COVER REVEAL - JUDE OUVRARD'S BODY, INK, AND SOUL

Cover Reveal

Book: Body, Ink, and Soul

Author: Jude Ouvrard

Date of the cover reveal: January 15^th, 2014

Genre: Contemporary Romance / New Adult

Cover Designer: K23 Design.

Body, Ink, and Soul Blurb:

Phoenix Silverstone more commonly known as Nix, is a twenty-one year old that has finally discovered her freedom. After living under the strict rules and protection of her mother, Nix moved out with her two best friends in a quaint little Seattle apartment.  For the first time Nix is finally able to spread her wings and breathe. Together, they get a job working at a bar and for the first time everything is perfect.

Freedom, friendships, a great job and fantastic man on the verge of becoming hers. Tristan is the suave, intelligent, not to mention gorgeous law student that Nix has her eyes and heart set on. For the first time, she has her life together; that is, until her path crosses with Levi. The charming, tattooed and downright sexy bad boy that Nix knows she needs to avoid.

But when one of her friends moves out she is shocked to find that her new roommate is none other than Levi. Flirting. Desire. Undeniable temptations. Nix can’t deny the chemistry surging between them but she can’t forget her mother’s extreme hate towards bad boys.

Will Nix have the strength to listen to her heart? Or will her mother’s rules cost her everything?

About the author...

Jude was born and raised in a small village named Lacolle. She now lives in Montreal, Canada. She is the proud mother of a beautiful five year old son, Isaac and has spent the last twelve years with her boyfriend, Cedric.

French is her native language, but she prefers to write in her second language, English. She has a passion for books, both reading and writing them.

Also by Jude:

●     Under the sun

           

●     Wonderland

To learn more about Jude Ouvrard, here are her links:

Website/blog: www.judeouvrard.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/JudeOuvrard

Twitter: @JudeOuvrard @AuthorJude_O

Street Team: www.facebook.com/groups/judesbooks

Excerpt:

''Can I get you anything?'' I asked him, while taking all the empty plastic glasses off the counter.

''A smile. Give me that and you’ll get the biggest tip tonight.'' The slow seductive tone rolling off his shapely lips told me he wasn’t just fooling around. His green eyes were staring at me like I was dessert. This guy was hot and he knew it. The way his tousled light brown hair went every which way, hanging down onto his forehead, told me right away he didn’t care about his looks. He didn’t have to.

He wanted a smile? I shook my head. ''You don’t want a drink? Just water, maybe?''

''No, just a smile. You're the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen and it's just a smile I want.'' He brushed his hand through his hair, making it even more distressed.

I knew I was blushing and biting my lips in embarrassment. His eyes refused to stray from mine, pinning me in place. I smiled, but not because he asked.  No, this was solely because this very random man had pulled one out of me on his own. I saw the humor in his eyes. He slid fifty bucks out of his pocket and onto the counter. ''Thank you, Princess. You just made my night.''

He got up and walked away. I could see the hint of tattoos peeking out of his neckline and rolled up sleeves, but I was too astonished to call after him or say anything. He was wearing simple black converse, washed out jeans and a black long sleeve henley. There was something about him - mysterious and inscrutable. If he wanted to get my attention, well - he got it.

Who the hell was that? I kept asking myself as he walked away. I knew he was the guy Tyler had been excited to see, but I had never seen him around here before. I knew I would have remembered that piece of man candy.

He didn't give me his name and I didn't give him mine. Not that he had to ask - I had a name tag with my name on it. It was the strangest thing that ever happened to me. My eyes remained trained on him until he opened the door of the club and left. I found myself still watching the door, even after it was closed, like I wanted to chase after him – which was insane. I shook my head, willing myself to move on.

I began wiping the counter, pausing to watch Val entertain her groupies at the station next to me. As I turned to grab more lemons, my eyes were drawn again to the door. Tristan walked in with few of his friends. I had never seen Tristan here before and even after our dinner date tonight, I still didn’t expect it. I couldn’t tell if I was excited by the surprise visit or nervous about it. I felt like he was parading a bunch of his buddies around my bedroom, looking through all my dirty laundry. This was my home away from home and I wasn’t sure if I was ready to let him in—yet. Not to mention I was still shaken up from Mr. Mysterious.

