Only Forever by Lucy Darling
I’m a businessman. Level-headed. Always keeping my eye on the bottom line and nothing else. I’m not a creature of want, never have been. So why has all that suddenly changed the moment Julieta appeared in my life? I can’t seem to think straight, can’t stay focused on anything except obsessing over her. I don’t know if I’m losing my mind? Maybe so. But I do know that once I’ve had a taste of my Julieta, I won’t be able to let her go. Even if that means playing dirty for the first time in my life in order to keep her.
Growing up in the foster system, allies are few and far between. But I always had my best friend Raegan who could find the brighter side for us in the roughest of times. When Raegan calls for me to come home with fear in her voice I know her twin brother has likely brought trouble to their front door. I drop everything and rush to her side even if it means losing all I’d been working towards. She would do the same for me without question. What I didn’t expect was trouble to be a man with an iron grip and a smile that he only gives to me. It doesn’t take me long to realize I may be in deeper trouble than them all.
- File Name:only-forever-by-lucy-darling.epub
- Original Title:Only Forever
- Creator:Darling, Lucy
- Language:en
- Identifier:1514811877
- Date:2022-07-26
- File Size:376.622 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Only Forever
- 5. Contents
- 6. 1. Vincent
- 7. 2. Julieta
- 8. 3. Vincent
- 9. 4. Julieta
- 10. 5. Vincent
- 11. 6. Julieta
- 12. 7. Vincent
- 13. 8. Julieta
- 14. 9. Vincent
- 15. 10. Julieta
- 16. 11. Vincent
- 17. 12. Julieta
- 18. 13. Vincent
- 19. 14. Julieta
- 20. 15. Vincent
- 21. 16. Julieta
- 22. Epilogue
- 23. Full Page Image
- 24. Meant to Be
- 25. Chapter 1
- 26. CONNECT WITH ME!
- 27. Also by Lucy Darling
Only Forever (which could be considered the prequel to Only Sunshine) was about 30+-year-old Vincent Castillo, the owner and CEO of Castillo Global Inc., and Julieta "J.J." Jones, a personal assistant to the MMC of Only Sunshine (J.J. was probably in her mid to late 20s since she had already graduated from college, had spent several months interning at her job, then worked another 9 months before the story began.)
When Vincent learned that one of his employees (Travis Smith, who was the twin brother of Raegan from Only Sunshine) was stealing from him, and why, he took action. But it wasn't the normal thing one would do in such a situation like having him arrested. When his security chief gave him Travis' cell phone, he had seen a picture of two women, one of which was his employee's twin sister, but he was more interested in the other woman, and set about learning all he could about her.
When JJ's BFF called her in tears to let her know that not only was her brother in trouble but that the man he had stolen from was insisting that JJ was the answer to solve all the problems, she made a beeline for home. Once she was there, she quickly learned that the reason Vincent wanted her there was to force her to marry him to save her BFF's brother from jail. J.J. didn't hesitate to sign on the dotted line.
This was a fast-paced story that had a lot of angst, drama, and a touch of spice. There was even a bit of push/pull between the two main characters, as well as a villain(ness) to ramp the heat up even more. There was the ever-present rollercoaster ride full of twists and turns one comes to expect from a good story, and this one did not disappoint.
The two main characters were well-developed, mature, and had plenty of room for growth. Neither of them played a head game with the other, even when things got dicey. They managed to communicate with each other and work things out, even if it took a bit for the MMC to get his head out of his derriere and open his eyes to what was going on around him.
I gave this a five-star rating and it will be added to my Keeper for the Shelves collection.