Blog Tour: Trusting You by L.P. Dover

~ Synopsis ~

I trust you …

These are the three words that Melissa Ashford wishes she could say to someone; to the one person she can fully give herself to and not worry about being betrayed. Being twenty-eight years old and divorced from a cheating ex-husband, Melissa enjoys her freedom … until one night when she finds herself indulging in a one night stand that changes everything.

There’s something about the alluring Brett Walker that has Melissa feeling things she’s never had with any other man. These feelings not only scare her, but push her past her limits as well. Just when she begins to open her soul to this new love, their bond is put to the test by jealousies from the past trying to break them apart. 

It’s not only Melissa’s trust that’s put on the line, but Brett’s as well. Will their love be strong enough to get them through the lies? Will Melissa finally be able to say those three words she’s been dying to say? I trust you …

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~ Review ~

4 Stars by Guest Reviewer Cybill

This was one wild ride once it got going. Just enough suspense mixed with a whole lotta hot loving to keep you turning the pages.

Melissa is a stubborn, independent woman who has serious trust issues. She was cheated on by the one person she trusted and loved the most, now she is divorced. She throws caution to the wind and has a one night stand of epic proportions. Now three months later that one night stand is still fresh in her mind.

Brett is a full on rich hottie with just enough alpha male to make you swoon. He partook in a one night stand three months ago and now he can not get that woman out of his mind. He must find her again.

There paths cross at a business party. Lust turns to love and the fairy tale should begin, right? Well Melissa also has an ex-husband who is determined to win her back. This is where the adventure begins!

I really enjoyed this story. I did not like that Melissa has trust issues but she is the one that lied and deceived. That was the only thing that kept this from being a 5 star read. It has some great suspenseful moments. And enough hotness to leave you panting.

~ Author Bio ~

USA Today Bestselling author, L.P. Dover, is a southern belle residing in North Carolina along with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she even began her literary journey she worked in Periodontics enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries. 

Not only does she love to write, but she loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes, white water rafting, and you can’t forget the passion for singing. Her two number one fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime and those songs usually consist of Christmas carols. 

Aside from being a wife and mother, L.P. Dover has written over nine novels including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, and her standalone novel, Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre to read is romantic suspense and she also loves writing it. However, if she had to choose a setting to live in it would have to be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.

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Promo Post: Love Discovered in New York by Danielle Allen

~ Synopsis ~

The Rebel

Mya Washington is a rebel. Or at least, that’s what her family has always said. As the youngest of a set of triplets, she has always been the more rebellious of the three…even though she never considered herself a rebel. 

Outspoken? Yes.

Rule Breaker? Sometimes.

Trouble Maker? Nev—occasionally. 

Growing tired of being typecast and misunderstood, Mya moves to New York looking for a fresh start away from the life she grew up in and out of the shadow of her older sisters. Striking out on her own may have put a strain on the family dynamic, but it's the new beginning Mya was looking for. 

But after the unexpected death of her mother, she is blindsided yet again by a wedding invitation she didn’t see coming. Her father’s upcoming marriage only cements the wall she’s put up around her heart. Because if her father could be such an utter disappointment, why should she even attempt to open up to any man?

Enter Colton Davis.

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~ Series Info ~

Love Discovered in New York (www.goodreads.com/book/show/22853418-love-discovered-in-new-york) releases September 1, 2014.

Love Grows in Alaska (www.goodreads.com/book/show/22890233-love-grows-in-alaska) releases September 15, 2014

Love Found in California (www.goodreads.com/book/show/22889939-love-found-in-california) releases October 1, 2014

Release Day Blitz and Giveaway: Be My Hero by Linda Kage and Surviving Love by Ada Frost

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Eva Mercer’s a mess. She’s single, nineteen, seven months pregnant, and living off the good graces of her cousin. In the midst of a complete attitude overhaul—or at least trying to change—the last thing she wants to think about is men. She’s done with them. For good. Or at least she was until Pick.

For ten years, Pick Ryan has dreamed about this girl. He knows how she smells, what it’s like to hold her in his arms, how she tastes when he kisses her. But he’s never actually met her. He doesn’t even know her name. He just knows she’s the one. It’s his brand of luck that she would walk into the bar where he works on the very day he gets married to someone else.

Pick and Eva come from completely different worlds, and yet the connection they share draws them together too tightly to matter. Nothing can keep them apart—except maybe a three-month-old boy whose life depends on just that. And so, their love becomes forbidden.

