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True Colors
First published 2004 · 589 pages
A tense, passionate contemporary romance where a cold quest for corporate revenge melts into the heat of a rekindled first love.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a high-stakes boardroom where every glance is loaded with years of unspoken history. The atmosphere is thick with tension, balancing the cold, calculated edge of a corporate takeover with the undeniable, simmering heat of a second-chance romance. The narrative moves at a brisk pace, driven by the weight of hidden secrets and the thrilling friction between past betrayals and present desires. It is a deeply dramatic and emotionally charged experience, exploring how the armor of success and vengeance can be stripped away by lingering heartbreak. This is a perfect read for those who devour passionate, angst-filled stories where old wounds and first loves collide under the expansive skies of Montana.
- Mood
- emotionally charged
- secretive
- tense
- romantic
- Tone
- dramatic
- passionate
- tense
- earnest
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- second chances · the cost of revenge · hidden pasts · rekindled passion · power dynamics
- The writing
- Emotionally direct and dramatic, emphasizing intense physical attraction and high-stakes tension.
- The arc
- Moves from a guarded, bitter desire for retribution to a vulnerable surrender to rekindled love.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave dramatic contemporary romances filled with corporate power plays, deep secrets, and intense second-chance passion.
Content notes
- teen pregnancy
- abandonment
- betrayal
About the book
She came to take his company... but would she lose her heart instead? Meredith Ashe thought her heart was broken when Cy Harden's family ran her out of town as a scared teenager, penniless and pregnant. Now, stronger and wiser, she's back, but this time as the poised, powerful head of a multinational corporation-and she's planning a hostile takeover of Harden Properties. Cy doesn't know the secrets Meredith is hiding, and she has no intention of telling him. She plans to let him think she's the same shy girl he abandoned years ago.. but she hasn't counted on the way her body still thrills to his touch. And when Meredith begins to fall for Cy all over again... even her carefully made plans can't protect her.
Description from Open Library.
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