New Ink on Life

Survival is only the beginning in a novel that "blends a delightfully nuanced opposites-attract romance with real-world issues of health and healing" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).



Leaving a dependable job to apprentice as a tattoo artist is a drastic step after surviving breast cancer, but Cassie Whiteaker is nearly five years cancer-free. Nearly. She's not ready to go out on her own until she clears that all-important hurdle. Also off-limits are relationships and sex-something Cassie is sure she'll never want again.



Struggling tattoo shop owner MJ Flores doesn't give a damn what people think, but losing Thorn & Thistle would mean losing everything. When her former mentor's protégé arrives at her door, MJ hires her out of obligation . . . at first. Cross-stitching goody-goodies are not her type, but Cassie's business background might just get the shop back on solid footing. They strike a bargain: Cassie will enact new marketing plans and MJ will teach her to find her inner bitch.



Only when clients request to see Cassie-having learned of the beautiful, compassionate tattoos she creates for survivors and their families-does MJ realize all Cassie has endured. And as Cassie's fears fade, she finds it harder to keep her admiration for her bad-girl boss from reawakening all she'd feared was lost. . . .



"Emotionally intense and searingly sensual." -Booklist



"Davids tackles a tough subject with grace . . . and leaves readers curious to find out what will happen next at the Thorn & Thistle Tattoo Shop." -Library Journal



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