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Back on Track

Back on Track, April 2013
Strangers on a Train
by Donna Cummings

Samhain Publishing
Featuring: Allie Whittaker; Matt Kearns
67 pages
ISBN: 1619213761
EAN: 9781619213760
Kindle: B00A8PL3TO
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"Unexpected meeting on the Napa Valley Wine Train"

Fresh Fiction Review

Back on Track
Donna Cummings

Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted January 17, 2013

Romance Contemporary

This short and sweet novella will inspire you to get out and try something different - at least it'll be interesting, at best you might meet someone very attractive! Allie Whittaker is travelling on the Napa Valley Wine Train. Food and various glasses of delicious wine are available, and the fellow travellers are keen to get to know one another. Her pal Sandra has been prodding her to get BACK ON TRACK with dating since she got tied up with starting a marketing company, which has left her little time. One project on her books is a charity calendar with celebrity sportsmen. A handsome man with a fit body and a cap pulled down over his eyes looks like someone she could get to know, so Allie goes over and starts chatting. Matt has been similarly pushed into taking the trip by a friend, and is not averse to pretty girls spending time with him... provided they don't just want to hang out with him because he's a baseball pitcher. The two begin with laughs and openly lie about themselves, and after a few minutes Allie recognises Matt - but can't admit it or the notoriously fan- shy superstar will disappear. As beautiful scenery passes outside and the couple explore the length of the elegant train and its wines, they start to feel a genuine attraction - but since they haven't been truthful about who they are, how can they start an honest relationship? This is from a miniseries called 'Strangers on a Train and Donna Cummings has kept the tone light. She also throws in many sporting terms such as throwing a curve ball and wanting a level playing field. Read it for a lift, and for a nudge to get out and find something new.

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SUMMARY

What's a little lie between strangers? A Strangers on a Train Story Allie Whittaker is in a dating slump, too busy getting her fledgling marketing company off the ground to have a personal life. All that could change, though, if she can get baseball superstar Matt Kearns on the cover of a charity calendar. Except Matt won't even talk to her. Matt is in a slump, worried his career might be over. A Napa Valley wine tour isn't enough to take his mind off his troubles––until sexy, funny Allie plops into the adjacent seat and tells him three things about herself. One of them, she says, is a lie. Matt can't resist playing along, and soon the afternoon getaway becomes an interlude with lies, truths, and desire flowing as fast as the wine. Then Allie lets slip one truth too many...and they both realize they're playing for keeps. Warning: A handsome hunk, a determined lady and a few glasses of wine. Throw in a little on–the–run action, and what more do you need to while away an afternoon?


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