(Brother’s best friend, forbidden love, military, small-town, second-chance romance.) A promise written on a coaster. A lost night in a dark room. Grayson Cole was my brother’s best friend. He was all of my firsts. Then he went away… Drew Harris was just a kid, a senior in high school, my best friend’s little sister. They said she was too young to know her feelings. I was too old to have them, so I left to join the military. Four years passed. Loss, injury, angry words I can never take back. I’m home, but I’m not the same. Neither is she. Now she’s a woman with flashing blue eyes, long blonde hair, and gorgeous curves. She’s the same sweet smile, the same sassy mouth… I could never say No to her before. I should say No for her sake. She deserves better than what I’ve become, scarred and damaged. “They told me to stay away from you. I went away to try… God, I tried. Now everything has changed. I’m back, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make you mine…” (A full-length, STAND-ALONE CONTEMPORARY romance about first love, redemption, and finding your way home. No cheating; No cliffhangers.)