Trouble by Gabrielle G.
Series: Darling Devils #2
Publication date: May 12th, 2020
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
There are three things I have to protect: My heart, my scars, and my life. Even from my best friend.
Some secrets have the power to change lives.
Or ruin them.
What I didn't expect was for my best friend to walk away when I needed him most.
I made the only decision I could.
And I have no regrets--even if Lars Trouble can't handle that.
Now I just have to convince my broken heart it's better off without him.
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I don't do secrets, I hate deceivers and I'm not in love with my best friend.
Or so I thought.
As the man in the shadows, the drummer of the Darling Devils, the person I rely on most is my best friend.
That is until I discover Naomi is a liar.
If walking away from her was hard, learning she isn't mine to love feels impossible.
And just when I think it's all finally coming back together, fate steps in and proves me wrong.
But when you love someone, you do the only thing you can. You fight for your love story to begin.
A friends-to-lovers romance to the beat of the Darling Devils--the legends of music.
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Excerpt
"Naomi," I greet my once upon a time best friend with a nod of my head before offering her my arm to walk down the aisle. I haven't seen her for almost three months, and I didn't think being so close to her today would hit me so hard. Nevertheless, I disregard all these feelings surging inside of me and stand still and proud like she did when she delivered her bombshell months ago.
"Nice of you to finally show up for the main event," she snarls, certainly pissed I have been ignoring her calls.
"I wouldn't have missed the wedding of one of my best friends for anything in the world."
I see the guilt she carries being pushed down her throat. She understood my message loud and clear. It's unfortunate today I have to be here, but after missing the joint bachelor and bachelorette party, as well as all other duties a best man has, I couldn't not show up at Dan Darling's wedding.
I'm pretty sure I would have never forgiven myself for having missed it.
Naomi buckles her hand on my arm, and my skin prickles where she touches me, even through the suit Dan's mother forced us to wear.
"When you have time," she says with no emotion in her voice, "I would love to talk to you." I scoff. It's not the time or the place to square things up between us.
"Sorry, my schedule is pretty full for the next twenty years. Have you tried going through Chad?" I know she did, but Chad had the job to block her. She's had many possible ways to corner me. She's the assistant and the friend of Dan's very-soon-to-be wife and considered a friend of my bandmates, but because she didn't want to tell her secret to Anna, she couldn't explain why we were on non-speaking terms. So, she pretended we were fine, just a little fight against friends. Dan and Art know me better than that. You don't create music with two guys from over twenty-five years without them realizing something is broken inside you.
"Nice of you to finally show up for the main event," she snarls, certainly pissed I have been ignoring her calls.
"I wouldn't have missed the wedding of one of my best friends for anything in the world."
I see the guilt she carries being pushed down her throat. She understood my message loud and clear. It's unfortunate today I have to be here, but after missing the joint bachelor and bachelorette party, as well as all other duties a best man has, I couldn't not show up at Dan Darling's wedding.
I'm pretty sure I would have never forgiven myself for having missed it.
Naomi buckles her hand on my arm, and my skin prickles where she touches me, even through the suit Dan's mother forced us to wear.
"When you have time," she says with no emotion in her voice, "I would love to talk to you." I scoff. It's not the time or the place to square things up between us.
"Sorry, my schedule is pretty full for the next twenty years. Have you tried going through Chad?" I know she did, but Chad had the job to block her. She's had many possible ways to corner me. She's the assistant and the friend of Dan's very-soon-to-be wife and considered a friend of my bandmates, but because she didn't want to tell her secret to Anna, she couldn't explain why we were on non-speaking terms. So, she pretended we were fine, just a little fight against friends. Dan and Art know me better than that. You don't create music with two guys from over twenty-five years without them realizing something is broken inside you.
About the Author:
Gabrielle G will do anything for a hot cup of tea, still celebrates her half birthdays and feels everyone has an inner temptuous voice.
Born in France and having lived in Switzerland, Gabrielle currently resides in Montreal with her husband, three devilish children and an extremely moody cat.
After spending years contemplating a career in writing, she finally jumped off the deep end and too the plunge into the literary world. Writing consumed her and she independently published her work.
Gabrielle's style is fiercely raw and driven by pure emotion. Her love stories leave you out of breath, yearning for more. while at the same time wiping away tears.
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