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The Ground Rules #1
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The Ground Rules were impossible to follow. It was hard not to become completely consumed by the beautiful and enigmatic Weston Hanson. The heart of a romantic was not fit for this kind of exchange. So, when it ended, I was shattered, but it was all for the better…or so we thought.
The Ground Rules were rewritten, and then bent. We lied to ourselves. We told ourselves we could handle this. Not a single one of us realized just how big this was...just how devastating it could become.
And now, there are no Rules.
Lust… infatuation…blinds you. It can tear everything apart. But sometimes, life needs to be completely torn apart before it can be mended – not just cracked at the edges, but utterly shattered, before you can truly see the mess you’ve become.
I love them both, but I can’t have them both. While one pulls me in, the other pushes me away. And when both eventually open their hearts, I must make the hardest decision of my life.
And now there are no Rules. We are Undone.
He stood back up to his full height, and leaned into me, tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear, the gesture so gentle, but in contrast, his words were harsh. “This didn’t mean anything,” he said, his eyes dark, as black as coal. And I knew this wasn’t him speaking. This was the man he became when he was angry. But still, the words still cut deep.
“This doesn’t change a thing,” he went on with that same dark blank expression. “We’re still done, Mirella.”
“How can you say that?” I asked, my words pleading. “We just made love.”
He jerked back. “That was just sex, Mirella,” he scoffed. “You made me hard. I wanted to fuck you…get one last taste of you. That’s all it was.” And with a turn of the handle, he added, “I’m sorry if you thought it was more.”
His words hit hard, a sharp blow to my stomach. But I wasn’t done fighting for us. I reached for the handle, my hand pressed hard over his and I slammed the door shut. “You’re lying. You’re being hurtful on purpose.” After all these years, I couldn’t believe he didn’t realize how well I know him. “You’re still mad at me,” I pointed out, not letting it go.
He wiped the heel of his hand against his forehead and grabbed a fistful of his hair. “You’re fucking right, I’m still mad,” he growled. “But I’m angry at myself more than I am at you right now.”
I pressed my hand against his stomach. “Why?”
He grabbed a hard hold of my wrist and pulled my hand away. “Because you do this to me and I can’t just turn my back and move on.” His beautiful eyes almost did me in, there was so much emotion in them.
“I can’t turn my back on you and the girls. And I still want you. I still want to fuck you… and you,” he added, not quite looking at me. “You know this. And you took advantage.”
He was right. I did. I knew he wanted me. And I took advantage of a moment of weakness. I spotted it, pounced and dug my teeth in. But I wanted him just as much as he did me.
“I’m sorry,” I told him. I knew it wasn’t much, but I was at a loss for words. My eyes were drowning in tears as I pressed my hand against him again. “I just miss you so much, Gabe. I wanted to be close to you again.”
He tore himself from me. “I should go.”
Mom, writer, book junkie, doodle addict and hopeless romantic. I have been writing for over ten years, finding my passion for romance in 2008. When I'm not spending time with my family, I enjoy reading, painting, and writing - there is nothing I enjoy more than sitting down at my laptop and making up my own stories - and if those stories should include beautiful men, a little romance, and a few steamy scenes, all the better!
I write contemporary and erotic romance under the pen name Roya Carmen.
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My Review:
What an emotionally draining book to read but also strangely uplifting. Crazy, I know but this is one of those books that you think things will go one way and in the end, it doesn’t and the whys and hows strangely do not matter.
I was on pins and needles throughout this book waiting and it was only in the last three or four chapters before everything was resolved but was it really? The author created this series that you had to know and right or wrong, everything hinged on what would happen. I had my thoughts on how I would like it to go and yes, 48 % of me is sad that the ending didn’t go the way it needed to but the rest of me is strangely relieved by the outcome.
This book and really all of the books are in Mirella’s POV. We see everything regarding her and Weston’s relationship- the breakups, the makeups – I so wanted them together but then we have their spouses-thoses crazy people that allowed this to happen. I think of Mirella’s husband, Gabe and I want to shake him because we go back to how this all started. And yet I feel so bad for him. She has to make a choice and she couldn’t make a choice and that was driving Weston nuts- she told him it was over yet she went back to him. Tennis anyone? But I do understand why-here is a man that she feels this ultimate connection, a spiritual connection with , more than she does with her own husband and she is afraid to jump because what if it isn’t real ?
The ending had me in tears and I just couldn’t believe how it was left. Talk about epic plot twist and turn. All I can think is of a phrase regarding time and love “You just watch us Run…”. Well, maybe someday or maybe the author will go back and write an alternate reality ending to this book for us readers who wonder … In saying this, this was a good book but would have been better if the author not gleaned over certain things , and not rushed the ending . I still do like this book but am torn over the ending.
My rating: 4.4 stars ****
*A gifted copy was provided by the author for my honest review*
I was on pins and needles throughout this book waiting and it was only in the last three or four chapters before everything was resolved but was it really? The author created this series that you had to know and right or wrong, everything hinged on what would happen. I had my thoughts on how I would like it to go and yes, 48 % of me is sad that the ending didn’t go the way it needed to but the rest of me is strangely relieved by the outcome.
This book and really all of the books are in Mirella’s POV. We see everything regarding her and Weston’s relationship- the breakups, the makeups – I so wanted them together but then we have their spouses-thoses crazy people that allowed this to happen. I think of Mirella’s husband, Gabe and I want to shake him because we go back to how this all started. And yet I feel so bad for him. She has to make a choice and she couldn’t make a choice and that was driving Weston nuts- she told him it was over yet she went back to him. Tennis anyone? But I do understand why-here is a man that she feels this ultimate connection, a spiritual connection with , more than she does with her own husband and she is afraid to jump because what if it isn’t real ?
The ending had me in tears and I just couldn’t believe how it was left. Talk about epic plot twist and turn. All I can think is of a phrase regarding time and love “You just watch us Run…”. Well, maybe someday or maybe the author will go back and write an alternate reality ending to this book for us readers who wonder … In saying this, this was a good book but would have been better if the author not gleaned over certain things , and not rushed the ending . I still do like this book but am torn over the ending.
My rating: 4.4 stars ****
*A gifted copy was provided by the author for my honest review*
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