Love Always, Damian by D. Nichole King
(Love Always #2)
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication date: May 26th 2015
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
SYNOPSIS
They say time heals all wounds.
What a load of bull. It’s been four years, and Kate’s voice still echoes in my mind.
Every. Damn. Day.
I numb her memory when it taunts me. In college, I drown her out with booze and easy lays. I can’t do what she asked
I can’t let her go.
Not even when Lia shows up, freaking ripping what’s left of me to shreds. Caring about someone isn’t worth the deadness that follows after they’re gone. I didn’t ask for this. Didn’t ask for her.
And I sure as hell didn’t plan to miss her when she walked out of my front door.
Now, if I want to keep her, I have to straighten myself out and earn her. I can’t screw this up.
Because if I do, I’ll lose more than just Lia.
I’ll lose my life.
EXCERPT
Damian
Two hours later,
the booze is leaving my bloodstream, and the pain I spent all night trying to
wash away is returning. Full force, louder and louder.
Sara, Sahara,
Sharna, whatever her name is, is sound asleep beside me, the sheet only half covering
her partially naked body. Usually I have no problem convincing myself to use
women for my own satisfaction. But these nights, the ones where the memory of
what Kate and I shared crushes me to the bone, I’m reminded of who I am and how
I never deserved her.
I work to push
it away because Kate’s gone and she’s not coming back. I’ll never love someone
the way I loved her, so it doesn’t matter who’s in my bed.
If I’m being
honest though, what I feel right now is my own personal brand of punishment.
The hangover that leaves me in shambles and more pain than when I set out.
This moment I
crave more than the sex.
I suck in a deep
breath, raking both my hands through my hair, and stare at the ceiling. I’d
woken up to the sound of Kate’s voice in my head, softly reiterating her third
wish.
“I wanna see the sun rise with you every morning for
the rest of my life,”
she’d said.
“That’s a whole lot of sunrises,” I told her. “Are you sure you can put up with me for
that long?”
“That and longer. For always.”
The ghost of her
face appears in front of me, her brown eyes so beautiful and tender, gazing at
me like she’s actually here. The corner of her mouth pulls up into a grin. I
reach out to touch her phantom cheek, and she closes her eyes to feel me.
“Always isn’t long
enough,” I say into the darkness.
And then she
fades away in the shadows of my memory.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born and raised in Iowa, d. Nichole King writes her stories close to home. There's nothing like small-town Midwest scenery to create the perfect backdrop for an amazing tale.
She wrote her first book in junior high and loved every second of it. However, she couldn't bring herself to share her passion with anyone. She packed it away until one day, with the encouragement of her husband, she sat down at the computer and began to type. Now, she can't stop.
When not writing, d. is usually curled up with a book, scrapbooking, or doing yet another load of laundry.
Along with her incredible husband, she lives in small-town Iowa with her four adorable children and their dog, Peaches.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. A man who never reads lives only one." --George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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