Wild as Her Name
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Can a 21-year-old really carry the weight of her father's legacy?
When Georgia Rosemary Briggs is forced back to the small country town she once called home, she doesn't just inherit the dusty, run-down bar her dad built from nothing - she inherits the whispers, the side-eyes, and a whole lot of doubt. The locals remember her as the girl who left, the daughter of the "posh British woman" they all love to hate, and definitely not the one they'd trust to keep the heart of the town alive. Running a country bar isn't just about pouring whiskey, line dancing and turning up the jukebox. It's something Georgia will have to figure out the hard way.
What's even worse? Her childhood best friend - now all grown up and undeniably manly, nothing like the boy she remembers - might be the only one willing to help her... or the reason everything falls apart.
This is the story of Georgia Briggs - a girl trying to build a new life from scratch, chasing a new passion, confronting her families secrets, and figuring out what it really means to grow up
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