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

It was ridiculous to be this nervous, but it didn’t matter how many times I told myself, it didn’t help. I fluttered my fingers in the air and bent them backward carefully to stretch them out. The warm-up exercises always calmed me down even if I wasn’t going to play.


I prepared a jug of ice water and carried it along with the basket of freshly baked bread and the salad to the dining table in the living room. Taking a deep breath, I took it all in. Nudged the knife a littlecloser to the plate, frowned, and nudged it back to its original position. Grabbed a wine glass and heldit up, examining it carefully for fingerprints, before putting it back down.


“Calm down,” I told myself for the gazillionth time. “You’re not having the Queen of England over for dinner.”


At seven on the dot, the doorbell rang and I plastered a wide smile on my face, hoping it didn’t look asnervous as it felt. When I was met with honest smiles from my visitors, it turned real.


Chapter 31