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Evan by Diana Palmer
4.0

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Evan is determined to keep Anna at arms length. She's too young and toooooo virginal.

Anna is 19 and has pined in an aggressive way after Evan for a couple years. He's 34 and fighting his attraction to her like a drowning man. So he brings in the help of a past flame, Nina, who works her role as his date with relish.

I mean he spends WEEKS rubbing her nose in Nina. Like she used to go out of her way to 'accidentally' bump into him, he now does to her... with Nina on his arm. Even after Anna gives up, he keeps at it.
So as Anna is now trying to avoid him, he is actively seeking her out. SOooo Anna, in a fit of desperation, accepts another man's proposal and makes plans to leave town.

Now, now that it's too late, Evan realizes that he can't let her go.

It was delicious!

I did get pretty tired of Evan's inability to let go of his fear of virgins.
Spoilerhe many years ago had a fiancee who was very petite and screamed in fear when she saw him naked. So now he only dates 'experienced' women.
It was a wee bit ridiculous.
But overall it was a small annoyance.

Safety is good
SpoilerShe is a virgin of course. He has dated but not seriously. He did date Nina in the past, but this time around isn't romantic and she is there only for show. Even though Nina was a bitch to Anna, she was genuinely upset at the end when Evan gets engaged to Anna. So there is some reader sympathy generated for the OW. Not the usual MO for DP's OWs