Jo Walsh has loved Cameron Mitchell for as long as she can remember. Whether front and center in her life or on the periphery, the tall, brooding artist has made his presence seductively and irresistibly known. But whenever they start to get close, Cam pulls away. Jo's tired of keeping her feelings in a box Cam is afraid to open. If he wants her, he'll have to prove it. And if he doesn't, Jo will need to know the real reason why . . .
. . . become the love of a lifetime?
How do you walk away from your soul mate? Cam wishes he knew. No matter how far he runs from Jo, he can't resist looking back at the silver eyes that seem to see right through him. But as well as Jo thinks she understands Cam, the dark truth about his past is something she shouldn't have to handle. Cam's sure that setting Jo free is the right thing to do. Too bad his heart has other ideas . . .
♥READ THE SERIES ♥
Book 1 - When You Are Mine
Book 2 - Loving You Always
Book 3 - Be Mine Forever
“So you had
a good time, huh?” Cam asked.
Jo caressed
the gold leather of her shoe and trapped her bottom lip between her teeth for a
moment before looking back at him.
“It was
probably one of the best dates I’ve ever had.”
You asked, masochistic bastard.
“So you like
this guy?”
“I like this
guy a lot.”
Cam had no
right to feel like a froth-mouthed rabid dog at the thought of some other man
having Jo. He’d spent the last decade and a half doing everything in his power
to convince her, without words, that they would never work.
Looked like
she finally believed him.
And it was a
stiletto twisting in his gut. Cutting through his good intentions. Slicing
through flesh, tendon, sinew—until it reached the evil, selfish bone. He wanted
to cut the gold confection right off Jo’s lean, curvy body. Snip it away from
her lush ass and splay her on the desk. Spread her, eat her, consume her until
she didn’t even know her name. Couldn’t even speak because pleasure stole her
words, stole her breath, stole her reason. Show her what it really felt like to
be possessed by a man who couldn’t keep his eyes off her, as hard as he’d
always tried.
Who cared
enough about her to keep his damn hands to himself.
It was much
harder watching Jo ride off into the sunset with some other guy than he had
thought it would be. Even one so obviously perfect for her. So obviously much
better for her than he would be.
Cam stood
and walked toward Jo, stopping just shy of her immediate orbit. The truth and a
lie wrestled in his mouth until they both escaped through tight lips, sounding
exactly the same.
“I’m glad.”
“He asked me
out again tomorrow.” She tilted her head, considering him like a misbehaving
theorem. “Should I go?”
Cam refused
his face what it wanted—to frown, scowl, furrow, squeeze his
displeasure out through each feature. Instead he freeze-dried all his emotions
for later and blanked his expression.
“I can’t
tell you what to do.”
Jo searched
his face with those eyes, the color of the moon and as omniscient. So like Ms.
Kris’s eyes. Not the color or the shape, but gifted with true sight. Insight.
In her wisdom, surely Ms. Kris had seen the darkness that even now threatened
to swallow Cam whole, but she had loved him in spite of it. And Jo had those
eyes, too, only something had changed since he had so deliberately hurt her in
New York with Etty. Something in Jo’s heart was dying a slow but certain death.
Probably the misplaced affection she’d held on to for years. He wasn’t sure if
he wanted to place a pillow over its head or give it mouth-to-mouth. Kill or
save. Alive or dead, it threatened his peace of mind.
Kennedy Ryan writes contemporary romance and women's fiction. She always give her characters their happily ever after, but loves to make them work for it! It's a long road to love, so sit back and enjoy the ride. In an alternative universe and under her government issue name, Tina Dula, she is a wife to the love of her life, mom to a special, beautiful son, and a friend to those living with autism through her foundation Myles-A-Part, serving Georgia families.
Her writings on Autism have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, and she has been featured on the Montel Williams Show, NPR, Headline News and others. She is donating a portion of her proceeds to her own foundation and to her charitable partner, Talk About Curing Autism (TACA).
Her interview series MOMMIES DO THE MOST AMAZING THINGS is featured each month in Modern Mom.
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