Title: Always You
Author: Stephanie Rose
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Synopsis
To Samantha Christensen, Lucas Hunter was always the guy—the sexy, smart and unattainable man she pined for throughout college. To Lucas, she was a treasured friend, a younger sister he felt the need to protect. She had a choice—to wait and hope, or to settle.
When they meet again years later, Lucas looks at Samantha and sees a woman he wants—even though she’s not free to take. As they renew their friendship he finds he’s falling hard, and can’t accept any less than all of her.
Samantha realizes there’s hope with Lucas. Will she finally have a chance to be happy with the man she’s always loved, or will obligations and insecurities stand in their way?
Can Samantha and Lucas convince each other that they belong together? That it was Always You?
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Excerpt
“Shit, Sam! Baby Girl, are you okay?”
God, please no. Calling me Baby Girl now was like sticking a knife directly into my already broken heart. Lucas lifted me off the ground to help me stand. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head. I always loved when he did that, but now it hurt like hell. It was torturous, but I let myself feel him one last time. I wanted to remember the way he smelled, how his arms felt like home—but he wasn’t my home anymore, and it killed me to know that.
I pushed out of his hold and looked at his face. His beautiful face. His blue eyes were still glassy, but they were red now. I didn’t want to believe what I saw. I wanted to look at the unshed tears growing in Lucas’s eyes and think it meant he really loved me, and he would never ever hurt me.
I saw an empty cab coming up the block and raised my arm to hail it. I must’ve fallen hard as blood trickled down my wrist when I held my hand up. The cab slowed to a stop and I headed to the curb where it waited. I willed myself to stop crying at least until I got inside.
Lucas grabbed my arm again, shaking his head. “You can’t leave like this.” His voice was cracking. “I need you, I love you. You know me, Sam.”
I shook my head sadly. “No. No, I don’t.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. One of the best things about working on this
blog is the introduction to new authors.
Always You is the debut book by Stephanie Rose and she did an
excellent job with her first book.
Samantha Christensen has a friend Lucas Hunter. She meets him through his cousin and as much
as Samantha wants their relationship to be more than friends she is happy with
knowing him. After college Lucas moves out
of state for a job. There last encounter
before the moved squashes any hope Samantha has for a future with Luca. She moves on too and marries Marc and has a
beautiful little girl Bella. Unfortunately Marc has always been a cad. Loyalty and commitment are not words in his vocabulary. However, Samantha hangs on for years because
she knows what it’s like to live without her father and she doesn’t want that
life for Bella. Regardless she knows
that she has to make decisions about their future.
Ten years after their last meeting Lucas moves back to New
York and connects with Samantha on Facebook.
The intent is to rekindle as friends however it doesn’t take long before
Samantha knows she wants more.
Circumstances at home make it easy for Samantha to tell Marc she wants a
divorce which will allow her to explore a relationship with Lucas. Lucas wants more too. Yeah!
“I know I’m not supposed to
think about you all day long. I know I’m not supposed to want to talk to you
every minute of the day, or touch you, or kiss you. But,” Lucas
There are twists and turns as Samantha and Lucas get
together but I couldn’t help but root for them to overcome the obstacles in the
path. The ending is a little nerve
racking and a little predictable, but, with that said, it is satisfying.
I really like the hero and heroine in this story. They have the perfect mix of good qualities
and flaws to make them human. Lucas’
relationship with Bella is so heartwarming.
Love, love, love how Samantha
protects her daughter throughout the story.
The mother daughter relationship
is precious and Bella steals my heart. The
story is a faced paced easy read and well worth investing your reading
time.
It seems that I’m stuck on second chance stories lately but
they warm my soul if done well and this book is done well. I highly recommend reading Always You. I’m sure we will see more from Stephanie Rose
in the future as she is a beautiful storyteller.
ARC received for an honest review.
4.5 STAMPS
About The Author
Stephanie lives in the Bronx, New York with her superhero-obsessed husband and son. Her day job is marketing, but she always has a story in her head. This lifelong New Yorker lives for Starbucks, book boyfriends, and 80s rock After spending most of her youth watching soaps, Stephanie has an obsession with angsty drama and hot romance. She's excited to finally bring the characters she's been dreaming about to life!
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