HaBO: Yes, Thatch Is Indeed a Word!

You did it! We figured this one out! It is a truth universally acknowledged (by me for certain) that the Bitchery pretty much knows everything, and really, it's true. Scroll down to see the solution for this HaBO - and many thanks!

This HaBO is from Nik, who has some fun but sparse (har har) memories of a specific romance novel she’d like to find:

Longtime lurker here. I’m looking for a book I read when I was about 10, and discovered the treasure trove of romance novels my grandmother kept hidden in her bedroom closet right next to her rifle. (I’m totally serious.)

The thing is, I remember pretty much nothing about it. The hero is named Gideon and the heroine is Sarah. I believe they work together, but I could be wrong. He is one of those heroes whose damaged past makes it impossible to articulate his Man Feelings.

At some point they have sex. And this part I vividly remember- he touches the “nub” in her “soft thatch of hair.” I remember this exactly because I was convinced “thatch” wasn’t a real word so I looked it up in the dictionary.

Anyway, eventually she cures him with her love and he conquers his demons, but at the end of the book he’s still trying to say he “cares deeply” for her, but she is having none of that shit- she orders him to “say the words” and he does.

I know that isn’t much to go on but I need it! Please help. You guys are awesome.

This sounds like the best game of Clue EVER: In the romance novel with the thatch hidden under the bed next to Grandma’s rifle! I know we don’t have a lot of detail, but I’m betting someone will recognize this one. Can you Help a Bitch Out?