Rike and Peyton fell in love in college.
A boy from the wrong
side of the tracks, covered in ink and crooning in a bar is the last
person a straight laced girl with a art major should fall for, but his
rough edges made her jagged, alive, shaving away the coddled southern
princess and revealing a soul wild and brilliant.
They fell in
love, despite her family and his past and all the reasons why it
wouldn't work--and with their best friends, they made a life. Everyone
was supposed to live happily ever after.
They, more than anyone, knows that life doesn't go according to plan.
Rike
and Peyton fell in love in college. A boy with a guitar, and a poet's
heart, and a girl with freckles dusted over her nose, a perfect fucking
fairy tale.
But what happens when the fairy tale doesn't fall apart--but is forgotten?
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But there is nothing simple or mundane about
Rike. He’s gorgeous, with his shaggy black hair and the beard that is
growing on me. The tattoos curving on his long, strong arms and licking
across the skin over his fingers.
He’s everything I never
expected to want, but this feels familiar. He’s who I chose. This
unconventional, beautifully confusing life.
Scott and Lindsay.
They are the life I chose.
“How
did we get here?” I whisper, and Rike’s gaze snags mine. I shake my
head, helplessly. “This isn’t what I pictured, Rike. This is nothing
like I imagined my life. And I understand that it’s what I chose. But I
don’t remember, and I can’t reconcile it.” His expression falls, and I
make a tiny noise, reaching for him. “I am trying, Rike. I just—it’s a
lot.”
“I know,” he whispers. “I want to help, but I don’t know
how. I don’t know how to give you the space you need when all I want is
to bring you home.”
I reach for him and catch his hand, twisting
our fingers together. He stares at our fingers, until the microwave
dings and it jerks both of us out of our thoughts.
The soup and
crusty bread he brings out is delicious, creamy potato broth with a
spicy sausage. But the tension between us strings tight and
uncomfortable, and it makes my stomach twist, until I finally put the
food down.
Rike is waiting, because as soon as I stop eating, he shifts, gathering the bowls and taking them to the sink.
“There’s some stuff in your office. I think you should look at it. Will you come upstairs with me?”
Nazarea Andrews' Bio
Nazarea Andrews (N to almost everyone) is an avid reader and tends to
write the stories she wants to read. Which means she writes everything
from zombies and dystopia to contemporary love stories. When not
writing, she can most often be found driving her kids to practice and
burning dinner while she reads, or binging watching TV shows on Netflix.
N loves chocolate, wine, and coffee almost as much as she loves books,
but not quite as much as she loves her kids. She lives in south Georgia
with her husband, daughters, spoiled cat and overgrown dog. She is the
author of World Without End series, Neverland Found, Edge of the Falls,
and The University of Branton Series. Stop by her twitter
(@NazareaAndrews) and tell her what fantastic book she should read next.
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