Stacie Nightingale doesn’t what the 2.5 million dollars of blood
money she’s been awarded as a result of the lawsuit she filed. She also doesn’t
want the memories that are flooding her mind, causing her to remember the
betrayal that led to her friend’s death and left Stacie with a traumatic brain
injury. Neither of those circumstances matter though once her boyfriend Owen
Landry proposes to her. She doesn’t want his proposal because of the
circumstances that drove him to it. The mysterious woman he seems to be keeping
company only fuels her insecurity and doubt. Stacie loves Owen, but with her
past continuing to haunt her, she questions if their love is strong enough to
survive.
“Stace, there's some stuff I need
to tell you.” The dread in her brother’s voice made Stacie Nightingale’s heart
drop into her stomach. “Stuff about Greg. He just got fired from the school for
sleeping with a student. Other girls are coming forward. Allegedly, this has
been going on for years.”
Her phone bounced off the floor
and disappeared under the couch as the nausea she’d been battling all day
returned, a vengeful stab that made Stacie dizzy with fury.
Taking a deep breath, she
attempted to get her stomach and breathing under control. On the exhale, she
closed her eyes and imagined herself on the ferry, taking in the sea air on a
sunny day.
Keith’s voice bellowed in the
distance, calling her name and asking if she was okay, but Stacie tried to
focus on her breathing.
Once it finally settled, she
opened her eyes. Though her stomach still threatened to unleash lunch, she couldn’t
keep ignoring her brother.
Dropping onto her hands and
knees, Stacie searched for the stupid phone, hearing her brother continue to
call her name and ask if she was there.
There was no way Keith could have
just said what she heard. Maybe he was messing with her. Except Keith was the
nicest guy in the world. He never messed with his sisters.
“The phone slipped out of my
hand,” she yelled. Her hand swept across it, causing it to spin. When she
finally managed to get a hold of it, she brought it back to her ear with ice
cold, slippery hands.
Big
dreamer and certifiable overachiever Susan Ann Wall embraces life at full speed
and volume. She’s a beer and tea snob, can be bribed with dark chocolate, and
the #1 thing on her bucket list is to be the center of a Bon Jovi flash mob.
Susan
is a nationally bestselling, multi-genre author of racy, rule-breaking romance
and women’s fiction. Her bragging rights include nine books in three different
series, three perfect children, adopting
an amazing rescue dog, and a happily ever after that started while serving in
the U.S. Army and has spanned nearly two decades (which is crazy since she’s
not a day over 29).
In
her next life, Susan plans to be a 5 foot 10, size 8 rock star married to a
chiropractor and will not be terrified of large bridges, spiders, or quiet
people (shiver).
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