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Without a Doubt
You Before Me
She has cowritten the following series:
The Penalty Kill Trilogy
Oh Captain, My Captain series
The Ninth Inning series
Coming Soon
In It’s Our Time, you’ll meet up with Ian and Sydney where things left off for him in Because It’s You. It’s Our Time releases June 8, 2017. Learn more here. Below is the blurb followed by the first two chapters of It’s Our Time.
Ian Rhett has made mistakes when it comes to the only woman he’s ever wanted, and all he wants is a chance to show her that he can be the man she needs him to be. He’s determined to make things work between them and he’s stubborn enough that he won’t be giving up.
Sydney Jarvis trusts Ian with her friendship and her body, but she made the mistake of trusting him with her heart once and she isn’t so sure she should trust him again. She wants him in her life, and he’ll be there one way or another, but she isn’t sure she can let go of the past to move forward.
Secrets are discovered that strain their relationship even more, but these two have never been able to stay away from one another. Will their history help hold them together as they work out their kinks as a couple or will it be the very thing that causes their relationship to end?
How did I get here? That’s a question I ask myself often, but more and more here lately. How did I get here?
Where Ian still doesn’t know about Savannah, our daughter.
Where it took all of six months of talking before Ian said he was in town on business and wanted to know if we could meet. I met with him and we ended up at his hotel, naked in his bed.
Where we’re just friends who happen to sleep together whenever he’s in town. I still don’t know what he does for work because we never talk about it.
Where he’s seeing me more often and he’s wanting to see me during the day. As in, he wants to take me out on a date. No. Not happening. Yet he keeps asking, no matter how many times I turn him down. I always despised how stubborn he could be.
Not to mention, I need to tell him about Savannah. There is no right moment and she’ll be turning three soon. I’ve waited too long. Next time I see him, I’m going to tell him if I have to slide him a piece of paper with it written on it. Is it bad that a tiny part of me is hoping that’s enough to make him stop asking me out on dates, so I can stop rejecting him?
Ian: I want to see you. Meet for lunch?
Ian: Don’t say no.
Ian: Babe.
Ian: Damn it, Sydney. Just answer me with a yes.
I sigh. He’s so insistent lately. The more I turn him down, the more pissed he gets and the quicker he is to get annoyed. Not that I can blame him. I understand it. That doesn’t mean I’m changing my answer.
Me: I’ll meet you at the hotel tonight, but that’s it.
Ian: That’s such fucking bullshit. What’s wrong with lunch?
What’s wrong with lunch is it would be a date. I gave Ian my heart once and he trampled on it like a stampede of a thousand horses. If it wasn’t for Savannah, I would wonder if there’s anything left of it.
When I don’t respond, Ian sends another text.
Ian: Fine. Be there no later than nine.
More and more often he finds himself in Raleigh. I refuse to think about whether that has anything to do with me or if it’s pure coincidence. Some nights, I meet him early like around nine at night. Others, it’s closer to midnight before he tells me to come over. I don’t know what he’s doing to make the time vary. I don’t ask. I assume he’s working or something related to that.
He’s tried to come over to the apartment, but I always shut that down. His hotel room is a much better choice. It helps remind me that we’re just friends who fuck. I hope that it also reminds Ian of this, but for the past year, it hasn’t mattered. He’s been seeing me more and more, wanting to see me outside of that hotel room. We can’t do that.
Ian: I’m getting tired of this, gorgeous. I can’t help but love you anyway. Won’t you at least seriously consider it?
