Crick stays only to protect his younger sister from Bob’s rage.Īs the years fly by, Crick’s love for Deacon thrives and deepens.

Those weekends become Crick’s salvation and refuge as Crick’s stepfather becomes ever more abusive. When Deacon’s dad takes Crick home one evening and realizes how bad the situation is with Crick’s stepfather, Parrish Winter tells Crick’s mom that he will be taking the boy every weekend to help at the farm. For Deacon hardly ever talks, but when he does, Crick listens. Deacon is also silent, being painfully shy.

He is patient and beautiful with his green-hazel eyes and sun streaked blond hair. Deacon Winter is everything that is fine as far as Crick is concerned. But it isn’t long before the “little Mex kid,” as his stepfather Bob calls him, realizes that the beautiful boy in the ring with the horse is his true and final love. At first Carrick (aka “Crick”) thinks it is the horse he loves and the farm called The Pulpit where the horse lives. Wild Seasons (series), by Christina LaurenĬrazy Thing Called Love, by Molly O'Keefeīlack Knights, Inc.All it took was one look at Deacon Winter putting Lucy Star through her paces in the workout ring for Carrick Francis to fall in love. The Madaris Family (series), by Brenda Jackson The Mackenzie Family (series), by Linda Howard Troubleshooters (series), by Suzanne Brockmann Immortals After Dark (series), by Kresley Coleĭark Hunter (series), by Sherrilyn KenyonĬut & Run, by Abigail Roux and Madeleine UrbanĬhicago Stars (series), by Susan Elizabeth Phillips The Black Dagger Brotherhood (series), by J.R. The Queen's Thief (series), by Megan Whalen TurnerĪ Civil Campaign, by Lois McMaster BujoldĬharley Davidson (series), by Darynda Jones The Lotus Palace (series), by Jeannie LinĪll Through the Night, by Connie BrockwayĪnna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins The Spymasters (series), by Joanna Bourne The Pink Carnation (series), by Lauren WilligĪ Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deverauxĭesperate Duchesses (series), by Eloisa James Pennyroyal Green (series), by Julie Anne Long The Rules of Scoundrels (series), by Sarah MacLean The Brothers Sinister (series), by Courtney Milan The Wallflowers (series), by Lisa Kleypas The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie, by Jennifer Ashley The Serpent Garden, by Judith Merkle Riley Find the full list here - and below, a printable version. It's the NPR Books Summer of Love, and we have 100 great romances for you, from historical to paranormal to LGBTQ to the subgenre that started it all, category romance (the slim-spined Harlequins of your childhood).

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