~ Review ~

5 Stars 

I have been waiting for this book.  I have wanted to see what would happen with Eva and Pick.  Pick completely blew me away.  I didn't think anyone could take my heart away from Mason, but Pick did almost from page one and then took more every page after that!!

To say Eva had a rough childhood is mild compared to the nightmare she lived.   Now that she is pregnant all she wants is to get away from her family and raise her baby.  She doesn't have money or a job so she is staying with Reese and Mason.  She feels like the third wheel and wants to move out, but can't.  She also doesn't understand why Pick is the first guy to ever make her body sing.  She is seven and a half months pregnant and doesn't think she is attractive so when he flirts with her she thinks he wants something.  Can she move on from her nightmare? Or will it find her? Can she open up her heart?

Pick has been living his life holding on to the dream of his HEA.  He is also trying to help out his lifelong friend Tristy.  She is dragging him down though.  He is exhausted and wants to help her, but how can you help someone who won't help themself?  He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams especially on the day he gets married. Now he is even more conflicted with what to do.  Does he go back on his marriage?  Or does he risk losing his soul mate?

This books is an amazing read.  Pick is an incredible man who would do anything for the people he loves. He just wants someone to finally love him back.  He gives and gives, but never has anyone reciprocate to him until he meets Eva.  The story of these two is sweet and loving.  They deserved it after all the hell they went through in their childhoods.  I have to say that Linda Kage is an amazing author who knows how to grab ahold of you and not let go.  She left me with a book hangover and I cannot stop thinking about all these characters. I want more!!  I especially can't wait for Quinn's book.  That book is going to be funny.  I can say this is one of my top reads this year and I cannot wait to see what Linda has in store for us!!

~ Author Bio ~

I grew up on a dairy farm in the Midwest as the youngest of eight children. Now I live in Kansas with my husband, daughter, and our nine cuckoo clocks. My life's been blessed with lots of people to learn from and love. Writing's always been a major part my world, and I'm so happy to finally share some of my stories with other romance lovers.

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What do you do when you find out you’re pregnant, your boyfriend rejects you, your sister is beaten half to death and the most annoyingly gorgeous man takes up residence in your house? Well ladies, there is only one thing to do, pull up your big girl knickers and show the world your middle finger.

Louise Beaumont is renowned for her sharp wit, smart mouth and sassy personality. She comes out swinging in an argument, even when she’s wrong. But even some events in life can knock her on her arse. And fighting through the sludge of emotional pressure she’s had poured over her is taking its toll.

Johan Senior is broken. A man with a deeply traumatic past, shadows and monsters haunt his every waking hour. That is until a heavenly angel is sent in the form of a loud mouthed chestnut haired vixen, who threatens his manhood countless times. But his heart grabs onto her and refuses to let her go. The only problem is, his mind needs to allow him the pleasure of human touch, and to take that terrifying step of allowing someone into his heart.

Part of the Surviving series but can be read as a standalone novel.

~ Author Bio ~

Hi! What to say about myself...I don't really have anything interesting to offer other than I love to read, and create stories for others to enjoy. I've always been told I have a vivid imagination, I just lacked the confidence to pursue putting it onto the the written page. But finally I embarked on making a single dream come true.

I love to read, and write. I only read romance, any genre really, but it has to have a beautiful romance. I also demand a HEA, even if it takes two or three books to get there. Reality is too broken and jaded without having to live through the trauma and angst in a book for it to end unhappily.

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Release Day Blitz and Giveaway: Permanent Bliss by BJ Harvey

Title: Permanent Bliss

Series: Bliss #3.5

Author: BJ Harvey

Release Date: August 25, 2014

~ Synopsis ~

Makenna Lewis never thought she would be the one walking down the aisle to marry her superhero. But then again, she hadn't expected Daniel Winters to crash into her life and tilt her world off its axis two years earlier. As they celebrate their last days of singledom, they find themselves battling over the guest list, managing the in-laws, and dealing with last minute disasters that threaten to disrupt their special day.

In true Bliss fashion, we’ll see freak-outs, awkward situations, hilarity, drama, and cringe-worthy moments as Mac and Daniel prepare for one of the most important days of their lives. Join the Bliss gang as they watch two of their own walk down the aisle and conclude their happily ever after.

This companion novella follows on from the end of True Bliss and will lead into Finding Bliss – Noah ‘Walking Dildo’ Taylor’s story.

