HERE WITH ME
by Heidi McLaughlin
October 2014
Contemporary Romance
BOOK
SUMMARY:
Ryley Clarke
has grown up with the military in her blood, with both parents serving their
country. Ryley knows the risks of being married to the military. But when the
unthinkable happens, and her future husband is killed in action, Ryley can
barely survive... until Evan's twin brother, Nate, helps her pick up the
pieces.
After serving
on a special mission with the military for six years, Evan Archer returns home
to find the unthinkable - the love of his life, Ryley Clarke - engaged to his
brother, Nate. With Nate on deployment, Evan needs to figure out what
happened in his absence, and more importantly, how to win Ryley back from the man
he once considered his best friend, but now thinks of as his rival.
~RECEIVED FOR HONEST REVIEW~
WOW! An amazing read! The plot feels so real as the characters are life like! Well written and will keep you turning the pages! How can one win back the love of his life? How can one fall in love with the other? The triangle this love web creates is unbelievable!
WOW! An amazing read! The plot feels so real as the characters are life like! Well written and will keep you turning the pages! How can one win back the love of his life? How can one fall in love with the other? The triangle this love web creates is unbelievable!
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18948703-here-with-me
Author
Information
Heidi is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling
author.
Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she now lives
in picturesque Vermont, with her husband and two daughters. Also renting space
in their home is an over-hyper Beagle/Jack Russell and two Parakeets.
During the day Heidi is behind a desk talking about
Land Use. At night, she's writing one of the many stories planned for release
or sitting court-side during either daughter's basketball games.
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EXCERPT
I turn and face her. She looks poised and ready for whatever
I’m about to throw at her. “I never doubted Ryley’s love for me when we were
younger. Hell not even while I was away. I trusted her. That was the one thing
I could take with me when I deployed. She loved me, supported me and I knew
she’d be waiting for me when I stepped off that plane to come home. When Nate
was home I knew they spent time together, but now I question everything. What
were they doing? How long has this been going on? I leave and come back to
nothing. My life – the one I was counting on being there waiting for me with
open arms – is in the arms of my brother. The one man who I was relying on has
taken my family away from me. He was supposed to protect what’s mine, not covet
it. I never thought in a million years he’d make a move on Ryley.”
I walk over to the water cooler and fill a paper cup. I have
to do this repeatedly to quench my thirst. She offered me a mug when I walked
in, but I don’t know how well it’s been cleaned. I crunch the cup in my hand
and toss it in the wastebasket before returning to my chair.
“I feel angry and betrayed,” I say, finally answering her
question. “I feel as if my whole life with Ryley has one big lie and I’m not
sure if I can ever shake that feeling.”
“But you trust her?”
My head moves slowly up and down, as if it’s unsure of my
answer. “I do trust her, more than anything, but I can’t wrap my head around
why she’d go to Nate.”
“Evan, sometimes love has an odd way of working around
pain.”
I lean forward and look her square in the eye. “What about
my pain? What about my agony? Who’s going to nurse my heartbreak? How come
these weren’t thoughts going through either of their heads when they started
betraying me like this? How come he wasn’t scouring the ends of the earth
looking for me? Someone knew we were alive out there and no one came.” She
picks up her pen and scribbles on her notepad. I don’t even care what she’s
writing. I just want to be done so I can go drown my sorrows at Magoo’s. At
least my favorite bartender is still working, Slick Rick. Thank God some things
never change.
“Do you feel like Ryley betrayed you?”
“Yes.” My words sting, but they’re the truth.
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