Book picks similar to
It Was Always You by S.L. Sterling
romance
suspense
abuse
second-chance
Save Her
Flora Burgos - 2017
Katherine thought they had forever, but Sean was looking for a way out. The day of his high school graduation Sean left the girl he loved and the ranch he resented in his rearview mirror. Katherine was left to put the pieces of her shattered heart back together and figure out a new future. After making his mark on the world Sean has come back to the girl he left behind over a decade ago, and is looking for a way to make her his again. When tragedy rocks the very foundation of Katherine’s life, leaving her with a target on her back, Sean will do anything to keep her safe. But rebuilding the trust he once shared with Katherine isn’t easy, and he doesn’t realize he may have waited too long to come home to the only girl he’s ever loved. If he’s not careful, it may be too late to Save Her.
Change of Heart
Jennifer L. Allen - 2015
After high school, Casey abruptly leaves their hometown of Charleston, South Carolina for the west coast, leaving Decker wondering where she went and why she left.Three years later the two are reunited, both harboring some old resentment towards the other. Not to mention, Casey has been hiding a pretty big secret from Decker all those years. Not willing to risk losing Casey again, Decker follows her back to California in an attempt to save their friendship.Will Casey and Decker work out their issues and be best friends again? Or will they finally become something more?Change of Heart is the first book in the Second Chances series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended that they are read in order.
A Hunter Brothers Christmas
M.S. Parker - 2018
When the Hunter Brothers get together to celebrate the holidays, they agree to put all their personal issues aside, but as secrets are revealed, nothing turns out as they expected. You don’t want to miss A Hunter Brothers Christmas, a holiday special from USA Today's best-selling author, M.S. Parker.
Ball & Chain
Annette Fields - 2017
I disappeared. DAHLIAI never told anyone what I went through at home. Not even Asher, the only one who loved me. If I didn't escape Cloverville I'd end up like my mother or worse. Getting the hell out was my only choice. Ash deserves better than me anyway.When I have to come back, he makes me weaker in the knees than he ever did before. He's taller, broader, hotter, and he wants me just as much as he did back then. Every day the memories get stronger and it's harder to resist him.But I can't give him what he wants. The answer to that question he asked me four years ago...ASHEROnly one girl could make me move mountains to please her. With her big doe eyes and sweet lips, Dahlia made me drop my bad boy reputation to be everything she needed.Her safety. Her comfort. And her protector.Our whole town turned its back on her. I was all she had.And then she left without a word.Four years later, she's back and I'm dying to taste those lips again. I need answers. I need her.Ball & Chain is a full-length romance with no cheating, no cliffhangers and a HEA! Coming March 10, 2017!
Dirty Rich Secrets: Part Three (Dirty Rich Secrets, #3)
Lisa Renee Jones - 2019
Part three in the Dirty Rich Secrets trilogy
Dirty Shame
Tess Oliver - 2016
He also always knew that he’d never love anyone as much he loved Rylan Merritt. But sometimes love isn't enough.Seven years ago, Rylan Merritt left Bluefield Ridge with her heart in tatters. Now she’s back. And Kellan Braddock, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks, the boy who she loved beyond anything has grown into a man. Will she risk her heart again? The story of a first love so strong it never fades.
Tattered
Devney Perry - 2018
It’s somewhere just above the trash can her mother dumped her in as a newborn but below the class where much comes easy. With her tattered shoes and bargain-bin clothes, her life has never been full of glamour. So when a rich and charismatic man takes interest, she doesn’t fool herself into thinking their encounter is anything more than a one-night stand. Months later, she’s kicking herself for not getting his phone number. Or his last name. She’s given up hope of seeing him ever again.Until one day, years later, Logan Kendrick waltzes into her life once more and turns everything she’s built upside down. This time around, she won’t make the same mistake. She’s going to fight to keep him in her life—not for herself.But for their daughter.
