Author: jessmastorakos
A mind might forget but a soul remembers everything… When you get married, you make so many vows.For better or for worse. I’m a Marine with a wicked scar from the 50-cal round that almost took me out, so check that box.For richer or for poorer. We’ve been together forever, me and Cat, so check that one too.In sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until death do us part.If I’d known the … love and to cherish, until death do us part.If I’d known the sickness part had the power to do us in, I would have…
Dating online should come with a warning.This is my last deployment before I get out and become a civilian contractor in Texas. I’m already there in my mind. That’s why I changed the hometown on my online dating profile. Fresh start in a new city. I liked how it sounded.When cute kindergarten teacher, Ivy, slides into my inbox, we hit it off right away. We flirt like two people who have nothing … people who have nothing to lose. I show her all the sides of me and she seems to like them. I like her too. And I can’t…
A Marine does desperate things when he’s faced with a matchmaking, guilt-tripping grandmother.Most men probably wouldn’t invent a fake girlfriend to keep their family off their backs. But I’m married to the military, and I’m more than happy with my relationship status—no holiday gift-giving pressure here.But when I find out my grandmother is traveling cross-country to meet the special lady in my … meet the special lady in my life, I need to find a real fake girlfriend. Fast. One bungled attempt later, I find myself talking to Angie Black. Best friend to my best friend’s wife.After hearing about my…
This kind of love deserves a second chance. MattI didn’t mean to come back like this. A bullet in my arm, a chip on my shoulder, and violent nightmares that transport me back to Afghanistan. My wife Olivia wants to help, but no one should see me like this. She needs to move on and forget about the man she married … He died in that desert half a world away. I’m nothing more than his shell.But now … than his shell.But now I’m trapped with her on a couples’ trip, and I’m finding it hard to resist her warmth,…
Biggest mistake I’ve ever made? Kissing my best friend.I’ve never been a relationship guy. Sure, I have Ellie—my best friend since middle school who’s been by my side through the good and the very bad—but with girls who aren’t Ellie? One date is enough.Then when I get back from boot camp, one kiss changes everything. But also, nothing’s changed. Ellie still wants to settle down with a picket … settle down with a picket fence and kids, and she knows I don’t.And now there’s heat when she looks at me in my new uniform. It makes me wonder if I…