Synopsis:
Rylee and Colton’s ride continues…
One moment. Six years ago.
The night she made the world around me so much more than just a blur. Now it’s the catalyst that threatens to tear us apart.
Our happily was supposed to be ever after. So why do I feel like it’s slipping through my fingers?
How can one moment, when our world seemed so right, resurface and cause our perfect life to spiral out of control?
I can’t lose her.
She’s my checkered flag.
“Smoldering!Β RyleeΒ and Colton’sΒ romance continues burning up the pages in this steamy andΒ exhilaratingΒ addition to the beloved Driven series!” – Katy Evans,Β Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author
Colton Donavan is back in ACED, January 11, 2016!
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Excerpt:
βJust wanted to check and make sure you and Rylee were okay.β Thank fuck he finally speaks, pulling me from the temptation to drown my problems away. I swivel so my back faces the kitchenβand the bottleβwhile I wait for him to say more, ask the questions I know are on his tongue. Yet Iβm met with silence. Rolling my shoulders, I blow out a breath as I try to let in the one person who matters most when all I want to do is shut people out right now.
βIβm worried about her,β I confess as I look out the window. Sheβs still curled up on the chaise lounge where sheβs been since Haddie left. The food next to her untouched. Itβs fucking killing me to not go out there and talk to her, but Iβm the reason sheβs hurting.
Iβm not going to let her pull away. Donβt think she will. But she asked for space, and Iβm giving it to her. For now.
βIt takes a lot to catch me off guard, Dad,β I say finally as my mind runs faster than I can say the thoughts, βand this . . . fuck . . . this just blindsided us.β
βI donβt want an explanation, son. Iβve lived this life too long to know how people twist and manipulate things to hurt others. Iβm just calling to let you know weβre behind you. Iβm here if you need to talk and to make sure you take care of her.β
βShe told me she trusted me to handle this, and now? Now, I donβt even know what the fuck to say to her.β
βHow about you start by using her name.β
My knee-jerk reaction is to yell at him for the comment, but it dies on my lips when I click another link with the mouse and comments fill the screen.
Iβm sure my dad can hear the sound of my fist hitting the desk through the connection and yet he says nothing. The drywall calls to me. Itβs so much more tempting to hitβsatisfyingβbecause the destruction is there, visible, and yet helps fucking nothing.
βHer name? Easier said than done, Dad. I brought her into my public world, pushed her, and now this is what she gets for loving me?β
βI bet she gets a whole lot more than that, Colton, or she wouldnβt be with you.β His words hang on the connection as I struggle whether or not to believe him. Is the more worth enough for her to stick with me through all of this?
His words repeat in my head.
I sure as fuck hope heβs right. Everythingβs been too perfect as of late. Is this the other shoe dropping to put me back in my place and remind me how cruel fate can be?
βRemember, son, marriage isnβt about how madly in love you are through the good times, but how committed you are to each other in the bad times.β
And as cheesy as my dadβs advice sounds, I hear it. Hold on to it. And hope to fucking God itβs the truth because the shit has most definitely hit the fan.
βShe wonβt even speak to me.β I chuckle in frustration and force myself to turn off the computer. If I see one more image I have a feeling the drywall will be too tempting to resist. Unclench your fists, Donavan. Shove down the urge to hit something.
βI probably wouldnβt want to speak to you right now either,β he says.
About the Author:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate and hate to love.
Sheβs a mixture of most of her female characters: sassy, intelligent, stubborn, reserved, outgoing, driven, emotional, strong, and wears her heart on her sleeve. All of which she displays daily with her husband and three children where they live in Southern California.
On a whim, K. Bromberg decided to try her hand at this writing thing. Since then she has written The Driven Series (Driven, Fueled, Crashed, Raced), the standalone Driven Novels (Slow Burn, Sweet Ache, Hard Beat, Aced (a new Rylee and Colton novel releasing 1/11/16), and a short story titled UnRaveled. She is currently working on new projects and a few surprises for her readers.
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