Half Moon Hill
Destiny: Book 6
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“You know you can expect two things from a Destiny, Ohio story: that it’ll be heartfelt and sexy hot.”
You never know what Destiny has in store…
A rugged loner and ex-biker-gang member, Duke Dawson is looking for some peace and quiet while recovering from an accident. But when Anna Romo comes wandering through his woods and into his cabin, she completely rocks his world. The last thing he expected – or wanted – was to find himself hungering after a woman whose eyes held hurts even deeper than his own…
Running from a troubled past, Anna is building a new life in Destiny. When she first meets Duke, she's terrified— but something about him calls to her very soul. The hard-bodied rebel is soon helping her turn her new home into a bed and breakfast, and close quarters quickly lead them into her bed. Their passion is palpable – but can she convince a man who has turned his back on life to take the biggest leap of faith of all and fall in love?
A Note from Toni
Here are a few fun facts that I can share with you about the book:
Tessa’s brother, Jeremy, was originally supposed to be the hero. I started planning that as early as Destiny Book 3, Whisper Falls. But as the time to write it grew closer, something about it didn’t feel right. I didn’t know Jeremy very well, after all. But I did know Duke. And readers had started writing to me and asking me to give Duke his own book. You ask, I listen. 😉 And he just seemed like a much better match for Anna in my mind – even if only because I knew instantly how much Anna’s brother Mike would dislike this 😉 I loved fleshing out both Anna and Duke as characters as I wrote this story, and I couldn’t be happier with the decision to make Duke her hero.
I wrote this entire book in six weeks. I’ve never ever even come close to writing a full length book that quickly before. And it wasn’t because Iwanted to write it that fast – it was because I was running behind and had already asked for an extension on my deadline. So writing quickly was a matter of necessity. And I’ll add that I didn’t share this little time tidbit with my editor until after she told me she loved the book 😉 The fact is, I love it, too. I was a little worried as I was writing so rapidly that, in the end, it wouldn’t make sense, wouldn’t feel well-plotted or well-thought-out. But I really, truly am very proud of this book – I love the way both characters developed, I loved revisiting everyone in Destiny and moving their life stories forward as well, and I loved the depth of the emotions I got to explore in this story.
I adore the cover of this book! But the fun fact is – on the original version, the title was hot pink. And rather gorgeous, I must say. But, sadly, I noticed that in thumbnail version on my computer screen, it was really difficult to read. And given how many people buy books online these days, that was important. So it changed and it’s still quite lovely. A couple of further notes about the cover: The swing on the cover came before the swing in the story 😉 I had the cover long before I’d actually written the book, but that gave me the opportunity to add a swing to the story, and I couldn’t be more pleased with how that part worked out. And the butterflies. I am a big fan of butterflies – in the summer, I spend quite a bit of time stalking and photographing them. So when I first saw the butterflies on this cover, I was ecstatic. And then they decided to add more butterflies. So on the original cover, there were only two or three. Now I count upwards of a dozen – which doesn’t feel completely realistic to me, but is still quite beautiful. And I love having a cover with one of my favorite things on it!
