Jennifer Ryan Wilde Abandon

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ryan's page-turning Dark Horse Dive Bar series continues with this story of love shadowed by secrets and lies as a bar owner falls for an old friend, now a computer programmer mogul, she once betrayed. Welcome to the Dark Horse Dive Bar, where the Wildes throw one hell of a party and love could be a barstool away! Broken and betrayed, Fox Bridges escaped Blackrock Falls 16 years ago, vowing never to return. But when his mom is diagnosed with terminal cancer, there's no escaping it. Making the best of a bad situation, he goes back to face his past and set up a program to help foster kids who age out of the system like him. But more importantly- to reunite with the best friend he had to leave behind. Melody Wilde never got over the loss of her childhood best friend. She saved his life... but it cost her Fox. He left town and never looked back, hating her for revealing his secret. So when Fox walks back into town-right through the front door of her bar-she realizes he's the man she's been falling for online. He could be her chance at forever. But Fox has secrets, and there are those who will do anything to bring him down. They'll exploit any weakness. And he's just given them the biggest one yet-Melody.