We see Shane and Dakota fall in love in small town Texas where they kept each other’s secrets. Their past is told through memories as opposed to true flashbacks and that style worked for me. The men can barely hold it together when they see each other again and it’s a tension-filled path to get them back together. When the book starts, it’s been 13 years since Shane and Dakota have seen each other and they are brought together on the job beside a mass grave of six bodies. But they may be too late to have the life together they always wanted.įriends to lovers, murder/mystery, first love, deep love, and deep pining are all part of Tal Bauer’s newest book, Never Stay Gone. As Dakota and Shane get caught in the killer’s sights and secrets refuse to stay buried, their need for each is stronger than ever.

But there are years of hurt and complications between them and then there’s a murderer still out there hunting for victims. Dakota never expects his partner on the investigation to be Shane.ĭakota still wants Shane with everything he has.

He’s now a Texas Ranger and has been called back to the town where he grew up to investigate a single grave where six bodies have been uncovered. In that moment, Dakota’s world crumbled and he joined the Army. Dakota had a plan to follow Shane, to take care of Shane, to be with Shane, but then Shane was gone. It was supposed to be Shane and Dakota forever, but they haven’t spoken in 13 years.ĭakota Jennings has never gotten over losing Shane and he still doesn’t understand it. Dakota was Shane’s best friend and his first love. Shane hates everything about his life now he especially hates that Dakota Jennings is no longer in it. Shane was supposed to get out of town and make a name for himself on the football field and he did that for a short time. Shane Carson is the chief deputy in the small West Texas town where he grew up, but that was never his plan.

Never Stay Gone by Tal Bauer