Five years. That’s how long it had been since my life as I knew it had ended. Others that had suffered a similar fate, had fallen on their feet. They had the perfect life and the perfect partner, but I wasn’t bitter. No, not me. Who was I trying to kid? I was as bitter as hell. Because while their life was perfect, mine had fallen apart. Holding down a job was nigh on impossible. I’d been in and out of rehab so many times, I didn’t even have to tell them my name. I used to be someone’s little, now I was just a nobody, a nobody that belonged nowhere. Or that’s how it felt. How hard could it be to forget my past? Damned hard, that was obvious. The real problem? I wasn’t sure I had it in me to care anymore about me or anyone else, but when Detective John Palmer turns up, offering to help, I wonder if he’s what I’ve been waiting for. Time is short. Hours, minutes and seconds are running through my fingers like sand in an hourglass. Can he stem the flow? Can he be the one to give me what I need, what I desperately crave? Only time will tell. But when my past catches up with me, I’ll need him more than I ever thought possible. Loving Liam is the third book in the Liverpool Boys series. It can be read as a standalone but it may be advantageous to read Saving Ziggy first. TW for drug use