It’s release day for EVERYTHING BUT YOU by Harlow James!
“Speak now or forever hold your peace.”
I hate that part in a wedding, where everyone waits on pins and needles to see if someone has a reason why the couple shouldn’t get married.
So, when I ran into my high school sweetheart and found out that she was engaged, I said my peace before she ever walked down the aisle.
Shauna and I crossed paths when I went to Las Vegas for work, and sharing one meal with her was enough for me to remember why no other woman has even come close to affecting me the way she did.
But then her fiancé showed up, surprising us both, and I thought I’d lost her for good.
Every dream of our future was sucked from me once more, because this wasn’t the first time she slipped through my fingers. At nineteen, she made decisions that tore us apart, and I was too stubborn to understand why back then.
But it turns out my twin brothers aren’t stupid after all when they convinced me to take one last shot to win her back.
So, I flew back to Vegas, intent on stopping her wedding and telling her how I feel, but it turns out, history was damned to repeat itself again because she walked down the aisle anyway.
Or so I thought.
Because six weeks later she shows up at my parents’ house for a job and there’s one thing that’s noticeably different on her—there’s no ring on her left hand.
I saw my future with her.
I know that’s what I still want.
But it’s hard to face the past when the future is uncertain too.
Can we heal the hurt? Can we find our way back to each other?
And most importantly, can I finally tell her: “I had everything but you.”
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Harlow James
Steamy Romance Author
Harlow James is a pen name I use to protect my identity as a high school teacher. Keeping those two roles in my life separate is necessary, but also fun! It’s like a live two lives, and anonymity gives me the opportunity to be bold and take risks in my stories.
I stumbled upon romance novels in 2018 when I picked up Driven by Kristy Bromberg, and I was obsessed. I had just lost my grandmother too, so reading offered me an escape from reality and a chance to grieve on my own terms.
About a year later, I got an idea for my own book and started writing. I researched self-publishing and jumped in with both feet. I had no idea what I was doing!
But now I’ve built a business and hobby that I LOVE! I have an outlet that’s just for me. When I write, I’m not a mom, a wife, or a teacher…I’m a woman who gets to tell stories that no one else can.
My books are the perfect blend of heartwarming moments, full-bellied laughs, and PLENTY of steam to melt your Kindles 😉 And there are always elements of me sprinkled in to every character and story that I write.
When I’m not writing you can find me reading or spending time in my kitchen. I love to cook and feed my family and friends. Otherwise, you can find me watching comedy specials with my husband, camping with our kids, or taking naps. I live for naps 😉
She was the girl that he let slip away all those years ago, the girl who took his heart and never gave it back...the girl that is now sitting across the table from him and telling him she is marrying someone else. The idea that she maybe saying her vows to someone else in a few short weeks is unnerving, he cannot let her slip away a second time... he has to right the wrongs he made in the past. He has to get his girl, no matter the cost!
Everything But You is an emotional page-turner that will take it's toll on your heart, but I promise it is so worth it. These two have a past that cannot be forgotten, they gave one another their hearts back in high school and no one has ever really compared since then, they are meant to be. Old hurts and past mistakes have kept them apart, but now that they have been reunited Forrest has no intentions of letting time and the past keep them apart, he wants to claim Shauna as his once and for all... but first he must convince her to not walk down that aisle.
Oh my poor heart, this book put it through the ringer and tortured it all of the best of ways, , but the end result made every ding it took so worth it! I loved these two together, they had that once in a lifetime kind of love and I loved watching them fight for it and one another. It was such a wonderfully penned and captivating love story, one that should not be missed! Highly recommend!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
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