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Hate Me Like You Care: A Small Town Enemies to Lovers Romance (The Backroads Standalone Novels) Kindle Edition
This small-town country girl isn’t innocent, but she’s never known a man like Becks before.
BECKS
I was innocent.
Or as innocent as a bystander on the wrong side of the law can be. But when the victim is the son of the Mayor and the Chief of Police in a small Kansas town—innocence becomes a technicality.
I paid the price, and at twenty-five, I’ve remained in Ellbury as a promise to the brother who never abandoned me, but trouble stays close.
When the law catches up, an unlikely benefactor offers me a deal: free labor in exchange for staying out from behind bars.
The problem? My benefactor is a father figure to the victim of our crime. And he has a daughter who won’t stay out of my mind.
RANDI
I was eleven when Becks Jacoby was an accomplice in the attack on my brother’s best friend. Now he’s working on my family’s ranch, and he’s crass and grumpy and every country girl’s fantasy.
It’s been nine years,
I hate everything he did to my family.
I hate everything he did to Lincoln.
But the longer he’s around, the less I hate HIM.
A standalone spin-off of the Backroads Duet, this small-town romance is perfect for fans of stories with enemies-to-lovers, alpha heroes, and slow burn. Buckle up, Hate Me Like You Care is one wild ride.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJune 1, 2023
- Reading age14 - 18 years
- File size4.7 MB
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Product details
- ASIN : B0BZJXLHGF
- Publisher : Enchanted Ink Press
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : June 1, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 4.7 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 474 pages
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Part of series : The Backroads Standalone Novels
- Reading age : 14 - 18 years
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,327,131 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #23,314 in Small Town Romance eBooks
- #31,510 in Contemporary Romance Fiction
- #102,767 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)
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About the authors

Mindy is the youngest of six children and grew up in San Diego, California. After graduating from Brigham Young University-Idaho, she discovered her passion for reading and writing. Mindy lives in Utah with her husband and beautiful baby girl.
She is the author of If We Disappear Here, Stain, The Faylinn Novels, The Willowhaven Series, and The Day That Saved Us. Mindy is also the co-author of The Archer and His Rosebud, the Paper Planes series, the Backroads Duet, and the Seaside Pointe novels which was co-written with Michele G. Miller as Mindy Michele.

Writing obsessed since childhood, Michele once failed 7th-grade math in pursuit of the perfect teen drama plot (anything for her craft!). These days she fails at housework, cooking, and getting to the school pick-up line on time in pursuit of the perfect plot.
Michele writes novels with fairytale love for everyday life. Romance is central to her plots, where the genres range from Coming of Age Fantasy and Realistic Fiction to New Adult Romantic Suspense. Among other titles, she is the author of the bestselling From The Wreckage series, The Prophecy of Tyalbrook series, a Havenwood Falls author, and co-writes sweet romances with author Mindy Hayes under the pen Mindy Michele.
Having grown up in both the cold, quiet town of Topsham, Maine and the steamy, southern hospitality of Mobile, Alabama, Michele is something of an enigma. She is an avid Yankees fan, loves New England, being outdoors, and misses snow. However, she thinks southern boys are hotter, Alabama football is the only REAL football out there, and sweet tea is the best thing this side of heaven and her children's laughter!
Her amazing husband and three awesome kids have planted their roots in the middle of Michele's two childhood homes in Charlotte, North Carolina. Michele is represented by Italia Gandolfo of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management.
Spoiler Alert: Michele still fails at math.
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Mindy Michele is the penname of co-writing duo, and solo authors, Mindy Hayes and Michele G. Miller. Together they've penned sweet romances with low to medium heat, such as the Paper Planes Series, the Seaside Pointe novels, and The Archer and His Rosebud.
With a shared interest in drama, romance, white cheddar popcorn, and music, they've parlayed their twelve years' long friendship into a writing partnership that produces novels with a little sizzle, a ton of heart, and satisfying happily ever afters.
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Represented by: Italia Gandolfo of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management.
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- 5 out of 5 stars
the perfect small town romance
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2023“𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬. 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮. 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡.”
tropes:
– small town romance
– enemies to lovers
– close proximity
– brother’s enemy
– who did this to you?
hate me like you care follows randi and becks who the more time they spend together, the less she seems to hate him..
i am obsessed with this book! we first meet randi in a backroads duet and since then i knew she needed her own book. here we get to see her as a strong, independent, hardworking woman (plus a trope you all love 🤭) and becks, what can i say about my man.. he’s tall, dark, and handsome! the banter between these two was everything, i loved seeing how they both became each other’s soulmate, and don’t get me started on his relationship with — it was the sweetest 🥹
i don’t want to say much, but go add this book to your tbr! i was captivated since the beginning, not only by the story, but the writing as well!
“𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”
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Ain’t Nothing Like a Swoony Cowboy
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023If you’re a fan of the Backroads Series and Mindy Michele Books, you won’t be disappointed in this gem. With more heat, not raunchy, we explore the relationship between two characters we’ve read about in passing, Ridley’s little sister and Zane’s little brother. These two folks live in the same small town but live in different worlds.