***Disclaimer – Hot sex, drunken texts, horny phone calls, and a wedding anticipated by all but one. And, of course, a few freak outs along the way (but NOT the kind you’re used to) because that’s how Mac rolls ***

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~ Review ~
5 Stars

A great novella to give us some scenes that we didn't want to miss.  Especially since Mac is so funny.  Her and her freak outs make me laugh.

Mac and Daniel are finally getting married.  They have been together for three years now and have already had the twins.  Is Mac still have a commitment phobia?  Or has she worked through it all? Everyone is worried Mac will have a break down and run before the wedding.  That little piece of paper scaring her away.  What that don't know is Mac has grown and loves Daniel and the mini superheroes.

Daniel is still madly in love with Mac.  He is excited to finally tie the knot with the love of his life.  The wam who gives him all his superpowers.  Can he keep her from a melt down?  Or does he actually have to chase her down?

This is an amazing ending to Mac and Daniel.  Though we will still see them in Noah's book.  Cannot wait to read the ending to the Bliss series.

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~ Excerpt ~

I’m riveted and distracted as he walks around to the driver’s window and hands him the money to pay my fare before he walks back around and opens my door. Clutching my bag of dirty fun in one hand and my purse in the other, I look up at him in awe as he stands there with his hand out and a perceptive grin.

“C’mon, gorgeous. Time to come inside.”

“Thought that was your job,” I say, forgetting that I’m sitting inside the cab and within earshot of the driver.

Daniel laughs before grabbing my hand and helping me to my very shaky feet, causing me to reach out and grab his biceps. “Shit,” I mutter under my breath as I’m gently moved sideways so that he can shut the car door behind me.

With a double tap on the roof of the cab, he bends slightly before scooping me up into his arms, one wrapped around my shoulders and the other underneath my knees. “Whoa, Superman. Pulling out all the stops?” I lean forward so that my mouth is right by his ear. “You do know I’m a sure thing tonight, right?”

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#1 Temporary Bliss

Makenna Lewis cringes at any mention of the word commitment. She doesn’t want or need a relationship, but she does like sex (who doesn't).

That explains Noah, Sean, and Zander, her three 'friends with benefits'.

They know the score, they know they're not the only one, and each of them provide her with a different physical need that she craves and enjoys.

Until a late night encounter with the delicious Daniel Winters turns her preconceived notion of no-commitment completely on its head.

Soon she finds herself feeling things she vowed never to feel again, and when Daniel pushes for more than she’s willing to give, she falters.

What do you do when something that you’ve known to be so wrong in the past feels so damn right?

If you’re Mac, you run and hide.

But is Daniel the type of man who takes no for an answer?

*Disclaimer - There is absolutely no cheating in this book. However, this book does contain descriptive and super hot sex scenes that will make you blush and leave you hot and bothered. Make sure you have you husband, partner, boyfriend or significant other nearby when reading, or else batteries. Lots and lots of batteries*

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#2 True Bliss

  

She watched her best friend find her superhero.

Now she wants her turn.

Despite a run of bad dates with Mr. Wrong, Mr. Boring, Mr. Bad Breath, Mr. Grabby Hands, and even Mr. Say I Love You After One Date To Get Into Your Pants, Kate McGuinness is more determined than ever to find the one.

Having tried everything else, she turns to the internet in a last ditch attempt to find her elusive prince.

But Kate doesn't want an everyday, run of the mill love.

She wants the kind of love that makes your heart skip a beat. The kind of love that makes you dance in the rain and bottle up the sunset. The once in a lifetime kind of love that authors write about, musicians sing about, and lovers dream about.

Could a certain police officer in training, who has come to her rescue in the past, be the one to swoop in and save her heart?

What if the love Kate desperately seeks has been in front of her the whole time?

She just needs to open her eyes to see it...

*Disclaimer: This book contains a hot as hell stripper with a penchant for public sex and exhibitionism who may or may not succeed in bringing out the inner firecracker in all of us. Oh, and don't forget the batteries.*

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#3 Blissful Surrender

This is a story of Sean Miller, a dom that will have your panties diving for cover with an eyebrow quirk. That will have even the strongest woman dropping to their knees in submission with a piercing stare, and Samantha Richards, a female cop who’s tough, seemingly impenetrable shell is strong enough to resist everyone except the one man it was build up to protect her against.

