The Rebel's Redemption is basically a couple, each with problems, ended up comparing their personal demons, and fell for each other at the same time, after a serendipitous meet-cute.
Jeremy used to be an addict and drunkard and even stole from his family. He went through AA and is recovered, and he knew exactly how many days he's been sober, and he does not want to backslide for anyone. He's now a successful author and artist, though he kept his identity hidden. He thought he could not love anyone, not when his previous fiancee had so thoroughly betrayed him then blamed him for the failed relationship, that's when he turned into a drunk. But one night on a beach with a mysterious woman who seems to know what she wanted, and he felt an attraction to her like never before. When he found her having opened a sports fitness store in his town of Lake Placid, he's determined to woo her. // Elizabeth had put everything into this shop, after a disastrous few years when she had to face her own personal demons. That mysterious stranger who kissed her on the beach showing up in her shop is just a bonus and a dream come true. But when Jeremy's old demons, including his evil ex, returned, it's time for Elizabeth to share her demons... that perhaps, they truly deserve each other...
Ah, comparing personal demons... a bit dramatic. but realistic. It's just that they don't exactly fold into their relationship except in a very peripheral way. So that ended up being a bit of meh. Still, a good book overall. Not great, but good.
Category: Contemporary
Primary Plot: Can a redeemed guy fall for a woman with her own dark past, when his own past mistakes came back to haunt him?
Tropes: scars, disguise, betrayal, fling to a thing, evil ex
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