Those worlds collide again when Becks crashes into the property of the Goss’ ranch. Becks must make a choice between working off the debt of damages or face going back to jail. He makes the decision to work off his debt, changing the course of his life. Because his family’s reputation is widespread the eldest Goss daughter isn’t happy with his arrival. But she can’t help feeling a growing attraction to the new cowboy.
I loved this heartfelt romance story of a hard working woman and a man who is ready to change his ways. No bad language and a little bit more spice, no explicit scenes. I would say two peppers out five peppers. Does that make sense lol! Excited for the next Backroads Book!!
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Recipe for a great read
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2023You can never go wrong with Mindy Michele’s books. They write great men and this one was no exception. Let’s gather some ingredients. A touch of bad boy turned good. And a smidge of enemies to lovers. Add in a dash of sexy farm hand with a pinch of slow burn. Now that’s a recipe for greatness. Happy reading.
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Good story with interesting characters and sweet kid
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023I loved it. It was well written and has pretty interesting plot that makes you hard to stop reading it. I loved how relationship between main characters progressed. I’m not a big fun of “enemies to lovers”, and here it was truly from hate to love, but it still was interesting to follow their interactions and see how fmc changed her mind about mmc. At times fmc’s hate felt too much but it didn’t bother me. I also loved that despite their fears and pasts, main characters still tried to figure out their things. I was honestly afraid of third act breakup, because there were reasons and I would understand it, but no breakups, and I was very happy. Characters supported each other and cared about each other.
What I loved maybe even more than relationship between main characters is the relationship between mmc and fmc’s 3 years old kid. Well, Cash is the sweetest child, it’s hard to not love him. But reading about their relationship, how MMC warmed up to him, how he cared and loved him, that was…🥹🥰
There were still some moments that got me confused. I was very disgusted with fmc’s ex, so some of his interactions with fmc were hard for me. Some times all this stuff with the crew felt too much. Even though this is considered as a standalone book, it still connected with other authors’ books, so it was a little bit hard to follow all the side characters at the beginning.
At the end, I was extremely happy that Becks, Randi and Cash could find their happy ending, but I need more of this sweet trio🥹🥰
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What an emotional rollercoaster of a five-star read
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2023What an emotional rollercoaster of a five-star read. This will just have you on the edge of your emotions every page you read, I was just so sucked into the story I called off lunch with friends so I could stay home and read, as I needed to know what was going to happen with Becks. He seems so clear to understand when you first meet him, and know his history, but then as you get to really know him, you get what is under the surface and really understand him and his passions, we all deserve a second chance and sometimes, they come in the most unusual circumstances. Randi is such a perfect match for Becks, they may not be on paper, but when you scratch the surface on them both, you realise they both have a passion for what they believe and a certain little hunk who just warms everything in the sweetest way. This is a spin off from the backroads duet, and I have read and loved them, but you don’t have to worry if you haven’t read them, as the main characters do pop up, and some instances are referenced, but not to the point that you would feel lost. These authors just create stories and characters that you can not help but feel a passion for and also, fall in love with as you read each page.
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Great redemption story!
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2023I love a good redemption story, and this was a great redemption story! Becks, a troubled young man who carries a lot of guilt by association, gets a chance to come clean by working for the man whose son's best friend was nearly killed by his brother. While on the ranch, he comes across the rancher's daughter, Randi, who is equally infuriated and attracted to Becks. Add in the cutest little 3 year old who instantly accepts Becks, and you have the makings of a captivating, swoon-worthy, and satisfying redemption story.
This is a stand-alone, although this story features minor characters from a previous series, The Backroads Duet. You don't need to have read the 2 Backroads Duet novels to understand this one, but reading the Duet does make certain aspects of this one more full. All that to say, read them all! I absolutely love The Backroads Duet, so you should give that series a try, too. Happy reading!
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Love hate relationship
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2023Becks grew up with crime and no love, but he is given an unexpected second chance at the Goss ranch. Randi hates him being there because of what his brother did, but somewhere along the way the lines blur from hate into hate to love into just love. Becks has to figure out how to free himself from the chains that his last name binds him with and Randi has to learn to let go. They “shouldn’t work” because of who they are, but they meld together so well and find their own happiness and self betterment. I loved getting to read more from the backroads duet world, but I would really like to know more about Zane so hopefully we get more.
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Cash is my favorite
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2023I didn't re-read the Backroads duet before picking up this spin-off, but it was listed as a standalone so I thought I'd be ok. I got lost a few times with who was who for the supporting characters and how they were connected to the story. That is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. For me, character development is where Mindy Michele shines. They make these characters come to life and I'm invested. No fairytale perfect characters - these people feel REAL and I'm rooting for them. Mindy Michele is a 1 click author for me. Everything they write hits me in the feels.
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