by E. S. Carter
And just like that, the two girls in my life have stolen all my words. And I don’t want them back.
All I want is right here in this doorway.
“Come here,” I manage to croak, squeezing my way between both my kids, desperate for a bit of Halle’s attention, needing my mouth on hers.
“Are you sure?” I ask against her lips.
“More certain than I’ve ever been about anything,” she breathes into my mouth.
Her words stole my breath from the very first day.
And here, in the doorway of her soon to be old apartment, her words return my ability to breathe.
With her, I have found life.
Again.
Laura Smiles.
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For those of you who have read the special note in One, you will remember I talked about grief.
When you lose someone you love, the entire world can feel like your enemy.
Don’t let it.
Life and love are inevitably what you make of them, while hate will only make something out of you.
You will get through it.
You will.
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Grief Support USA: www.aftering.com
Talk, remember, share, grieve, and most importantly, love.
Angels – Robbie Williams
Can I Be Him – James Arthur
Ain’t Nobody – Jasmine Thompson (Chaka Khan)
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
Fix You – Coldplay
Issues – Julia Michaels
Million Reasons – Lady Gaga
This Year’s Love – David Grey
Stop Crying Your Heart Out – Oasis (Acoustic Version)
I can’t believe that this is my eighth book.
There are so many people I need to thank because it takes an army to birth a book baby, it’s never a solitary process.
To all the authors and readers who have supported me on my writing journey, I don’t have the words to express enough thanks.
To the crazy ladies in my reader’s group ‘E’s Elite’. All the best people are bonkers, and you lot are, but in the best way possible. Thank you for your support, your friendships and your random posts that often require me to pull out my bottle of eye bleach.
HUGE thanks to my Ah-mazing beta readers. Sharon - #GoatQueen, Nicola - #TVT, Alexandra - #TeaserQueen, Diane - #ARCQueen, and Karen - #LubeQueen. Your support is unending, and you put up with more than just my crappy first drafts.
A special thanks to Beth Cranford, from Panda & Boodle, for stepping to help me when nobody else would. I owe you, big time. Josh is yours. Just don’t tell anyone else, okay?
To all the blogs that not only read and review, but recommend, pimp, and promote me, and for no other reason than they love to do so. BIG SWS for you always.
Finally, for you, the readers.
I wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you for your passion, your reviews and your support of authors by legally buying our books.
Bookworms will rule the world!
Eli Carter lives in Cardiff, South Wales. The home of castles, dragons and folklore.
Her family joke that she was born with a book in her hand, and the urge to write stories soon followed. At eleven, she won her school’s literary prize. At ages fourteen to sixteen - her poetry phase after falling in love with Dylan Thomas and e.e. cummings - she had a few poems published, but life, love and family overtook her dreams, and she was in her thirties before she began the scary journey of self-publishing.
Her debut and internationally best-selling series, ‘Love by Numbers’, are a set of interconnected stand alone romances, all with varying themes of love. From second-chance to romantic comedy and M/M romance. These stories do not need to be read in order, in fact, she is often guilty of advising readers to start at the last book and work their way back through.Contemporary romance is not the only genre she writes, her second series, ‘The Red Order’, is as dark and twisted as you can get, but there is beauty there too if you can open your eyes and look.
With many more stories bursting to be set free, she hopes you stay along for the ride.She loves to connect with readers, so please feel free to friend/follow her on Facebook, IG and Twitter or join her reader’s group, E’s Elite <3
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