Back to You

Kaye (Call Me Wild) throws together richly drawn love-challenged characters to launch her Bad Boys of Red Hook contemporary romance series, set in an impoverished industrial Brooklyn neighborhood. After a rough childhood in Red Hook, Storm Decker took off one night without explanation, leaving Breanna Collins heartbroken and furious. Eleven years later, he unexpectedly shows up in her house in the middle of the night—so she nails him with a frying pan. Storm is only back in town because his beloved foster father is ill; despite his adult accomplishments as a professional sailor, Storm struggles with unpleasant memories and can’t wait to leave again. Self-effacing Bree resents his cavalier, self-serving attitude, musing that Storm “probably had Peter Pan tattooed on his ass.” As they weave their way through old memories and new realities, Bree and Storm slowly reignite old passion. A strong sense of place makes this a solid series launch. (Jan.)