Then there's Aly’s best friend, Ethan Baker. He's sweet, handsome and charming. He is also in love with her. He's accepted that Aly and he will only be friends, until one day Aly realizes that her feelings towards Ethan are way more.
Aly is caught in between the man she’s loved for so long and the man that has always been there for her. As her feelings are pulled and tugged in both directions, she must make a choice before her distorted life loses both of them.
Who will end up winning Aly's heart?
When we got to the
threshold of our office door, Paul appeared. I smiled at seeing him and I heard Trisha take a
breath. He looked absolutely gorgeous with his hair still wet from the shower and in his grey
dress slacks with a black button down shirt, unbuttoned at the top. My mouth watered just
looking at him.
“Good morning,
ladies,” he said smiling. “Trisha is it? How are you doing?”</
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Trisha stifled a giggle as
she tried to compose herself. “I’m fine, Mr. Pierce. How are you?”
Paul shot me a puzzled
look, then glanced back to Trisha. “I’m doing great, thanks. Everything okay?”</
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Trisha
nodded. “Yep, I was just getting back to work. And thanks again, Ms.
Chase. I appreciate your talking with me.” I gave her a smile and watched
her head back to her cubicle. I wasn’t convinced she was totally giving up on pursuing Paul,
but I knew he’d never give her the time of day beyond the work relationship.
Paul looked at me as he
walked toward his office. “What was that about?” he asked.
I smiled as I perched on
my desk. “Wouldn’t you like to know?” I teased.
He unlocked his office
door and turned to face me. “Well, yeah. Now I would even more.”
I put my hand to my
chin and tapped my cheek. “Well, I could tell you, but I probably shouldn’t. It’s really
nothing.”
He got a gleam in
his eye at my teasing. “Oh, Chase. You are so going to tell me now,” he said as he came
toward me.
I stayed put on my desk
and pretended not to feel the butterflies that had sprouted in my tummy. “Oh am I?” I
asked.
He reached my desk
and stood right in front of me, invading my personal space. “Yes, you are.”</
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Pushing myself onto my
desk so I was sitting on it, I leaned back on my palms. “Well, you see, Trisha just wanted to
ask me something about you.”
His face turned into a
scowl. “What?” he asked.
“Oh, lighten
up. I told her you’re not available and even if you were, you don’t date people who work
for you.”
He took a step toward
me. “Good. I mean, don’t get me wrong, that girl is hot, but no way.”</
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I felt a little
sting. “Oh, she’s hot, huh?” I asked, trying to come off as teasing.
He
grinned. “Yeah, she is, but there are others here who are hotter.”
My head started
spinning. “Oh, well that’s good to know.”
He took another step
toward me, now pinning me to my desk. “Is it? Don’t you want to know who
I’m thinking of?”
I was dying to and
cringing at the same time. While I realized it was very stupid of me to think I had a chance
with him, I still didn’t want to know who my competition was. Knowing he thought Trisha was hot
was enough.
“Not really,” I lied.</
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He drew a finger down
the side of my face. “Now why don’t I believe you?” he asked in a hushed tone.</
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Vibrations went
through me at his touch and I shivered. “I don’t know. Not my problem,” I whispered.</
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He
chuckled. “Well, I’ll tell you anyway. That girl in PR is hot. I think her name is
Jenny.”
My heart
fell. I tried to turn my head away, but his hand caught me. “That’s nice,” I
said.
He chuckled
again. “It is, isn’t it? Yeah, she’s pretty hot. I also think that chick in our
graphic design department is hot. What’s her name again?”
Lola</
i>. The only “chick” that worked in the graphic design
department. “Lola,” I said with a bite. Again I tried to distance myself from
his proximity, but he wouldn’t budge.
“Then
there’s the girl I work with. She’s really hot, sexy actually. Her long blonde hair drives me crazy. Like the
way she twirls it around her fingers when she’s nervous. Though when it’s up in a twist, like today, she
fidgets with her fingers. Her dusty, olive green eyes make me want to fall to my knees every time she
looks at me.” He paused and stared at me for what seemed like a very long time, “You may know her.
Her name is Aly,” he said barely above a whisper as he caressed my cheek with the back of his fingers.</
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My heart slammed against my chest. Jerking my head up to fully look at him, I stared into his
eyes. There was no humor or teasing in them. They were filled with sincerity and if I wasn’t mistaken,
desire. I struggled to find words.
“Um,
what?” I asked, staggered. I was in shock. He had never talked to me this way before, never this direct.
His lips curled into a ghost of a smile.
“Yep,
and the outfit she’s wearing today is going to torture me all day long, showing off all of her curves in
every possible way. So, yeah. That’s who I think is hot,” he said as he dropped
his hand from my face and turned to walk into his office. I sat there staring blankly at the doorway,
wondering what the hell just happened.
