BOOK SUMMARY
I know I will never get over her. Watching her walk away with him
ripped my heart out and left it bleeding on the floor. But I can’t hide anymore.
I have to face my life without her. ~ Brad
Brad has been in love with Lisa for as long
as he can remember. One night years ago they took each other’s virginity but
while it was the best night of Brad’s life, for Lisa it was a way to forget
about Bobby. Or was it?
Brad re-emerges right when Lisa needs him
most. Only Brad knows everything about her and when Lisa’s insecurities come to
the surface the shoulder Lisa needs is Brad’s. Now Brad has to decide if he has
it in him to trust his heart.
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EXCERPT
She graces me with an
awesome smile while putting packages in my arms and hanging gift bags from my
fingers. In minutes, she has almost the entire contents of the table loaded on
me. The only thing left are cards and your gift. “I’ll take these,” she says as
she smirks at me. “You good?”
“Yeah, I can handle it,” I
follow her to her room trying not to drop anything. I make it into her room
just as one of the boxes starts to slip. I try to save it, but by doing that
two others are falling. I sprint to her bed and open my arms, and all but
the one that was originally falling land on the bed. “I hope that wasn’t
breakable,” I comment as I glance at the gift on the floor.
I hear her laugh behind me.
God, I love that sound. “I’m surprised you only dropped one,” she chuckles.
“You should have seen your face.”
She comes over to the bed
still laughing and clears off a place for us to sit. I drop down next to her
and pull her into me; I just need to hold her. I breathe her in and I am
instantly hard. Why do I always react this way to her when she has no interest?
“I missed you,” I whisper.
She keeps her head on my
shoulder. “I missed you, too, and I’m sorry.” She sits up and pulls away from
me so she can look in my eyes. “I never meant to leave you like that, but when
Bobby showed up I couldn’t think of anything other than getting in his arms.”
She looks down at her hands before speaking again. “I know that hurts you and
you have no idea what I would do to take that pain away.”
I can’t stay mad at her; I
never could. I know she is hurting for me and I love her all the more for
it. If she just turned away from me and locked me out of her life, maybe
I could get over her. Our lives are intertwined now, her friends are my
friends. The only people I talk to from high school are the same ones she
talks to; so unless I want to cut ties with all of them, I need to figure out a
way to deal. I take her hands in mine, she looks up at me with tears in
her eyes and I just want to pull her into my arms and tell her everything is
alright and I will be here for her forever. Instead I say, “I know you don’t
want to hurt me Lisa, but I can’t tell you that seeing you with Bobby is easy
for me. At the same time, I want to see you and be a part of your life.”
The tears fall from her
eyes and she leans against me. I put my arms around her and hug her wishing I
could pull her onto my lap, but that would be hard on both of us. I stroke my
hand up and down her back hoping it will be comfort enough because if I touch
her any more I won’t be able to stop. I pull back slightly. “Why don’t you open
your present?”
She grabs the box behind
her shaking it lightly; she can hear jingling. I know this is something that
she will appreciate and give her a place to go if she needs to think. She looks
up at me before opening. “What is it?” She asks me quietly.
“Open it and find out,” I
tell her with an evil smirk.
She rips the paper, opens
the box, and gasps at the contents. “Are these keys to your boat?” She takes
out the keys attached to a floatable buoy. Her eyes light up and I know I
picked the perfect gift.
“Yes, I made you a set. You
can take it out whenever you want, just make sure you gas it up when you use
it. I don’t want to get half way down the river and run out,” I say as I smile
at her. “I want to take you out the first time to show you the channels so you
don’t run aground again, but after that you have free reign.”
Laughing she says, “Well, I
wasn’t driving last time we ran aground, but I have no problem going out with
you to make sure it won’t happen to me.” She hugs me before adding, “You have
no idea how much I need this, thank you.”
CAT'S REVIEW
Wow! What more can I say! This is the second book of the series but I haven't read the first yet and was able to read along fine. Brad, Lisa and Bobby - what a triangle! Brad - I just wanted to hug him and the hit him upside the head and say "Forget Lisa!". Lisa - she frustrated the heck out of me and at times, I really didn't like her. She led on two men over and over - I just wanted her to choose already. Bobby - I didn't connect as much with him - guessing I need to read the first book. But, I can say, he wasn't the one I was rooting for. This was a roller coaster type book for me and I can say that, even though i felt like I went through the ringer, I loved it! I've already downloaded "Watch Me Walk Away" and it's next on my to read list! ✔✔✔✔.5
AUTHOR BIO
Living
in Northern New Jersey originally from Long Island, Jill Prand is a wife and
mother of two girls. She's been an avid reader all her life, spending Sunday
afternoons curled up with a good book. "We had a huge bookshelf in our den
when I was a child with a diverse set of authors like Ayn Rand, Stephen King,
Mario Puzo & Danielle Steele. I cut my literary teeth on Walter Farley,
Judy Blume and SE Hinton before raiding my parent’s library." Jill is
currently working on the Walking Series as well as a standalone novel. She
loves to hear from readers.
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BOOK SUMMARY
At the age of seventeen, Lisa was broken when Bobby left. He
was supposed to be her first. First Love. First Time. First Everything. No word
for six long years. She moved away from the painful reminders sacrificing her
relationship with her best friend Brad. She struggled to rebuild her life.
Now six years later she returns as a strong, successful woman grabbing a job at one of New York’s hottest marketing agencies. She is dating a gorgeous guy with his eyes on a corner office. But it all changes when she sees Bobby again.
Can she risk another heartbreak from Bobby? Will she be able to repair her friendship with Brad? Lisa will have to decide between the man she's with, and the two men that want her.
Who will she be with, and who will she tell to "Watch Me Walk Away?"
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