Release Date: 11/05/2019
A Contemporary Romance Novel
New York Times Bestselling Authors Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward
EXCERPT REVEAL:
The small dining room table had a pile of mail. I’d had Dad’s mail forwarded to
my house, so mostly it was just catalogs and junk. Once a month, Mrs. Cascio sent me
everything that arrived, even though I’d told her it wasn’t necessary. I mindlessly
fingered through the pile, not expecting to see anything worth keeping. But I stopped at
an envelope addressed to me—well, not me, but Luca Ryan. That was a name I hadn’t
heard in a long time. In second grade, my teacher, Mrs. Ryan, started a pen pal writing
program with a small town in England. We weren’t allowed to use our real last names for
safety reasons, so the entire class used her last name—hence I was Luca Ryan. I checked
out the return address for the sender’s name.
G. Quinn
Wow, really? It couldn’t be.
I squinted at the postmark. It was from a PO box in California, not England, but I
didn’t know any other Quinn other than Griffin. And the handwriting did look pretty
familiar. But it had been close to eight years since we’d exchanged letters. Why would he
write now? Curious, I ripped it open and scanned right to the bottom of the letter for the
name. Sure enough, it was from Griffin. I started at the beginning.
Dear Luca,
Do you like scotch? I remember you said you didn’t like the taste of
beer. But we never did get around to comparing our taste in hard liquor.
Why is that, you might ask? Let me remind you—because you stopped
answering my letters eight damn years ago. I wanted to let you know, I’m
still pissed off about that. My mum used to say I hold grudges. But I prefer
to think of it as I remember the facts. And the fact of the matter is, you
suck. There, I’ve said it. I’ve been holding that shit in for a long time. Don’t
get me wrong—I’m not obsessive or anything. I don’t sit in my house
thinking about you all day long. In fact, there have been months that go by
when thoughts of you don’t even enter my brain. But then some random
thing will pop into my head out of the blue. Like I’ll see some kid in a pram
eating black licorice, and I’ll think of you. Side note—I’ve tried it again as
an adult, and I still think it tastes like the bottom of my shoe, so perhaps
it’s that you just have no taste. You probably don’t even like scotch.
Anyway, I’m sure this letter won’t find its way to you. Or if by some miracle
it does, you won’t answer. But if you’re reading this, you should know two
things.
1. The Macallan 1926 is worth the extra cash. Goes down smooth.
2. You SUCK.
Later, traitor, Griffin
What in the hell?
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I’d never forgotten him—a man I’d yet to meet.
Griffin Quinn was my childhood pen pal, the British boy who couldn’t have been
more different from me. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, we became
best friends, sharing our deepest, darkest secrets and forming a connection I never
thought could break.
Until one day it did.
Then, out of the blue, a new letter arrived. A scathing one—one with eight years of
pent-up anger. I had no choice but to finally come clean as to why I stopped writing.
Griffin forgave me, and somehow we were able to rekindle our childhood
connection. Only now we were adults, and that connection had grown to a spark.
Our letters quickly went from fun to flirty to downright dirty, revealing our wildest
fantasies. So it only made sense that we would take our relationship to the next level
and see each other in person.
Only Griff didn’t want to meet. He asked that I trust him and said it was for the best.
But I wanted more—more Griff, in the flesh—so I took a big chance and went
looking for him. People have done crazier things for love.
But what I found could change everything.
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