Payback in Wayback
Lynda Coker
The Wild Rose Press
March 2008
Contemporary
 

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Synopsis:

After spending twelve years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Corey Donovan is bent on getting a little payback. He’s headed for Wayback, Texas, the place where it all began. And who better to start with than the recently widowed Tiffany Covington.

Tiffany Covington is both thrilled and afraid when she learns Corey Donovan has returned to Wayback. She’s ready to repay old debts, the question is...will Corey accept her currency of exchange?
 

SRR GRADE:  A
 

Payback in Wayback is one of those books that is difficult to review. Not because it’s bad, quite the contrary in fact. It’s difficult because it is totally opposite of what I expected when I began reading. The setup for the story is what you would expect for the “typical” erotic romance; wrongly convicted man runs into the woman that ruined his life and wants payback. But, instead of an erotic romance, Ms. Coker delivers that is poignant in its subtle message of a simple truth: There are three sides to any story, your side, their side and the truth.

Corey Donovan is very much the Alpha hero we all love to read. Thinking himself betrayed by the woman he loves, Tiffany Covington, he served his time in a Texas Prison and is now trying to rebuild his life. When playing at a local eatery he sees Tiffany in the crowd and beside her is the son he never knew about.

There are many moments that make you go “Ah Ha! The erotic content aproacheth.”  Yet, Ms Coker proves the adage that a good story doesn’t require sex to be good. I found myself falling deeper and deeper into the town of Wayback and rooting for Tiffany and Corey to make it back to each other.

A wholly satisfying read and a heart tugging romance.