Title: Always You
Author:
Stephanie Rose
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Release Date:
March 26, 2015
Synopsis
To
Samantha Christensen, Lucas Hunter was always the guy—the sexy, smart and
unattainable man she pined for throughout college. To Lucas, she was a
treasured friend, a younger sister he felt the need to protect. She had a
choice—to wait and hope, or to settle.
When
they meet again years later, Lucas looks at Samantha and sees a woman he
wants—even though she’s not free to take. As they renew their friendship he
finds he’s falling hard, and can’t accept any less than all of her.
Samantha
realizes there’s hope with Lucas. Will she finally have a chance to be happy
with the man she’s always loved, or will obligations and insecurities stand in
their way?
Can
Samantha and Lucas convince each other that they belong together? That it was
Always You?
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Excerpt
“Shit,
Sam! Baby Girl, are you okay?”
God,
please no. Calling me
Baby Girl now was like sticking a knife directly into my already broken heart.
Lucas lifted me off the ground to help me stand. He wrapped his arms around me
and kissed the top of my head. I always loved when he did that, but now it hurt
like hell. It was torturous, but I let myself feel him one last time. I wanted
to remember the way he smelled, how his arms felt like home—but he wasn’t my
home anymore, and it killed me to know that.
I
pushed out of his hold and looked at his face. His beautiful face. His blue
eyes were still glassy, but they were red now. I didn’t want to believe what I
saw. I wanted to look at the unshed tears growing in Lucas’s eyes and think it
meant he really loved me, and he would never ever hurt me.
I
saw an empty cab coming up the block and raised my arm to hail it. I must’ve
fallen hard as blood trickled down my wrist when I held my hand up. The cab
slowed to a stop and I headed to the curb where it waited. I willed myself to
stop crying at least until I got inside.
Lucas
grabbed my arm again, shaking his head. “You can’t leave like this.” His voice
was cracking. “I need you, I love you. You know me, Sam.”
I
shook my head sadly. “No. No, I don’t.”
About The Author
Stephanie lives in the
Bronx, New York with her superhero-obsessed husband and son.
Her day job is marketing,
but she always has a story in her head.
This lifelong New Yorker
lives for Starbucks, book boyfriends, and 80s rock
After spending most of her
youth watching soaps, Stephanie has an obsession with angsty drama and hot
romance.
She's excited to finally
bring the characters she's been dreaming about to life!
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