriating mind games and messy push-and-pulls both too stubborn to give in to their attraction. But soon they will be forced to face the truth: some mistakes might be worth making twice.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>*Play the Part is a contemporary romance with a guaranteed HEA. It has mature situations and themes which may be considered triggers for some. Reader discretion is advised.*</strong></p>