**Disclaimer – If you thought the first two Bliss books were hot, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Creative use of handcuffs, batons, a club scene you have to read to believe, and a tough as nails dominant who is blindsided when the one woman strong enough to disarm him threatens his resolve not to let his past dictate his future.**

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#4 Finding Bliss

They call me the walking dildo.

Gratifying? Yes.

Something to be proud of? Certainly.

What I wish to be known for? Absolutely not!

Watching my best friend and my old fuck buddy walk down the aisle blissfully happy has just reiterated the fact that I’m thirty and perpetually single.

I thought I’d found someone I wanted to spend my life with but sometimes you have to face facts and realize it’s never gonna happen.

Funny how it just takes one person to make you finally see sense.

My name is Dr Noah Taylor and this is the year my life changed for the better.

*Disclaimer – This book features hot sex, filthy language, misuse of on-call rooms and the overdue redemption of the fake orgasm*

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 ~ Author Bio ~

BJ Harvey is the Amazon Bestselling Author of The Bliss Romantic Comedy Series and The Lost Romantic Suspense Series. An avid music fan, you will always find her with headphones when writing, and the speakers blaring the rest of the time. She’s a wife, a mom to two beautiful children, and a full-time university student. BJ resides with her family in what she considers the best country in the world—New Zealand.

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Blog Tour: Love's Second Chance by LP Dover

 ~ Synopsis ~

Korinne Anders had it all. She had the perfect job, the perfect house, and the perfect husband. When tragedy strikes, her world takes a devastating turn. Six months after losing her husband to a car accident, Korinne vows it to herself never to love again. If she doesn’t allow another man in her heart, then there’s no reason for her to feel the pain of loss. This plan seems to work, but is put to the test when Korinne’s best friend can’t stand to see her suffering any longer.

Korinne’s long-time friend, Jenna Perry, has an idea and it involves helping her friend find the spark of life in her soul no matter what it takes. Korinne didn’t know that Jenna’s plan meant bringing back a past love, a second chance with the man that Korinne had to leave in college, but always kept a place for in her heart.

When Galen Matthews learns of Korinne’s loss and that she’s finally moved back home, he wants nothing more than to be there for her. The love he felt for Korinne years ago has never left him, and now he’s given a second chance to not only mend her heart of her loss, but to also continue the love they shared in the past. Will his love and determination make her strong enough to give fate a second chance, or will her fear of losing another love make her run away? 

What will Korinne do when she’s faced with a love so powerful that no matter what she does there’s nowhere to run from it?

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~ Review ~

5 Stars 

This book really touched me.  I loved this book and I cannot wait to read more of this series.  While you meet the character for book two in this book you don't need to read it to read book two.  All books in this series are Standalone!  I love that!!!

Korinne is trying to move on with her life.  She doesn't know how though.  She thought running would help, but all that's done is made it worse.  She finally decides to go home and to get back to work hoping that will help with the heartache.  She doesn't think she can ever love again.  It is too heartbreaking.  But she also never expected to run into her first love.  The man she has always loved.  She never meant to hurt him when she left. Then again when she married another man.  But can this be their second chance?  Or is she opening herself for more heartache?

Galen has loved Korinne for years.  He regrets letting her walk away from him.  He regrets not fighting for her, but has come to terms it wasn't their time.  He knows that he will do anything to win her back.  He won't let her walk away without a fight this time.  Can he handle all the pain she is dealing with though?  It may prove to be too much.  Can he convince her that love is worth the risk of pain?

This is a sweet romance. There is some heartache in this book and may even bring tears to your eyes in places. Korinne goes through a lot of heartache, but it was worth it in the end.  I cannot wait to read more L.P. Dover books!!  She is becoming one of my go to authors!!

~ Author Bio ~

USA Today Bestselling author, L.P. Dover, is a southern belle residing in North Carolina along with her husband and two beautiful girls. Before she even began her literary journey she worked in Periodontics enjoying the wonderment of dental surgeries. 

Not only does she love to write, but she loves to play tennis, go on mountain hikes, white water rafting, and you can’t forget the passion for singing. Her two number one fans expect a concert each and every night before bedtime and those songs usually consist of Christmas carols. 

Aside from being a wife and mother, L.P. Dover has written over nine novels including her Forever Fae series, the Second Chances series, and her standalone novel, Love, Lies, and Deception. Her favorite genre to read is romantic suspense and she also loves writing it. However, if she had to choose a setting to live in it would have to be with her faeries in the Land of the Fae.

