Ryanne Wade is a respectable bar owner who loves her customers and is careful to limit them in their alcoholic intake. She’s never had any trouble but former Army Ranger, Jude Laurent, storms into her bar and insists that she needs his services as a security specialist. Almost on cue, she finds out that there are things going on in the parking lot that have to do with someone who is trying to shut her business down. Jude is hired and the fun begins! Ryanne is attracted to Jude from the beginning. The problem is that he seems to have little respect for her as a bar owner. Jude has some secrets in his past that push him to be the way he is. Soon Jude and Ryanne have a mutual attraction in an enjoyable contemporary romance.

Can’t Let Go by Gena Showalter is published by HQN, an imprint of HarperCollins. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.