Retrieval
Aly Martinez - 2016
Two couples.I proposed on our first date. She laughed and told me I was insane. Less than a day later, she said yes.It was a whirlwind, but we were happy… Until we got greedy and wanted a family.It was a life I couldn’t give her, not for lack of trying. Fertility just wasn’t on our side. We sought out doctors and treatments. Spent money we didn’t have. Lied to our families. Smiled for our friends. Put on a brave face for a world that didn’t understand.Finally, we were successful…Until we were forced to bury our son.We were left broken, battered, and destroyed.They say love is in the details, but it was the details that ruined us.This is the story of how I took back what had always been mine.The retrieval of my wife and our family.
Accidentally Met Her
Lauren Wood - 2018
Marriage.Then I met Candy, a beautiful redhead with a svelte body.I knew I had to have her. I had to make her mine.One taste of her sweet lips and then I made her scream my name. I woke up to an empty bed, her wedding ring in the sheets. Our marriage wasn’t real. I let her go, knowing that she would come back to me. When she did, Candy belonged to someone else. But I don’t lose. And I’m not giving her up without a fight. I married her and now she’s mine for good. Her and my baby that she was carrying.
The Exception
Adriana Locke - 2014
Following the rules she's given herself is easy enough, until she meets HIM. He’s gorgeous, cocky, and everything she needs to avoid, but that’s easier said than done. Cane Alexander has his own set of rules, a plan to keep his life simple and free of complications. But Jada is a temptation he can't resist.As their lives entwine, they realize one thing about rules... There is always an exception.
Echoes of Summer
Laura D. Bastian - 2015
Especially since she’s forced to work with him for a few months and he has no clue she kept such a huge secret from him.When Stephen finally realizes Madison is the same girl he knew as Bea from his grandparents’ town, he’s excited to catch up and reminisce about those summers — but she seems cold and wants nothing to do with him.The truth comes out and he learns he’s the father of a seven-year-old son, throwing him into completely unfamiliar territory as he tries to develop a relationship with his child and attempts to rekindle the romance he’d once shared with Bea.Can they each overcome their sense of betrayal and learn to be united for the sake of their son, and perhaps find love again?
No Cowboy Required
JoAnn Sky - 2018
And because nothing ever goes easy for her, Grace finds her frustrating, sexy ex-flame, Noah, taking care of JJ. But if she’s getting out of this nowhere town, she’ll have to find a way to keep from throttling Noah—without kissing him first.Noah Taylor may be enemy number one to Grace, but she needs his help. He knows the girl he used to love is still there, beneath the heels and fancy clothes, so he’ll help her—and keep his distance like she says she wants. Only the more time they spend together, the closer he wants to get. Graci has no intention of staying, but she belongs in his arms—he just has to prove it to her.
Healing the Broken
K. Street - 2017
Monsters didn’t just exist in nightmares.They were real; they lived among us.As the sole witness to a brutal murder, Ryann Sinclair knew that better than anyone.He’d been burned once, and Cash Donovan swore it was the last time.That all changed when Ryann stumbled back into his life.She was fiercely protective of her heart, and he was hell-bent on protecting her.Never one to back down from a challenge, Cash was determined to break her.Just so he could be the one to put her back together.
Heart on Fire
Brandy L. Rivers - 2014
Mila Day had plans. When her lover demands she give up her dreams to be a trophy wife, she leaves. Wanting to forget the wasted years, she ends up at a party in the next state, craving one wild night of abandon. It was exactly what she wanted. No strings. No names. But it’s not exactly what she gets. Six years later, she’s a happy high school teacher with a beautiful daughter she will always Cherish. No regrets. Kyle Blake is a fireman who has been burned. He’s happy alone until he hears joyous laughter next door. He finds it hard to resist Mila, and her little girl, who steal his heart. When pieces of her past surface, she’ll question everything. Can they survive the truth?
Unexpected Second Chance
Suzanne Halliday - 2019
Life is good, but she's never forgotten, Nick.In New York City, Nick lives the tycoon life. When destiny called, he answered, not that he had any choice. Like Shannon, he never forgot his first and only love.And then, one day, in the unlikeliest of settings and without any warning whatsoever, Nick and Shannon are reunited when fate and a meddling sibling steps in to get them back on the right path.What happens when an unexpected second chanceoffers them the happily ever after they thought could never happen?