36 hours is a short spell when racing the clock.
2,160 minutes is an eternity for old friends to fall in love…
August Cruz is the only man I’ve ever loved.
He’s the one who got away.
He’s the one I totally screwed over.
Now he’s standing on my doorstep, nine years later, but he’s not the only thing that turns up. My mother’s lost diary is in my hands, and it might lead me to my father. A possibility I wished for one year ago, at my last birthday.
I have 36 hours to fulfill that wish.
I have 36 hours to drag August on a wild scavenger hunt.
I have 36 hours to protect my heart before I lose him again...because there's something he's not telling me.
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August was
a slight step ahead of me. I followed close on his heels until we were outside.
We paused, fingers intertwined. He faced me and ran his thumb over the back of
my hand. It was a simple brush, but there was nothing simple about touching
August.
We both
glanced at our clasped hands. My breath faltered. The past few days had been
warm for April, the heatwave steaming the evenings, too. Being with August made
it steamier.
He wound
both our arms around my back, pulling me against him. “You look beautiful,
Possum.”
His
nickname for me pinched my heart. As kids, I’d pretend to sleep sometimes while
we’d watch TV, like a deceiving possum playing dead. I’d then bolt upright to
scare the living shit out of him. A screeching August was supremely
entertaining.
I tilted my
head back to look into his eyes, every memory we’d shared reflected in those
hazel pools. “I’ve missed that nickname.”
His free
hand came to my cheek, knuckles brushing it gently. “I’ve missed you. It was
always there, under my skin, in every song, but I didn’t realize how much until
today. My heart is fucking racing.”
God, this
man. I squeezed our laced palms and unfurled my other over his sternum. Over
his heart. Need bellowed in that thundering beat. “You don’t smell like grass.”
He wrinkled
his nose. “I used to smell like weed?”
“Like
grass, dummy. Your lawn mowing business.”
He smiled
and shook his head lightly. “We can roll around in a park, if you want.” He
sucked on his bottom lip while eyeing mine.
Lord have
mercy. “I can’t believe this is happening.”
“Oh, it’s
happening.” He gripped my hand tighter, pulled me closer, brushed his nose
against mine.
My best
friend, the friend I loved irrevocably and thought I'd lost for good,
might actually kiss me.
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About Kelly Siskind
A small-town girl at heart, Kelly moved from the city to
open a cheese shop with her husband in northern Ontario. When she’s not neck
deep in cheese or out hiking, you can find her, notepad in hand, scribbling
down one of the many plot bunnies bouncing around in her head. She laughs at
her own jokes and has been known to eat her feelings—gummy bears heal all.
She’s also an incurable romantic, devouring romance novels into the wee hours
of the morning.
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