title: Tessa Ever After (A Reluctant Hearts Novel)
author:  Brighton Walsh 
description: "The swoonworthy hero belongs on the 2015 best fictional boyfriends list."--<i>RT Book Reviews </i>&#8232;&#8232;<br><br>"<i>Tessa Ever After</i> is a delight: womanizing college party guy falls for single mom and her daughter--it's an awesome premise <i>&</i> Walsh has written a winner."--<i>HEA USA Today&#8232;&#8232;</i><br><br>"In true Brighton Walsh fashion, <i>Tessa Ever After</i> was hilarious, sexy, & emotionally vulnerable."--<i>Prisoners of Print</i>&#8232;&#8232;<br><br>"There are a lot of New Adult books on the market...but few that combine incredible characters, sexy times and great story that has you turning the pages quickly."--<i>Stuck in Books</i>
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![9781488093685.jpg](image/9781488093685.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Tessa Wilde had a glittering career in front of her...  
  And then the accident happened.
  
  
  Ballerina Tessa Wilde had gotten used to hiding her deafness from the world—in
  fact, she had just landed a role of a lifetime.
  
  
  If only Julian Shine, brooding piano accompanist, would leave her alone. Or if
  she could leave him alone.
  
  
  When he played, she could hear...every note. So was it real? Or was it the
  music of her heart?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “I’m sorry.” She swallowed. “So sorry.”
  
  
  He looked at her as though she’d materialized out of thin air, which she sort
  of had since she’d flown right into the room. He started to say something, but
  she didn’t catch it because her gaze dropped to her hands, still gripping his
  shirt like he was her own personal, perfectly muscular security blanket.
  
  
  She ordered her balled fists to let go, and they flagrantly disobeyed. Then,
  to her even greater mortification, the piano man’s