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SHATTERED BY FATE - BLOG TOUR/EXCERPT

Title: Shattered by Fate (Part Two of Fate's Path)

Author: Jacelyn Rye

Synopsis:

One heart cannot remember. Another heart cannot forget. Both hearts reach toward something to grasp. For Sarah, it is her past. For Will, it is to bring that past back. The only thing standing squarely in their way — is their future. Each has promised their heart and life to another. But where happiness should be, instead are the dark billowing clouds of a storm of reckoning. The thunder of regret splits a horizon now raining down upon them in shards of shattered promises and unreachable memories. In Book One of this three-part saga, fate seemed it would not be denied, bringing Sarah and Will together in a turbulent world, uniting young hearts for the right reason: love. But — almost as if it has eyes — fate sees to it that no love that is meant to be is allowed to be, without it being tested to the passionate edges of chance. Accidents. Small ones are remembered and retold with a laugh. Useful ones are celebrated. But shattering ones — those are the ones that slip from the fingers of fate. The kinds that are followed by silence as it roars the sound of life changing. And it is this pounding drone that Sarah and Will — once inseparable — now hear when they listen to their hearts. After her accident, Sarah awakens in a hospital room and into a very different life. Will, accidentally buried by heavy timber when he heroically saves a fellow worker, is also delivered into his own unforeseen, disoriented new life. Destiny’s dust never settles. And nothing is clear when doubts appear. Sarah is betrothed to Adley, while Will is engaged to Margaret, yet both are still connected to each other by an indescribable draw seemingly groping out from the deepest reaches of fate. A fate that deliberately leaves the door of temptation cracked open, giving Will a yearning peek at the naked truth of Sarah, who reaches out with the same tortured passions. A fate that leaves both to fight the desperate desires of wanting what each knows they cannot have. A fate that dares them to ask, “What will happen if I finally feel you?”

Excerpt:

He carried her into her room, but paused to use his foot to swing the door closed behind them.  He gently laid her on the bed, pulled his arms from under her, and kneeled onto the bed. As he brought his body directly over Sarah’s, she looked up at him, both of their eyes pleading with the other for permission.

No words would come.  The emotion flooding her body now was something completely new, yet so unbelievably familiar.  It was as if she were under a spell.  A wonderful, scary spell.  She reached up to his shoulders and ran her hands to the back of his head.  She gently weaved her fingers into his hair.  Her robe opened slightly with the movement of her arms. It was time.  Time to surrender.

He moved slowly toward her and stopped just above her waiting mouth.  “Sarah,” he whispered, so quietly that she barely heard.  “I’ve dreamt of this for so long.  Please tell me I’m not dreaming, now.”

She ran her hands through his hair again, and shook her head.  “Maybe, it is all a dream.  If it is, I don’t want to wake up.  Please,” she said, as tears filled her eyes, “please, kiss me.”

Copyright Jacelyn Rye

Buy Link:

Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/lab74gf

Books in Fate's Path Series:

The books are not stand alone. For your reading enjoyment, please read the books in order.

1--Surrender to Fate

2--Shattered by Fate

3--Chosen by Fate (Releasing Early 2014)  

Author Bio:

Jacelyn Rye is many things. She can be as alluring as the love that flows from her pen: pure, honest, simple. But then, like a storm that suddenly appears over the mountain, she can also have you running for shelter where there’s no place to hide. Like life, itself, Jacelyn delivers the hard with the soft, the pain with the joy, the instant with the forever. All of it, for a reason. And it’s there that one can best enter her life.

“I believe in signs, I believe everything happens for a reason,” she’ll tell you. If you know someone like that, you already know a primal piece of Jacelyn — a person who actually listens to the Universe because there, she knows she’ll find more than answers, she’ll find reasons. And those reasons give her insights about nature, and human nature, both of which she invites us to explore with her.

Growing up in the blue sky country of Colorado doesn’t leave an impression, it becomes a lifeblood. For Jacelyn, the clarity of that truth flows through her stories, her characters and her inherent spirituality that somehow knows faith, in the end, triumphs over despair.

