What do you do when your past comes knocking? Six hundred and ninety-five days. That’s how long it’s been since Jude’s fiancé broke off their engagement. With the help of his brother and his all-encompassing love for music, Jude glued the broken pieces of his heart back together, but when his ex shows up on his doorstep late one evening, Jude fears it will fall apart again. Two years ago, Vincent made a terrible mistake. He left the love of his life for stupid, ill-advised reasons. It took a traumatic event to bring what was truly important in his life into focus. Older and wiser, he’s now ready to do whatever it takes to win Jude back. Their chemistry is as explosive as ever, but will they be able to work through the real issues? Can trust once broken be rebuilt?

Promise Me We'll Be Okay

We slept late and had cuddled up close sometime during the night. As if we’d never been apart. He was the big spoon with one muscled hairy leg thrown over mine, and his palm blazing against my stomach. His warm breath tickled my neck and I never wanted to wake up from this dream. I was safe. Back where I belonged.


He stirred behind me and hummed, and I wanted to stop time. To press pause and silence the world and ignore everything outside our little bubble. Even my brain cooperated for a while and didn’t ask any of the difficult questions. It let me lay there, breathing in tempo with him, surrounded by his familiar scent of bergamot and sleep.


When he shifted closer, his morning wood poked me in the ass and made me flinch. It was a tangible reminder of everything that was wrong between us, and I stiffened.


How stupid was I, lying there fooling myself everything was hunky-dory when it wasn’t?


Chapter 10