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What’s not to love about a love triangle! It’s one of my favorite
things to read about! So we start out with Aly swooning hard over her
boss, the handsome and rich CEO Paul Pierce. She has been his assistant
for 3 years and has loved him from a far the entire time. He has a
girlfriend so Aly has accepted things will never be and she just works
for him. They start working on a community outreach project and things
feelings and emotions start to change for Paul.
So I’m at this point... Go team Paul! What’s not to love about a hot CEO right?
Well then… enter Aly’s best friend from college, Ethan. He also works with Paul and Aly and is always there for Aly. He is so sweet and perfect and handsome in his own right. When Aly has problems, Ethan is the shoulders she leans on.
So at this point… I’m like, awh… Go team Ethan… oh wait... Paul is still the hot CEO... Go team Paul!
Aly then starts to realize she has a little more feelings for Ethan that what she originally thought. She loves Paul and has never received it back but when she is around Ethan, she feels something changing… Ethan has always made it clear that he loves Aly and would wait for her. Yup, what a guy! Go team Ethan!
Then… While working on a project together Paul finally decides to make some moves on Aly and what they share is something she has never felt with anyone. It’s hot, its passionate, its everything she has ever wanted… But then enter the girlfriend, Casey. Paul tells Aly he will break up with her and they will be together. Aly has always loved him and her heart belongs to him so she agrees… Whooohoo… go Team Paul… When it looks like all will be happy, all hell breaks loose! I swear this book has the best HE DID WHAT moment of any book I have read! Oh hell no…. Paul does something that will change their relationship forever! Paul is so on my list but there is just something about him that makes me swoon… (Call me crazy... yes I know!)
Aly is devastated! How can she get over from what Paul did to her? Can she move past it?? Can you forgive him??? Or does she belong with Ethan? She knows he loves her but can she love him back the way he deserves? I can say this book has a great HEA and leaves the door open for a second book for one of the male characters that doesn’t get the girl… Who will it be, Team Paul or Team Ethan?? Does she pick Paul, the man she has loved for 3 years and has always held her heart? Or does she pick Ethan, the equally handsome best friend that has always been there for her? You will have to read to find out! 5 huge stars!
So I’m at this point... Go team Paul! What’s not to love about a hot CEO right?
Well then… enter Aly’s best friend from college, Ethan. He also works with Paul and Aly and is always there for Aly. He is so sweet and perfect and handsome in his own right. When Aly has problems, Ethan is the shoulders she leans on.
So at this point… I’m like, awh… Go team Ethan… oh wait... Paul is still the hot CEO... Go team Paul!
Aly then starts to realize she has a little more feelings for Ethan that what she originally thought. She loves Paul and has never received it back but when she is around Ethan, she feels something changing… Ethan has always made it clear that he loves Aly and would wait for her. Yup, what a guy! Go team Ethan!
Then… While working on a project together Paul finally decides to make some moves on Aly and what they share is something she has never felt with anyone. It’s hot, its passionate, its everything she has ever wanted… But then enter the girlfriend, Casey. Paul tells Aly he will break up with her and they will be together. Aly has always loved him and her heart belongs to him so she agrees… Whooohoo… go Team Paul… When it looks like all will be happy, all hell breaks loose! I swear this book has the best HE DID WHAT moment of any book I have read! Oh hell no…. Paul does something that will change their relationship forever! Paul is so on my list but there is just something about him that makes me swoon… (Call me crazy... yes I know!)
Aly is devastated! How can she get over from what Paul did to her? Can she move past it?? Can you forgive him??? Or does she belong with Ethan? She knows he loves her but can she love him back the way he deserves? I can say this book has a great HEA and leaves the door open for a second book for one of the male characters that doesn’t get the girl… Who will it be, Team Paul or Team Ethan?? Does she pick Paul, the man she has loved for 3 years and has always held her heart? Or does she pick Ethan, the equally handsome best friend that has always been there for her? You will have to read to find out! 5 huge stars!
After three long years of living in a hell she never could
have imagined, Lucy Jane Simmons courageously escapes to New York City for a fresh start.
When Lucy meets Knox Taylor, the intoxicating man in the business suit, everything she thought she
knew about relationships changes. He is strong, seductive and makes her feel safe. But can she open up
enough to let him in?
Will Lucy Jane escape the scars of her past? Can Knox give her the future she ultimately deserves?
A story of rediscovery...
I didn’t see the blow coming. I was standing at my dresser, eyes focused on my reflection in
the mirror as I pinned my hair into a bun when I felt a sharp pain in my lower back. Time seemed to slow
down as the bobby pins dropped from my hands and I fell to my knees. I gasped for air, trying to catch
the breath that had been knocked out of me.