Through her storytelling — firmly stimulated by that early country life that taught her to always be prepared when venturing forth — Jacelyn’s uncanny ability to “see” what could happen takes readers into a crystal ball where the future’s many possible outcomes await in a swirl of incandescence, right down to the details of smell, touch, fear, love.

Because life also presents its possibilities in dreams, Jacelyn holds dear that open door. “My dreams mean a lot to me. I listen to them, solve problems in them, learn from them,” she confides. It figures, then, that when you read her stories, you’d best get ready for a trip with an original dream weaver.

And then, there’s serendipity. To know Jacelyn is to accept a dance with chance. She accepted one such chance when she moved from her beloved Colorado to an unknown life awaiting her in Southern California, where she lives today. “I knew another beautiful world was out there. I was ready for adventure,” she says, with the confidence that proves her faith is more than just words. “I moved from Colorado as soon as I graduated from college, thanks to a great job offer. The night after I received my job offer, I saw a commercial that said, ‘California, find yourself here.’ In that moment, I stopped debating the move and took it as a sign that my adventure would be found in California.”

As Jacelyn does so well, she shares those adventures in her writing. In her first book series, you’ll find Jacelyn’s experiences of this major life change play out in Sarah, who also moves from Colorado to California. “What I’ve seen and felt enable me to write realistically about how a Colorado mountain girl feels about living in California.”

In the quiet mornings, you’ll find Jacelyn savoring her coffee, outside. To her, it’s all about listening, breathing in, appreciating being here for another day. And of course, there’s time spent in the mountains, fishing, wading in creeks with the people she loves. Curiously, this girl who comes from the mile-high mountains, still fears the miles-deep ocean she frequently visits, but only to sink her toes in the hot sand and watch, in awe and respect, the thundering surf.

On any given day, be it in the mountains, at the beach, or on her terrace, Jacelyn is dreaming and writing, her way of sharing something meaningful with those who come to know her.

One thing is for sure, wherever she goes, wherever she’s been, Jacelyn is aware and thankful for the gifts around her. Indeed, although she does not get back to Colorado that often, she’s there in spirit, and in absolute detail, in a moment’s call. “The smells, the sound aspen leaves make when the wind asks them to dance, how tall pines gently sway back and forth against a backdrop of the bluest blue I’ve ever known.” That’s someone who takes it all in, who takes it all with her, and who offers it to everyone who opens her books.

Author Links:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7184742.Jacelyn_Rye

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jacelynryeauthor

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DECEPTION IN DENALI - SECOND EXCERPT FROM CH 1

Maryann asked him to come help search for her daughter because she, the woman he once thought would end up being his mother-in-law, was dying of cancer. The search for Deborah would die when she did, and most likely that would be soon.

Jackson didn’t hesitate for a moment, but Maryann took his silence for reluctance.

“Please Jack?” she begged. “Do it for your son.”

“My son?” he breathed.

“Yes Jack, you have a son and his name is Michael. No one knew about him until three years ago when Deb left him on the doorstep of the rental house I keep here in Anchorage,” she told him. “It was the middle of the night and I never even got to talk to her.” Maryann was crying and it broke his heart. “Michael has some minor developmental delays and she asked me to get him the help he needed because she couldn’t provide it while living in hiding.”

“How could she just give you her son, our son?” He would have taken him in a heartbeat, even at twenty-one and about to graduate college.

“It’s a good thing she did Jack. He’s thriving! Most of his delays have disappeared and they expect the rest of them to be gone as he gets older. Thanks to Deb, your son will be able to live a normal life.”

Tears clouded Jack’s voice. “He’s my son too, why didn’t she bring him to me? I thought she loved me.”

“I’m so sorry, Jack. She said in the note, that if I took him anywhere near Nevada or told anyone living there about him, she would come back and take him away again. I couldn’t risk that.”

“Nothing makes sense,” he whispered. “Why doesn’t she want him here?”

“I’m not sure, son. She was running from something there. That’s my only guess.”

“Me?”

“She loved you. She wanted a future with you. That wouldn’t be my first guess.”

