FREEBIE!!

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“I remember everything, Songbird. There’s not a moment or an inch of you I don’t remember.” 

I can hardly breathe, locked in Landry’s heated gaze. He’s been so angry. I’d lost hope I’d ever get a glimpse of the boy I knew. I’m wholly thrown off by his honesty. I came ready to fight or beg him to listen, give me a chance to explain—apologize. I wasn’t prepared to drop my walls and revel in echoes of our young love I’ve yet to find with anyone else or even want to experience again. 

“I haven’t forgotten,” I whisper in the space between us that grows smaller by the second as my heart beats ever faster, thumping to find its other half.

He blinks. His back straightens. The moment is broken. He directs me on what to do with prepping the burger fixins as he grills the patties and cooks the fries.

I wallow in the reprieve, needing the time to regroup as we settle in the quiet peace of working side by side. 

He may be mad, but he doesn’t hate me. He wouldn’t feed me if he hated me. He’d send me away like he did… “So, you and Ruby?” I leave the question hanging, not sure how to ask and pretty sure I don’t want to know the answer. I ask anyway, digging in the wound that won’t heal, pouring in salt and vinegar and lancing it just in case it’s not painful enough.

“I’m a free man, Taylor. You left me a long time ago.” There’s no bite in his tone. He’s stating fact, resolute in his certainty that I left him.

“I didn’t leave you by choice,” I whisper to his back.

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I love books! I have been reading for as long as I can remember. I was the kid with the flashlight under the covers reading until the wee hours. Books were my refuge. I was delighted to discover tree climbing. I would take a book and climb to the top of a Mimosa tree and read for hours...and of course ignore my mother calling for me to do chores. I was committed to reading all of the Nancy Drew stories. Ned was my first book boyfriend. When I was in my early teens I discovered Harlequin romances. I feel in love and it changed my life. I was in love with Love 💕 That’s something for a girl who hadn’t been kissed yet. When I read “he thrust his throbbing member into her womanhood” I was lost to discovering more about this particular brand of romance. But I don’t just enjoy romance reads. My father-in-law introduced me to the high fantasy genre and I loved it. When I bought my first Nook the world of books really took me by surprise. I was enthralled with all the available genres and to my delight I discovered erotica. In most cases, I was with family on visits to bookstores and you don’t peruse those even if they carried them. Oh the shame of it! ;) Thanks to Nancy Drew I still enjoy mysteries along with romance, fantasy, erotica, paranormal, steampunk, thrillers, and well, most anything except a horror of a horror. My favorite might be romance suspense but it’s hard for me to pick just one. I had a serious health issue a few years ago and was forced to quite working after building a career I could be proud of. It was devastating and depressing. I lost myself in books and now spend my days (and nights) reading. I am so appreciative of authors and the wonderful storytelling I’ve found in books. It takes me away from my troubles and introduces me into a world like no other. I love books!