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How to Heal

Lovestrong, Book 5

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How to Heal

By: Susan Hawke
Narrated by: Michael Pauley
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Take one former bully, unable to forgive himself for the sins of his past....

Clark Danvers is a wild 21-year-old who’s trying to prove he’s an adult. With a two-year degree in hand, he manages the family car dealership and seemingly parties by night. Given the amount of times he’s been pulled over for speeding by Deputy Rick Matthews, public opinion seems to be right. But what people don’t see are the scars he carries both inside and out. Scars from a past he can’t run away from and will never be able to atone for, no matter how many times he beats himself over it.

Add one no-nonsense cop who longs to be a Daddy for the right boy....

Jericho “Rick” Matthews never expects the bratty kid who gets on his last nerve to pull at his heartstrings. When he finds Clark battered and fighting for his life in a motel room, Rick’s daddy mode is instantly engaged. Before he can think of anything else, he must first comfort this hurting boy.

To equal a pair of men who might just be what the other needs.

The two men who thought they couldn’t stand each other are drawn together after a date gone wrong. While Rick tenderly cares for Clark, he decides what this brat needs is a daddy...someone to help him break free from the past and embrace the promise of many happy tomorrows.

This is the fifth book in the Lovestrong series about finding love and being yourself in a small town. Intended only for 18 plus listeners, this is an mm romance full of all the sweet feels you’d want from an S. Hawke book.

Note: Possible trigger warning for mentions of self-harm and a scene involving a man who’s consented to having himself tied up. What he didn’t agree to was being left that way for an entire weekend. This highly emotional scene is the catalyst to evoke “Daddy’s” protective mode in a tale filled with themes of hurt and comfort and the struggle of overcoming a difficult past.

©2019 Susan Hawke (P)2019 Susan Hawke
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Seth the Therapist.

Loved this book so much angst turned to living a loving life after so great advice and therapy. Thank you for the great realism and advice loved this🥰

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Touching repentance / redemption romance!

Spurred on by a homophobic father, 15 yo bully Clark Danvers made life hell for other LGBT people in Rockford Bluff (we finally got told the town name!). Now 21, Clark can see he did wrong but carries a big chip of self-loathing and anger on his shoulder. When Clark’s attitude and risky behaviour nearly results in his death, Police Deputy Rick Matthews steps up to give Clark the care and discipline he needs to begin to heal. I liked a lot of things about this. First of all, I like that Clark’s main target of bullying wasn’t the love interest and couldn’t forgive him - I find most “in love with your bully” stories unrealistic and unsatisfying. Second, I liked that Clark owned his guilt, properly apologised, and tried to atone. It can be hard to love the villain of previous books in a series, but I felt Susan really successfully rehabilitated Clark without ever excusing his past. I also felt the daddy / age-gap relationship really suited this type of story. Audio narrator Michael Dean did his always excellent thang!

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