He told her about his family’s cruise to Alaska and that he would be in
Anchorage as soon as it ended. He had to find Deborah and bring her to see her mother one last time before she passed. He would grant Maryann her wish. And then he would bring Deborah and Michael home for good. Most people would say it was a pipe dream, but he really missed her. She was alive and he was going to see her again come hell or high water.

DECEPTION IN DENALI - EXCERPT CHAPTER 6

          Deborah chuckled. “You still like to flatter the ladies don’t you, Jack?”

          “Only with my comedic genius,” he deadpanned.

          “Hmmm, I wasn’t thinking about that,” she said, turning around in his arms to kiss him.

          “Yuck!” they heard from below them. But when they pulled apart and looked down, Michael was smiling and seemed anything but grossed out.

          “Head to the table, short stuff,” Jack said, grabbing the spaghetti off the counter. “Dinner is served.”

          “Hey Deb, remember my fourteenth birthday dinner?” Jackson asked, halfway through the meal.

          She looked up from her plate, her eyes wide. “You wouldn’t.”

          Jack smiled and stuck a meatball on the end of his fork. “I would.”

          “You’ll teach your son how to get into trouble.”

          He turned to Michael with a serious look on his face. “Don’t ever do this without permission. Okay, son?

          “Okay, Dad,” he smiled.

          Jack flicked his fork forward and hit his son on the nose with the meatball.

          Michael giggled and tossed a couple of noodles back at his dad. Deborah ducked under the table as the spaghetti noodle war raged above her. It was enough just to hear father and son bonding and having a good time. Moments like these were truly priceless. And it made her wonder if things could work out with Jack. They still seemed to be compatible and she loved him more every minute. And best of all, he was a great father, a natural.

          “Hey Mom, you can come out now,” Michael called.

          “First one of you to toss anything covered in spaghetti sauce on me is grounded for a month,” she called out, peeking around the edge of the table. Both Mannon boys sat there with their hands in the air, so she came all the way up and sat in her chair. She surveyed the damage – two spaghetti sauce covered boys, a trashed table and noodles with meatballs on the floor.

          “Jack since you started this you are in charge of bath time. I’ll clean up the kitchen.”

          “Aww Mom, you’re no fun,” Michael pouted. “I don’t need a bath.”

          Jackson chuckled. “I think your Mom’s right, kiddo. I think we both need to wash up. Head on into the bathroom and I’ll meet you there.”

          Michael slunk off, dreading the clean-up process.

          “And don’t touch anything,” his parent’s yelled in unison.

          Jackson stood up and walked over to Deb. “Thanks for letting us do that.”

          “You’re welcome,” she smiled. “Just don’t make a habit of it.”

          She stood up to grab some cleaner and the mop when Jack stepped in front of her. “You deserve a hug for being such a great mom, but I won’t because of the mess." He started to turn to leave, but switched back and grabbed her in one of his famous bear hugs. Dropping her quickly, he ran for the safety of the bathroom.

          “Jackson Steven Mannon!” she yelled.

          “I didn’t toss anything sauce-covered on you,” he hollered back.

          “You’re still gonna pay!” she called out just before the water started to run.

          By the time the boys came out of the bathroom, Deborah had the dining room cleaned and was reading a book she’d grabbed out of her SUV.

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“So Jack, how are things with you and Deb?” Thomas asked as he crawled into his bed.

“It’s like we were never apart, most of the time. Kind of strange how one day we were still like high school sweethearts and the next we are grown up lovers, but everything feels the same.”

“I can’t even imagine,” Thomas sympathized. Things between him and Vanessa had felt different, but the love and passion had still been there.

“I’m afraid one day we will wake up and realize things have changed too much,” Jack worried.      

“As soon as you get home and say goodbye to Maryann, you really need to get to know each other again. But hell, you never know, maybe the changes of eight years will slip naturally into your lives.”

“Yeah, maybe,” Jack agreed. “But that doesn’t make the fear of the unknown any less.”

“I think you two were meant to be together though,” Thomas reassured him.

“I know, right?” Jack smiled. “I mean, otherwise why would we have been thrown together again like this?"

“You could look at it that way.”

“Well, it’s not like my mother could have planned this like she did for the rest of my siblings, right?”