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Website: http://www.lpdover.com/
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Blog Tour Schedule for Bittersweet Love by J.L. Beck

September 1

Nerdy Book Freak   Review, Excerpt, Promo

Amazeballs Book Addicts     Review, Excerpt, Promo

A Dirty Book Affari     Promo

books and the big screen   Review, Excerpt, Promo

Book-lover     Review, Excerpt, Promo

mommas secret book obsession     Excerpt, Promo

The Page Princess      Excerpt, Promo

The Boyfriend Bookmark    Review, Excerpt, Promo

Cruising Susan Book Reviews     Review, Excerpt, Promo

The "Adult" Cover (And Everything in Between)   Review, Excerpt, Promo

September 2

Carver's Book Cravings   Review, Excerpt, Promo

Cody pimps authors     Review, Excerpt, Promo

Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents    Promo

September 3

Escape to Bookland    Review, Promo

United Indie Book Blog     Review, Excerpt, Promo 

BookHounds     Excerpt, Promo, Author Interview

September 4

In The Pages of a Good Book    Promo

Country Gals Sexy Reads      Review, Excerpt

Rockin' The Bookshelf   Promo

The Book Nuts  Promo

Prisoners of Print   Review, Character Interview

September 5

All Is Read        Review

My secret romance   Review, Excerpt

Book Worms and Couch Potatoes   Crazy Daisy Book Whore

Mommys a Book Whore     Review, Excerpt

Book Boyfriend Reviews     Review, Excerpt, Promo

Wild Wordy Women     Excerpt, Promo

Crazy Daisy Book Whore   Review, Excerpt, Promo

We stole your book boyfriend    Review, Excerpt, Promo

Jackie's Book Reviews    Review

Paranormal book club ( PBC)    Promo    

Hooked On Books Forever      Excerpt, Promo

Love Bites and Silk     Review, Excerpt, Promo

A One-click Addict's Book Blog   Review, Excerpt

Becky's Book Bytes  Review, Excerpt

Sexy Bibliophiles    Review

Love Us Some Books   Review

Room With Books    Excerpt, Promo

MI Bookshelf   Excerpt, Promo

Tanyas Book Nook   Review

Whispered Thoughts   Review, Excerpt

September 6 

Musings From An Addicted Reader              Review

Southern Belle Book Blog    Review, Excerpt, Promo

Trinas Tantilising Tidbits      Promo

The Book Fairy Reviews      Review, Excerpt, Promo

Renee Entress's Blog      Review, Excerpt

book pimpers        Review, Promo

Ramblings From Beneath the Sheets    Excerpt, Promo

Concupiscent Bibliophile     Review, Excerpt, Promo

Pearls and Peacocks    Review, Excerpt

Eskimo Princess Book Reviews    Excerpt, Promo

Nevaeh's New Adult Book Blog    Excerpt, Promo

Sandra Love     Review, Excerpt, Promo

Short and Sassy Book Blurbs Book   Review, Excerpt, Promo

Undercover book reviews   Review, Promo

Vicci's Crazy Book Addiction   Review

Whitezinbookends     Review

The Book Fairy Reviews     Review, Excerpt, Promo

Who Picked This?    Review, Excerpt

Naughty book eden    Excerpt, Promo

Spotlight Tour and Giveaway: Kismet by A.E. Woodward

~ Synopsis ~

Katie’s world came crashing down in an instant.

Her husband, daughter, and unborn baby. . . all gone in a flash. The life that she’d come to know, gone before she ever really got to live it.

With a broken heart, she deals the only way she knows how, by shutting it all off. No communicating, no feelings, just pure nothingness.

Alone with nothing but her own thoughts and a well meaning family, she moves back to her childhood home, a horse farm. It’s there that she finds herself healing along with the horses her family rehabilitates. But when Parker McKenzie comes back into her life she’s reminded of all that went wrong, and all that she lost.

Will Katie ever begin to heal? Or will her secrets and loss be too much for her to overcome?

Perhaps, this is her kismet.

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~ Review ~
5 Stars

This book was a really sad read.  Lots of tears and a spot where I wanted to give up on the book because I was pissed and hurt.  I'm glad I didn't stopped.

