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Shameless

by Joan Johnston · Bitter Creek #10

2015 · 338 pages · Dell

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4.1Goodreads
4.8Amazon

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📚 Book 10 of a completed 12-book series

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📊 Readers are divided — ratings range from 4.1 GR to 4.8 AMZ

🔍 Still under the radar — fewer than 1,000 Goodreads reviews

About this book

When Pippa arrives in Wyoming with her shameful past and her unborn child in tow, she feels like a ghost haunting her father's newly inherited ranch—until a chance encounter with a solitary stranger and his wolf changes everything. Devon lives deliberately apart from his own family's chaos, but the moment he meets Pippa, his carefully constructed isolation crumbles beneath an attraction that feels both dangerous and right. What unfolds is a deeply moving story about two wounded hearts learning to trust again, as they discover that sometimes the person who understands your demons best is the one brave enough to stay. This is a gorgeous exploration of second chances, found family, and the kind of love that feels like coming home.

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Slow-burn country romance with raw vulnerability—think acoustic folk, indie soul, and sultry R&B. Yearning vocals over weathered guitars, whispered confessions, and the tension of two broken people finding solace in proximity. Moody, intimate, with undercurrents of desire and redemption.

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Bitter Creek

1The Cowboy2The Texan3The Loner4The Price5The Rivals6The Next Mrs. Blackthorne7A Stranger's Game8Shattered9Sinful
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11Surrender12Sullivan's Promise

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