Wes and Payton were each others first, and he always felt like he failed her. So when he runs into her he runs for the hills. Payton is very confidant woman and runs Wes down. He was kind of a idiot. Shorter story, good sex scenes.
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Brain candy fluff for clearing my head. Easy to read. Not a lot of commitment required. ( )

**Courtesy of CK2S Kwips & Kritiques**

“Don’t need anything more complicated. Beer, good friends and football. Can’t ask for anything better than that.” After seeing all of his best buddies fall in love and become domesticated in the last year, Wes should have known these words would come back to haunt him – sooner rather than later! And haunt him they do, in the form of a siren from his past – the unforgettable Payton Ricci. Wes can’t get over the one night they’d shared so long ago, which still makes him feel so inadequate in her presence that even his normally reliable manly parts refuse to cooperate when she is in the vicinity. They may say it happens to every man, but never before to Wes Hoffman!

Payton remembers the night in question a little differently than Wes and she sets out to replace the memory with a better one in no small way… Not one to back down from a challenge, she pulls out all the stops with Wes.

Soon, what started out as a brief fling to revisit an adolescent passion turns out to be much more than expected, something neither of them was quite prepared for. But is it strong enough to hurdle the obstacles in their path to find true love together?

Maya Banks first caught my attention when all the romance message boards and chat groups I belonged to started clamoring about her book, Colters’ Woman. Having heard from numerous sources that this was a MUST read, I followed suit willingly and soon found myself a newly initiated Maya Banks fan, with no looking back! Her newest release, Undenied, continues the trend she began with that first book, with a new story sure to make the rounds of the romance readers’ circles as book not to be missed.

Wes is the most wonderfully clueless man, with misconceptions about women and love that the females in his life are quick to dispel as they straighten out his perceptions with not just a little mirth. Seeing this man who is usually so self-assured and slightly cocky unsettled by the return of his first love is wonderful fun – well, for us and Payton even if it isn’t so much fun for Wes himself. LOL Usually in control, Wes shows admirable adaptability as he follows Payton’s lead at the beginning of their affair. Wes’s fears concerning his past with Payton were simultaneously humorous and sweet, painting the big Alpha cop as a man who is ultra-sensitive and more romantic than you would initially expect.

Payton herself is a woman to be reckoned with – direct, smart, sassy, and confident, she perfectly balances the twosome. She easily takes and keeps the upper hand with the uncertain Wes, without losing any of her femininity or appeal. If any woman can tame this particular man, it is most certainly a woman like Payton!

Banks’ has spun a wonderfully romantic tale of reunited lovers who find that the path to true love sometimes needs a hedge-trimmer before it is clear enough to see the end. The couple learns love requires work, compromise, and sacrifice from both sides before they can find their happy ending together.

Undenied is connected to her previous novels, Understood and Overheard, but each story can be easily read separately and out of order without fear of missing any detail critical to understanding the story. Of course, they are enhanced a bit by reading them in order of release, but they will be just as enjoyable read in reverse.

This is a book not to be missed by lovers of romance, and especially by fans of Maya Banks’ work. Readers of the connected stories will be gratified to see the return of all the main characters from previous books, and a very touching scene at the end with the entire group that had me tearing up even the second time I read Undenied.

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