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Dirty

by Kylie Scott · Dive Bar #1

2016 · 275 pages

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About this book

When a jilted bride discovers her groom's infidelity—with his best man, no less—she ends up sobbing in a stranger's shower, and somehow, that's the best thing that could happen to her. Vaughan is the total opposite of the polished, "perfect" guys she's usually attracted to, but he's got something her ex-husband never did: genuine kindness and zero pretense. As these two broken people find solace in each other, the chemistry between them sizzles with the kind of heat that makes you wonder if sometimes getting "dirty" is exactly what you need to get clean. This is a swoon-worthy second-chance-at-love story that proves the best relationships often start in the messiest circumstances.

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