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Review: The Day He Came Back by Penelope Ward THE DAY HE CAME BACK "I'd never dreamed that today--a random Wednesday--would be the day he came back." Raven has yet to meet the golden boy of the Masterson household, where she and mother work. But when he came home from college and she faced him for the first time, sparks flew. Those sparks would have to remain out of sight by Mrs. Masterson, though, because she had plans for her son, and those plans did not include a romance with *sniffs and looks down her nose* the housekeeper's daughter, a girl from the wrong side of town. But Gavin's nothing like his uptight, snootier than snooty mother. He takes one look at the gorgeous, sweet Raven, and it's all over for him. Can he keep their relationship a secret from his snobby mother? Or will she make their (Raven's) lives miserable? Heartfelt. That was the first word that came to mind as I was reading The Day He Came Back. Gavin and Raven's story i...

THE DAY HE CAME BACK IS LIVE! A Standalone Contemporary Romance New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Penelope Ward SYNOPSIS It was the summer of my life. I’d met the guy of my dreams. Unfortunately, he was the son of my uppity employer—and very much off-limits. But Gavin was a rebel. He knew his mother would disown him if she found out about us; in his eyes, we just had to be careful. He never treated me as his mother did—like hired help. Instead, Gavin put me on a pedestal and loved me harder than I’d ever been loved in my life. What a summer it was. Until it all ended—badly. I was never supposed to see Gavin again. That didn’t stop me from thinking about him every day for ten years. I knew little about his life now, just that he was an entrepreneur living an ocean away. When a twist of fate had me working again in the very place our love affair started a decade earlier, I knew it was only a matter of time before I might see him again. But I wasn’...

THE DAY HE CAME BACK (A standalone) Release date: 8/19/2019 A Contemporary Romance Novel New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Penelope Ward Excerpt Reveal Copyright © 2019 By Penelope Ward I looked down at her fitted white pants, covered in dirt marks. Even though she looked sexy as hell, I had to ask. "Why the hell does my mother insist on the staff wearing all white?" "You'll have to ask her, although I like to think of it as practice for my future nursing career." “I guess that’s one way to look at it. It kind of freaks me out. It’s like you’re all part of some cult.” I chuckled. “I wonder what she’d do if I showed up in black. She’d shun me.” She snapped her fingers jokingly. “Oh wait…” Except I wasn’t laughing now. I felt horrible that she knew exactly how my mother felt about her. “I’m sorry she’s such a bitch, Raven.” “It’s not your fault.” She looked out at the ocean, then promptly changed the subject. "You m...