Part of Jake
First published 2014
Mase has spent ten years watching Skylar from the wrong side of a line he never crossed. She was his best friend first, the girl he quietly loved while life kept throwing obstacles between them. Cancer nearly took her once. Then he did something unforgivable, and she left town entirely. He spent years assuming that was the end of it. Now Skylar is back, and she is living with another man. Mase knows he has no right to say anything. He put her through too much. But watching her settle into a life with someone else, he can see what she cannot admit out loud: she does not love this man. The feeling she has been carrying around for years still points straight at Mase. He has one chance to get this right before she makes a permanent mistake. The problem is earning back the trust of someone he already broke. Ward builds the tension slowly, moving between longing and guilt, and the emotional core of the book is simple and hard: some people love each other for so long that the love itself becomes the wound. Standalone companion to Ward's Jake Undone. Contains explicit sexual content and strong language. Recommended for readers 18 and older.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: angsty, bittersweet, emotional, intimate, slow-burn, tension-filled
Tropes: forced-proximity, friends-to-lovers, longing-and-pining, second-chance-romance
312 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content, terminal-illness