“I wouldn’t be so sure. Your mother is an amazing woman.”

Jackson scoffed. “You just think she’s amazing because thanks to her, you get to play tiddlywinks with my sister again.”

“Speaking of tiddlywinks, have you been playing some with Deb yet?”

Jackson laughed. “None of your business, man.”

“Dude, I’ve known you since we were in grade school. And you were wound tighter than a virgin on prom night during the cruise.”

“And your point?” Jackson asked.

“Jackson got laid, Jackson got laid, and he’s not acting like an ass anymore!” he sang.

A pillow went flying through the air and landed on Thomas’s head just moments before Jack slammed into his body, catching him in a wrestling hold. Within seconds Thomas released himself, but was still unable to move Jack off of him.

“If you don’t get your knee off my nads Jack, I might just have to tell you all about how your sister will kiss them better for me.”

“Oh gross!” Jackson yelled, jumping over to his own bed. “Now I’m going to have to burn out my ears and my brain. That’s just sick, Tommy!”

“It got you off of me, didn’t it? And don’t call me Tommy!’

They both laid in their own beds contemplating what the future would hold for Jack and Deb.

“Hey man, I’m glad you seem to be happy again,” Thomas murmured in the dark.

“Thanks Thomas. And thanks for all of the help. I couldn’t have done it alone.”

“No problem man, that’s what best friends are for. By the way, my car needs washed.”

DECEPTION IN DENALI - EXCERPT CHAPTER 5

         NOTE: As far as excerpts go, this book will be a bit different. The plot twists happen early on so it is hard to do excerpts without spoiling the surprises in the story. So, you will see things blocked out and placers put in. I hope you enjoy the excerpts!

         

          “I’m sorry, was I too rough?” he asked. She was crying in his arms and it broke his heart to think he may be the cause.

         “No,” she managed to sob before losing her ability to talk through the tears. She rolled into him, resting her head on his shoulder and he squeezed her tight. When her shaking subsided, he tried to talk to her again. “Maybe we shouldn’t have done this. I’m sorry.”

          Deborah actually chuckled. “Don’t ever think that, Jack. And there’s nothing to be sorry about.”

          “Why are you crying? You know, I still hate seeing you cry.”

          Deborah propped herself up on her arm and looked down at her former boyfriend. “So much has happened today. I was kidnapped, found out I might just be able to be safe again, found you again, and realized I will get to see my son tomorrow for the first time in three years. It’s a lot to handle. Especially when I’m in the arms of the only boy I’ve ever loved.”

          Jack smiled up at her. “Are you okay now?”

          Deborah shrugged and laid back down beside him. “I’m scared to death. I’m confused, the future is so uncertain and I don’t like it.”

          “Everything will be okay, sweetheart. You’re not alone now. We’re going to dig you out of this and you will be free again. Something to think about – your mom is very sick, Vanessa wasn’t lying. You need to see her.”

          “Goodnight Jack,” she murmured, snuggling up to him. She didn’t know what to believe anymore. It was absolutely imperative to find out what was going on with [insert villain here] because she needed to feel completely safe again, before risking seeing her mother. There was too much at stake, too many lives in danger. Deborah just hoped that if her mom was sick, she could hold on.

          “I’ll be right back Deb,” Jack whispered, heading into the bathroom. While cleaning up, he couldn’t help but wonder why on earth his stubborn former girlfriend couldn’t believe that her mother needed her? Deb should know that he, of all people, would never lie to her about something like that. In the end, he just hoped they weren’t too late.

When Jack walked back out to the bedroom, he noticed her breathing was steady and even. “Goodnight sweetheart,” he murmured as he lay down and took her into his arms again. He kissed her forehead and held her for what felt like hours until he started to doze off. Before sleep finally claimed him, he swore he heard her mumbling in her sleep. “Hang tight...I love you...see you soon.”

DECEPTION IN DENALI - EXCERPT CHAPTER 4

AS ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT - IN THIS CASE, A SUPER ROUGH DRAFT, BUT THE STORY IS WHAT I WANT IT TO BE! :) At the end, keep an eye out for the brand new video trailer for Virgin Voyage - Book 1 of the series. :)
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Some parts of this excerpt may not be suitable for all readers. Please use caution when reading this piece. 

