This is such a great second-chance-romance. “Come back to me, Grayson … I’ll be waiting for you.” And when he returns, he is not the same man he once was. They remain in touch and their flirtatious messages are fantastic, until Gray drops off the radar.

Gray promises to come back to Drew, and in the meantime, she is off to college to get a degree in psychology. But they had to keep their feelings a secret – both from Danny, and from Drew’s entitled father who would not approve of his ‘princess’ seeing a boy from the wrong side of the tracks.Ī year later and Gray and Danny are leaving to serve a four year military tour overseas. It wasn’t until Drew was 16 that he actually looked at her the way she had always dreamed, and for one summer they were everything to each other. From that moment on, he was her hero, and she cherished him from afar as Gray and her older brother, Danny, became best friends and he became a fixture in her life. It contains a lot of my favourite tropes, effortlessly combining brother’s best friend, military, forbidden and second-chance-romance themes to create a beautifully heartfelt, emotional love story that completely captured my heart.Īndrea ‘Drew’ Harris and Grayson Cole met when she was four and he was eight, and he carried her away from a snake encounter. (A full-length, STAND-ALONE CONTEMPORARY romance about first love, redemption, and finding your way home. I’m back, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make you mine…” She deserves better than what I’ve become, scarred and damaged. She’s the same sweet smile, the same sassy mouth… Now she’s a woman with flashing blue eyes, long blonde hair, and gorgeous curves. Loss, injury, angry words I can never take back. I was too old to have them, so I left to join the military.įour years passed.

They said she was too young to know her feelings. Grayson Cole was my brother’s best friend.ĭrew Harris was just a kid, a senior in high school, my best friend’s little sister. (Brother’s best friend, forbidden love, military, small-town, second-chance romance.)

Stay by Tia Louise