“Don’t you ever think of doing that again, bitch,”
I heard Drake tell me in his menacing deep voice, his dirty brown work boots in front of me.
I had no idea what it was I’d done. Most of the time I hadn’t done anything. I put my hands on the floor,
still trying to take deep breaths.
“Wh-what did I do?”
I asked in a strained voice against the agony burrowing in my back. Suddenly, my head was
yanked back, and my hair was being pulled so tight that I yelped at the searing sensation. Tears stung my
eyes at the torturous pressure as I balled my hands into fists, trying to resist grabbing at his hand. I knew
that would make my situation worse.
“I saw you. I saw you talking to that prick at the grocery store. You think I don’t know what
you do every hour of the day? Huh?”
He pulled back harder on my head, and tears streamed down my face as I tried not to
scream. I tried to remember whom I’d talked to at the grocery store. I had gone there to get a few items,
but I didn’t remember having any conversations. Unless…
“You mean the guy who took my cart when I was done putting the groceries in the
car?”
He finally released my hair and the relief was immense. I fell to the floor and rubbed my
scalp as he towered over me. I ignored the desire to scoot away from him because I’d learned the hard
way that it only angered him more. Instead, I sat down and hugged my legs to my chest as I rocked back
and forth.
“Yes, Lucy, the guy who took the cart from you. Do you realize how bad it looks when you
talk to other guys? Good lord, how stupid can you get?”
He started pacing back and forth, swiping his hands through his dark blond greasy hair. His
footsteps were strong and loud, especially when he wore those big, ugly, work boots that were always
caked with mud. I did my best to stop shaking and rocking—I needed to appear as calm as possible. You
would think I’d be used to his rage by now, but each time he assaulted me, it made me shake to my
core.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered, even though I knew I’d done nothing wrong. I’d been taught that it
was always better to apologize than to try to explain the situation. I’d been with him for three years, and
it was all I could do to stay sane. The numbness that had taken over my mind and soul was the only way
I survived. He stopped pacing and turned to face me.
“You’re what?” I looked into his cold gray eyes.
“I’m sorry,” I said in a louder voice.
He walked toward me and bent to his knees, his ugly eyes softening somewhat as he took
my face in his sandpaper rough hands. I wanted to cower and throw up, but I looked him in the eye
because I knew if I looked down, it would anger him even more.
“Lucy Jane, you know I hate having to lash out at you, but you give me no choice. I can’t have you prancing around town talking to every asshole you see. It makes me look bad, baby
“Lucy Jane, you know I hate having to lash out at you, but you give me no choice. I can’t have you prancing around town talking to every asshole you see. It makes me look bad, baby
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Discovering Lucy by Laura Dunaway. Lucy is the kind of girl that has
always been in a bad situation. Her mother was worthless and her
boyfriend who first appeared to be prince charming turned out to be the
biggest frog of the bunch. He was controlling and abusive and Lucy knew
to get out before things when from bad to worse. She moves to the big
city of NYC to start fresh.
She is able to find a roommate and starts a job at the cosmetics counter at a Department store. She quickly grabs the eye of the wealthy and dashing Knox Taylor. He is a CEO of his own business and on the board of Directors at the Department store Lucy works at. He is New York’s most eligible bachelor and when he crosses path with Lucy, he cannot stay away from her. Just being out of a relationship she is in no hurry to get into another. She is hesitant because of what she just came out of. Can she trust another man to not hurt her again?
She is able to find a roommate and starts a job at the cosmetics counter at a Department store. She quickly grabs the eye of the wealthy and dashing Knox Taylor. He is a CEO of his own business and on the board of Directors at the Department store Lucy works at. He is New York’s most eligible bachelor and when he crosses path with Lucy, he cannot stay away from her. Just being out of a relationship she is in no hurry to get into another. She is hesitant because of what she just came out of. Can she trust another man to not hurt her again?
“I closed my eyes and fought with those memories, propelling them back to the furthest part of my mind.”- Lucy
But then we have Knox…. Sigh… love him! He is perfect! He never found the right one until Lucy. It never felt right. With her it does and there is no looking back for him and he is determined to make her see that not all men are monsters.
“Don’t be scared,” he whispered, “I won’t ever hurt you. Let me show you just how good I can be to you, let me show you how a real man treats a woman.” – Knox
See… what’s not to love about that! The author did a great job doing flashbacks where Lucy takes us to those past memories she struggles to bury, not only with her Mother but with her past relationship. When things look like they will finally work out for Lucy and Knox, an appearance from Lucy’s past threatens it all. Her ex is determined to get her back that she belongs to him. Literally. Will Lucy and Knox find their way or will they find their HEA?? You just need to read to find out! Its a great read that takes you from angst to melt your heart all in one setting. I thought this was a solid 4 star read.
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