Average Joe

She even deflected the advances of her new neighbor Joe, the ex-con. Okay. Lie. The lawbreaker is irresistible and relentless. 

Hard as Marley tries to fight the attraction and protect her battered heart, Joe proves time and time again that he's playing for keeps.

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Joseph Kaine struggled his entire life to ditch the family curse. Finally, after a stint in prison, he's ready to walk the straight and narrow. 

Marley, his new neighbor, seems the perfect way to fill his lonely days. But that feisty woman is a magnet for trouble, and Joe is nothing if not a man who'll fight to keep his ladies safe. 

Can he shake the Kaine legacy, or will an average Joe have to call on his inner thug and play dirty?

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