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The Truth Between Us
(Bentwood #2)
by Tammy L. Gray
Nine years to win her. Three years to love her. And one decision that destroyed it all.
April Duncan was raised with three clear truths: the family name is absolute, ambition and success rule over every emotion, and love always comes with strings attached. Image was everything in her carefully crafted world... until the mirror cracked.
Sean Taylor was April's best friend, the one man who taught her it was okay to let her guard down and to rely on someone. She trusted him. She loved him. Which made his deception the darkest kind of cruelty.
Now, nearly a year later, she’s ready to leave her failed engagement in the past and get back her life and her estranged family, even if it means dating a man solely for his connections. She’ll never again choose love over loyalty.
Sean has spent his entire life breaking barriers, facing challenges, and never giving up. Until one impossible choice destroyed his future and left him no option but to flee from the woman who annihilated his heart.
Now he’s back in Bentwood and determined to make her hear the truth and rebuild the trust he shattered. But April has become a mere shell of the woman who claimed his heart long ago.
Winning her back is more than just seizing a victory, because if he fails… the girl he’s loved for a lifetime will disappear forever.
The Truth Between Us is the second book in the Bentwood series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended that you begin with book one to get the full experience among this tight group of family and friends.
April Duncan was raised with three clear truths: the family name is absolute, ambition and success rule over every emotion, and love always comes with strings attached. Image was everything in her carefully crafted world... until the mirror cracked.
Sean Taylor was April's best friend, the one man who taught her it was okay to let her guard down and to rely on someone. She trusted him. She loved him. Which made his deception the darkest kind of cruelty.
Now, nearly a year later, she’s ready to leave her failed engagement in the past and get back her life and her estranged family, even if it means dating a man solely for his connections. She’ll never again choose love over loyalty.
Sean has spent his entire life breaking barriers, facing challenges, and never giving up. Until one impossible choice destroyed his future and left him no option but to flee from the woman who annihilated his heart.
Now he’s back in Bentwood and determined to make her hear the truth and rebuild the trust he shattered. But April has become a mere shell of the woman who claimed his heart long ago.
Winning her back is more than just seizing a victory, because if he fails… the girl he’s loved for a lifetime will disappear forever.
The Truth Between Us is the second book in the Bentwood series. Each book can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended that you begin with book one to get the full experience among this tight group of family and friends.
Inspirational Contemporary Romance, ebook, 252 Pages
July 12th 2018
July 12th 2018
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Excerpt
Chapter 4
– Sean
Sean wasn’t sure about anything anymore except that in three days he’d be face to face with the two people who’d trampled his heart. “Surprising her is the only way I’ll know if we still have a chance.” She was too good at hiding her feelings. Too good at shutting out every single emotion she didn’t want to feel.
“Okay. But know this. If a blow up occurs, I will take her side.” Andrew had abandoned the Duncan kingdom and had admitted more than once that he didn’t understand his sister’s choices. Still, his loyalty was unwavering.
“I wouldn’t expect anything less, but it won’t come from me.” Sean had no plans on causing a scene; he only wanted her to listen. To look into his eyes and take responsibility for the trauma she’d put him through.
“Okay. I’ll see you Sunday, then.” Andrew’s nod was apologetic, as if he could see the way this conversation was breaking Sean down, ripping at his defenses faster than he could fortify them.
A handshake and backslap later, Sean finally got the escape he needed. Fresh air rushed through his lungs as soon as he made it past the building doors, his chest constricting with the onslaught of memories he needed to outrun. There’d been no blow up when things had ended with April.
No words at all, just an envelope and his best friend.
Sprinting across the parking lot, Sean ignored the honking car that was forced to slam on its brakes. He ran two more blocks before that horrible night caught up with him, before his chest burned and the ground under his feet grew shaky. Stumbling over a root, he caught himself against the bark of a wide oak tree just in time to feel the first dry heave rise in his chest.
A lifetime together, erased without ever saying goodbye.
Sean wasn’t sure about anything anymore except that in three days he’d be face to face with the two people who’d trampled his heart. “Surprising her is the only way I’ll know if we still have a chance.” She was too good at hiding her feelings. Too good at shutting out every single emotion she didn’t want to feel.
“Okay. But know this. If a blow up occurs, I will take her side.” Andrew had abandoned the Duncan kingdom and had admitted more than once that he didn’t understand his sister’s choices. Still, his loyalty was unwavering.
“I wouldn’t expect anything less, but it won’t come from me.” Sean had no plans on causing a scene; he only wanted her to listen. To look into his eyes and take responsibility for the trauma she’d put him through.
“Okay. I’ll see you Sunday, then.” Andrew’s nod was apologetic, as if he could see the way this conversation was breaking Sean down, ripping at his defenses faster than he could fortify them.
A handshake and backslap later, Sean finally got the escape he needed. Fresh air rushed through his lungs as soon as he made it past the building doors, his chest constricting with the onslaught of memories he needed to outrun. There’d been no blow up when things had ended with April.
No words at all, just an envelope and his best friend.
Sprinting across the parking lot, Sean ignored the honking car that was forced to slam on its brakes. He ran two more blocks before that horrible night caught up with him, before his chest burned and the ground under his feet grew shaky. Stumbling over a root, he caught himself against the bark of a wide oak tree just in time to feel the first dry heave rise in his chest.
A lifetime together, erased without ever saying goodbye.
Tammy L. Gray
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Tammy L. Gray lives in the Dallas area with her family, and they love all things Texas, even the erratic weather patterns. She writes modern Christian romance with true-to-life characters and culturally-relevant plot lines. She believes hope and healing can be found through high quality fiction that inspires and provokes change.
Her characters are real, relatable and deep, earning her a 2017 RITA award in the Romance with Religious and Spiritual Elements category. |
Tour Giveaway
- 1 winner will receive a Kindle ebook of
UNTIL I NEW MYSELF, book one in The Brentwood Series,
and a $10 Amazon eGift Card
Open internationally
UNTIL I NEW MYSELF, book one in The Brentwood Series,
and a $10 Amazon eGift Card
Open internationally
Ends July 25th
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All-of-a-kind Mom
Christian Chick's Thoughts
July 17th:
The Power of Words
Uplifting Reads
My Scribbler's Heart
Locks, Hooks and Books
July 18th:
C Jane Read
Reading Is My SuperPower
Book by Book
Author Austin Ryan
July 19th:
Faithfully Bookish
Wishful Endings
Tell Tale Book Reviews
Rockin' Book Reviews
July 20th:
Redeemed Hope Dweller
Among the Reads
Christen Krumm
Heidi Reads...
July 21st:
Grand Finale
Launch
Remembrancy
Katie's Clean Book Collection
All-of-a-kind Mom
Christian Chick's Thoughts
July 17th:
The Power of Words
Uplifting Reads
My Scribbler's Heart
Locks, Hooks and Books
July 18th:
C Jane Read
Reading Is My SuperPower
Book by Book
Author Austin Ryan
July 19th:
Faithfully Bookish
Wishful Endings
Tell Tale Book Reviews
Rockin' Book Reviews
July 20th:
Redeemed Hope Dweller
Among the Reads
Christen Krumm
Heidi Reads...
July 21st:
Grand Finale
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