by Ivy Smoak
Three years ago, I had changed my life. I had started teaching again. I had stopped eating steak. And God, I fucking loved a good steak. I had started appreciating the little things more. My wife's laugh. My daughter's smile. With those changes, I had been able to lower my stress levels. I had been able to lower my blood pressure. I was healthy now. My last check up verified that.
But I was tired. I told Daphne I wasn't drunk. But I wasn't exactly sober. The stress of the day had piled up. I felt physically sick with grief. With betrayal. I was angry. And heartbroken. And hopeful. It was too much.
So I shouldn't have been surprised by the sharp pain in my chest. I shouldn't have been surprised that my legs collapsed from underneath of me.
My shoulder landed hard on the step beneath me. My body continued to fall, and I couldn't seem to stop it. Finally the back of my head hit the floor at the bottom of the stairs. And it felt like all the life had just been sucked out of me. For a moment, I had the eerie feeling that Penny had just taken her last breath.
I tried to gasp for mine, sprawled at the bottom of the staircase. I tried to feel anything but the pain in my chest. My heart was failing. I had been so worried about Penny's that I had forgotten about the stress on my own.
I thought I was suffering from withdrawal, when in reality the twitch on the side of my face had been a sign of my body being attacked. The poison was killing me. And my heart was breaking because I was losing the love of my life.
Darkness. That was life without my light. Complete and utter darkness.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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Third Chances
Discover Rob and Daphne's story in THIRD CHANCES by Ivy Smoak.
When your first chance passes you by, sometimes you regret it your whole life. But what if you're given a second chance?
Daphne lives a life of structure and routine. It's the only way to keep her demons at bay. But when she has to let loose at her friend's bachelorette party, her demons prove to be a little closer to the surface than she realizes. She has to choose between holding on to the past, or embracing a future of uncertainty. And the one person that makes her feel safe in a sea of chaos is the one person that could ruin her.
Rob Hunter has demons of his own. He lives a life of no strings attached encounters, traveling from one city to the next, with nothing to hold him in place. But there's something missing from his life, eating away at his happiness. When a girl he never got the chance to claim shows up during his brother's bachelor party, he's not going to let the opportunity to have her slide through his fingers again. The only problem is that this girl is more than just a pretty face and a way to keep his bed warm at night. She's playing for keeps, and that's one game he's not sure he can win.
But what happens when second chances fade away too? Can third chances stick?
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The Tutor
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Sophia has had a crush on Wyatt ever since they met. Tutoring him at the library once a week has been the highlight of her semester. But their sexual tension is slowly torturing her. Wyatt is sexy, funny, flirtatious, and as far as she can tell - completely unattainable.
When it is time for their last tutoring session, she worries it will be the last time she will ever get to see him. She's determined to not let that happen. Dreaming about him and watching him from a distance at his baseball games isn't going to cut it.
Will she have the confidence to confess her true feelings?
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Also by Ivy Smoak
Like this book? Want more? Check out these other books by Ivy Smoak!
The Hunted Series
Temptation (Book 1)
Addiction (Book 2)
City of Sin (Book 2.5) - Mason and Bee's Story
Eruption (Book 3)
Third Chances (Book 3.5) - Rob and Daphne's Story
Devotion (Book 4)
Missing Pieces (Book 4.5) - Tyler and Hailey's Story
Foundation (Book 5)
Made of Steel Series
Made of Steel (Book 1)
Forged in Flames (Book 2)
Standalone Novels
Playing a Player
Going for Gold
Novellas
Emergency Plan F
Layla's Forecast
Blue Parrot Resort
A Christmas Wish
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Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is purely coincidental.
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