Author: clymari

Pawn. Diamond princess. Prey. Since I can remember, I’ve been a pawn in someone’s game. Danger was looming but never enough to harm me. Until now. Then he came along. My new bodyguard. The only person who saw past my edges. Meanwhile, I was rooted deep in a web of deception, trying to save myself. He was supposed to protect me and keep me from harm’s way. Just like everyone else, he wanted to … wanted to break me. Now we’ve both been thrown into a game neither one of us wanted to play. I was taught to be unbreakable…

I fell in love with Gavin Dunn when I was twelve. All it took was one game of spin the bottle and I was ruined.One kiss, and three seconds, and no matter how many boys I kissed, they didn’t make me feel like he did.The problem? He belonged to my best friend.I kissed him first. She kissed him last.He once chose me, and I chose her.When everything in my life goes wrong, somehow he’s always there to … life goes wrong, somehow he’s always there to make it right. And as my best friend pulls away, he finds ways to…

JakeThey say People change over time. That might be true, but I’ve had people look down at me not once, but twice. Both times, I dusted off my shoulders and carried on. When my fiancée broke things off with me, it wasn’t her voice that I heard. Instead, it was Juliet Dunnett in my head, her snobby tone telling me why I wasn’t good enough. Now she’s back in town. No husband, no ring, looking sad … looking sad and lonely as ever. I can’t help but want to help her out. Can I get close to her without falling…

DexEverything worth having takes time. In my case, it was taking forever. I met Emma outside her soon-to-be café covered in paint. The minute I saw her, I knew I had to have her. She was all that was good in the world. Always helping others, bright personality, beautiful even if she couldn’t see it herself. She gave me a chance, and I took it for granted. I never intended to stay in town for … town for long, and by the time I realized what was important to me, she wanted nothing to do with me. Now I won’t…

No one told him she would be coming back…Max Time is supposed to heal all wounds. I thought it had healed mine when I found myself ready to say “I Do”. It all came crashing down the moment I saw Freya Pratt again. After all these years she still affected me like no other. I couldn’t deny that she made me feel something I haven’t felt since the day she left. She made me feel alive. Now I’m … felt since the day she left. She made me feel alive. Now I’m questioning everything about our past and my future.…