Katie has been through a lot of heartache.  She suffers from mutism.  She shuts down after her life falls apart.  She doesn't want to be alive, but knows this is her punishment. She has her parents, brother and his lifetime best friend Parker to help her.  Well plus her doctor.  She struggles a lot and then she gets something that makes her decide that she can keep living and be happy.  Though she continues to struggle with being happy.   She has always loved Parker, but can she let herself be happy with him?  Will she really be able to move on?

Parker has always loved Katie.  His biggest regret is letting Katie go.  After the accident that took everything from her he makes it his mission to help her come back to life. He wants to right his wrongs.  Though when the past comes out can he live with it?  Or will he self destruct?

This book really took a twist I wasn't expecting.  I usually avoid these books.

I have to say that this book was really good and there was a certain part that killed me inside and I almost stopped reading.  In a way I wish I would have.  I hate to say that, but it is one of those books that even though you know how it ends you wish you could change it.  Though I can't help, but also be happy with the ending and how everything worked out.

~ Excerpt ~

“I know that we’ve had our moments,” Parker says, and his voice is quiet as he gently puts his hand on mine, “but I’m just trying to help you, kiddo.” 

My eyes find his icy blue ones, hidden under the most beautiful lashes, and my heart skips. I want to pull my hand away, but I can’t. There is something about his touch, something soothing and familiar. Without thinking, I run my hand up the length of his arm, taking a step towards him and allowing myself to get closer. Everything stills and I know my brain is no longer in control of my action, this is all my heart.

Our stomachs touch and I’m so close that I’m able to breathe in the familiar scent of him. I search his face, looking for some sort of insight. What is he thinking?

With another step, I place my left hand on his chest. He looks at me, unsure of himself. Not something I see on Parker often.

Before he can argue I throw myself at him, my arms wrap around his waist and I place my head on his shoulder. 

Every muscle in his body goes lax as I hug him. “Jesus, Katie, I’ve missed you,” he whispers running his hand through my dark blonde hair. “I just want to hear your voice.” 

I want to believe him but I can’t. Parker McKenzie has always been full of it. Back when I knew him—really knew him—he’d say and do anything to get what he wanted. Everything was always a conquest for him, just like I had been…and probably still am.

Hands rest on either side of my face, and Parker gently lifts my gaze to his. I want to hate him. I want to push him away from me. But I can’t. I’m frozen, under the control of emotions that have been buried away for years. With the realization that he still has a hold on my heart, the guilt washes over me. My stomach churns and I start to pull away from him. 

As if sensing my change in mood, he tightens his grip on my wrists and pulls me back in. He thumbs my bracelet, reminding me of the depth of our relationship. There are so many layers to Katie and Parker. Layers that no one will truly ever uncover.

“I know I treated you like shit, and I know that I don’t deserve for you to give me a chance, but you’ve gotta know that the minute you left town seven years ago, I knew I’d made a mistake. I know you know it too. You and I were the only thing that ever made sense to me, Katie.” 

Emotions begin to stir inside of me. His eyes burn down on mine. I struggle to organize my thoughts, wondering what my next move will be. We’ve never talked about that day, and I want to know why.

I consider my options. Do I start my healing by figuring out my past? I just want to know why things ended up the way they did. I want to make sense of this crazy thing called my life. 

“What the hell’s going on here?” Tommy’s voice bellows through the stable.

Just like two gawky teenagers getting caught for the first time, we break our embrace. I look up to see Tommy stalking angrily down the narrow walkway of the barn. 

“She’s my family too, Tommy,” Parker calls out. “I have a right to hug her if I want.” 

Before I know it, Tommy’s chest is bumping with Parker’s. They’re standing face to face, their noses practically touching. The tension in the stable has just increased tenfold. 

“She’s been through enough without you fucking with her head again, Parker!”

“I’m not fucking with her.” Parker pushes Tommy away with his hands. Tommy clenches his fists and I can tell he’s doing his best to control his anger. A nervous ball of energy rests in my stomach and I watch helplessly as Parker exits the stall and walks out of the barn. “I’m helping her,” he calls over his shoulder. “You would understand that if you knew anything about your sister.” And with those parting words he leaves Tommy and I alone with nothing but our silent thoughts.

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~ Author Bio ~

A.E. lives in Vacationland with her husband and two children. Between her real job and writing she finds little time to enjoy life's finer things. However in the free time she does manage to steal, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, and reading. A.E. is the author of Kismet and A Series of Imperfections: Imperfectly Perfect, Imperfectly Real, and Imperfectly Bad. She is currently writing her fifth book, Working Girl.

 

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