          Thomas and Vanessa finally headed out into the night, leaving Jack and Deborah alone.

          “You going to talk?” he asked quietly. He wished it would be that easy and she would just say what he needed to know.

          “Not about what you want me to,” she answered.

          “Then we’ll just sit here in awkward silence,” he told her, shrugging his shoulders. “No big deal to me one way or the other.” Sitting there looking at her beautiful face would be torture, but at this point he didn’t have much choice. He should have brought some books or something.

          “Jerk,” she mumbled.

          The clock on the living room wall was ticking loudly as they sat staring at each other in some sort of weird visual standoff. The only other sound in the room was their breathing. Eventually Deborah began tapping her fingers on the coffee table and Jackson started jiggling his foot.

          “Who are you running from?” he asked to break the silence. As close as they’d been, it should be easy to keep a conversation going. Although right then he didn’t really want to talk to her.  The anger he felt was foreign and shocking to him.

          “None of your business,” she muttered. “You do realize that every hour we waste here, the bigger the chance my son dies?”

          “Our son is perfectly safe,” Jack returned, matter of fact. “My new ranger friends are taking turns making sure of it.”

          Deb rolled her eyes at him and sat silent. At least he was taking care of Michael, she’d give him that. But it still didn’t make her any less afraid. She was trying not to let him see just how terrified she was, because she needed that advantage.

          Jack sighed, leaning his head back against the love seat he was sitting on. To his knowledge, Deborah had never been this stubborn. It was about to drive him out of his mind, but he would let her get a good night sleep and then he would make her talk.

          “It’s getting chilly in here, can you start a fire?” she asked, looking away. “Please.”

          “Yeah,” Jack huffed. “I’ll be right back. Don’t move or I’ll chase you down and tie your ass to that dining room chair after all.”

          “Promise?” she whispered, looking at him in a way he never thought he would see again.

          “Be careful what you ask for little girl, or you might just get it.” His whole body was aching for her now and she knew it. She was trying to throw him off his game. “But then again, you always did want to try that didn’t you? Tie you naked to the bed, taste every inch of your body and then drive into you, again and again for the finale, right?”

          Deborah whimpered and looked away. “Stop it Jack, You’re playing with fire.” She had been trying to throw him off her game but he’d turned it around.

          “I want to get burned Deb, just one more time. I want you to heat my soul to the point of no return.”

          “Jack,” she sobbed. “Please don’t.”

          He turned away from her and headed out the back door to get firewood. She quickly stood and crept to the front door, silently praying that when he’d disarmed the back door, the front one was affected too. She opened it and slipped outside, quickly making her way to her SUV. Thank God she’d learned to hotwire a vehicle.

She climbed into the SUV and set about trying to start it when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

“Going somewhere sweet stuff?” Thomas asked.

She sighed and let her head fall forward onto the steering wheel. “I thought you left,” she murmured.

“Nope, we knew you’d try something like this.”

“Jack appeared at the door of the vehicle and pulled her out. “Thanks Tom, I owe you one.”

“No problem man. I’ll see you when I see you.”

Jack walked Deb back into the house and shut the door. “You’re not going anywhere until you talk sweetheart, so you might as well stop trying.”

“Never,” she mumbled, feeling braver than she was. She walked to the couch and sat down hard. Now she didn’t know when in the hell she would be able to escape again. Could she trust Jack with the info she had. Eight years of fear and running told her ‘no’. But her heart kept whispering ‘maybe’. 

COVER REVEAL - A BROKEN FOREVER BY MEGAN NOELLE

Today I am hosting the cover reveal for an upcoming release by the amazing Megan Noelle. I hear her books are truly amazing and they are definitely on my TBR list!

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Synopsis for A Broken Forever:

Grey and Stefan knew from the moment they met that they were destined for one another. Despite the none-too-quiet protests from his family they married straight out of high school. Their love only grew when a year later they welcomed their baby girl into the world.

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Life was perfect…until one night changed everything.

