Contemporary Romance

Orthodox Jew Adina Reid isn’t having much luck in the dating department. Whether tracking mud into a guy’s car or tripping over her feet, she can’t seem to get past a second date. As if that’s not bad enough, she accidentally spills grape soda on her coworker, Yehoshua Markus. Horrified, she assumes he would be put off by her, too. But oddly, Yehoshua smiles and is completely okay with it. In fact, her clumsiness seems to attract him. It’s not long before they go out on a date.Adina has a hard time trusting guys because she’s been burned by many and because her father walked out on her when she was a little girl. As she and Yehoshua grow close, the wall she built around herself starts to crumble, and she lets him in. But when Yehoshua goes behind her back and betrays her trust, can Adina forgive him and open her heart to love?

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