A horrendous accident destroyed them; stripping them of everything they knew, taking away their happiness and their daughter. While mourning the loss of their little girl they were also suffering the loss of each other. Stefan blamed himself for their daughter’s death and drowned away the guilt in liquor. Grey had never been so alone. Stefan had died inside the day their child did. Doing the only thing she could to save herself… Grey ended their marriage.

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Seven Years Later

Stefan Harrison is the most eligible bachelor with a wallet and company that continues to grow. Every night he had a different woman on his arm with the next not far behind. Grey Dawson is the lead stylist and co-owner of a reputable salon with the perfect fiancé and a beautiful wedding in her future.

But one chance meeting between Grey and Stefan is all that is needed to reawaken the feelings from the past.

She tries to avoid him but he won’t let her. Losing Grey was Stefan’s biggest mistake and he won’t stop until he wins her back. But Grey doesn’t know if she could ever trust him again. Leaving her heart to decide between the perfect future…or the past she never let go.

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Excerpt:

I hopped off the stool and walked over to him, lacing my arms around his waist. My cheek rest against his back and I heaved a big sigh breathing in the scent of his woodsy cologne. 

“What would I do without you?” Richard’s soft chuckle rumbled against my face.

“You’re mistaken, Grey. It is me who would be lost without you.”

“I doubt it.” I whispered.

“How about we just never part so we don’t ever have to find out?”

His words struck a chord in my heart, jogging a moment I thought I had forgotten completely. My eyes squeezed shut as the memory took over.

~**~**~

The sun was just beginning to peek around the curtains, casting a glow on Stefan’s face. My head rest against his stomach as my fingers traced the delicious lines of his chest. His eyes were closed but from the way he was breathing I knew he was still awake. It had been a little more than twelve hours since we said, ‘I do’ and I still couldn’t grasp the thought. This perfect man with his incredibly intense blue eyes, soft lips and a heart of gold that he hid from the rest of the world—was mine. How on Earth had I been so lucky? It didn’t matter that we were young because I felt it in my soul, Stefan Harrison was the man I was made for. Our hearts were just pieces of a puzzle and no one else could fit together the way we did.

“What are you thinking about?” I asked, daring to break the silence with my voice.

Stefan gave a contented sigh before opening his eyes to gaze lovingly at me. “Just thinking how perfect this moment is. How incredibly perfect you are.” I smiled up at him. “I don’t deserve you Grey, but I’ll never stop trying to prove that you are everything to me.”

My hand flew to my heart as his beautiful words sank in. “Oh, Stefan…”

“I don’t know what I’d do without you, Greyson Rose. I could never imagine waking up each morning and not have you next to me.”

I sat up and wrapped my arms around his shoulders. A smile formed over my lips as I stared into his stoically stunning face.

“Well how about you just never leave and then you will never have to wake up a single day away from me.”

Stefan smiled back and pressed his forehead down to mine.

“I’m not going anywhere, baby.”

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Fresh tears rolled from my eyes and stained the back of Richard’s shirt.

“I’m not going anywhere, baby.” I whispered much too low for Richard’s ears, while my arms squeezed him even tighter.

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Meet Megan Noelle:

I am Megan Noelle and “A Broken Forever” is the third novel that I will publish but not the first I’ve written. I have been writing since I was old enough to hold a pen and finally pursued my dream of becoming a novelist. Writing is my passion and I am all for following one’s passions! One of my other passions is being a mom of my adorable daughter Peyton. She has just hit the terrible twos and boy…what a joy! When I’m not writing I’m a stay at home mom and a full time student in the typical major of “Undecided.” All I know is if I can write, be with my daughter and my family—I will be happy!


5 Random Things You Don’t Know About Me!


1. Peanut Butter M&Ms and a Diet Coke is my favorite treat—ever.


2. I would someday love to write a book that Tim Burton wants to make into a movie!


3. I have a ridiculous addiction to Bride shows.


4. I have a terrible habit of wanting to dye my hair—every month.


5. I can listen to the same song on repeat dozens of time in a row and still not be sick of it.

You can find her online at:


Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMNoelle


Twitter- https://twitter.com/megannoelle1030


Blog- http://authormegannoelle.blogspot.com/

Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/AuthorMeganNoelle

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