An emotionally riveting, standalone, romantic suspense, of lost love and soul mates, comes from Amazon bestselling author SM Stryker. ༺❃༻They say true love only finds you once. ༺❃༻ I've always believed things happen for a reason. But things don't always happen the way you planned. My name is Callie Bailey, I was in love with Drayton Clay. Drayton was my first love, my first kiss, my almost everything. The day Drayton proposed to me was not only the best day of my life but the most tragic as well. Then Maison Keller walked into her life. Tall and handsome, he flipped her world off its axis. He showed her that there was more to live for. Love with Maison didn't quite feel the same, but after losing her first love, she knew things could never truly be the same as before. Could they? Her life with Maison was great. They own the hottest club in town, what else could she ask for? At least, that’s what she thought. Suddenly he began to change. Then the unthinkable happened. Her world once again came crashing down around her, but this time she was running from her past. By the time she’d met Kai, she had given up on love. Losing everyone you love has an irreparable effect on a person, and she wanted nothing to do with the man who swallowed her up with the emerald fire of his gaze. My name is Kai Sterling, and I know I shouldn't get involved with her, but there's something about the woman sitting in a mud puddle in the middle of a rainstorm crying, but her tears pulled at my heart. Callie was something I never thought I would have, but deep down always wanted. Can Kai save Callie from her past, or will her past be too much for him to handle? They say true love only finds you once, but Kai wants me to believe that the third time's the charm. Will this man with the golden heart convince her to stay? Whispers In The Wind is a new adult romance novel that contains physical & sexual abuse, explicit language, and sexual scenes, and it is intended for persons 18 years of age and older. \\\THIS IS BOOK ONE OF A FOUR-BOOK SERIES\\\ THEY ARE PARALLEL STORIES AND CAN BE READ ALONE OR TOGETHER\\\*

Liam has been so many people he can hardly remember who he really is. Having to walk away from the woman he loved to keep her safe, he wonders if he will ever be able to have a normal life. With the trial starting in a couple weeks, all he can wish for is to put his demons and secrets in the past. When Finn’s Gram gets sick, she comes home to care for the woman that raised her as her own. But, when her Grams dies, she says goodbye to the only home she has ever felt safe in, but with a new job on the West Coast waiting for her, she packs the few things she has in Rose Red, her beloved car her Grams gave to her and says goodbye to her past ghosts. She just had to do one last thing before she left… Another blind date. ARG. When Finn mistakes Liam for her blind date, her BFF Marley fixed her up on, she realizes her friend finally got this one right. With his dark shaggy hair, crooked smile, and his imperfect perfect teeth, he was beyond beautiful, but she was leaving town in the morning and she doesn’t do one-night stands. Although, for him, she might reconsider. As Finn walked into the restaurant, Liam couldn’t take his eyes off her, and when she suddenly sat down in front of him he couldn’t believe his luck. They laughed and talked as if they had always known each other, but, when her phone rang, it all comes crashing down, literally. Liam couldn’t get the mysterious woman out of his head. He knew he could never be with her, he’s leaving to testify in the morning, and God only knows if he will make it back alive. Finding out that the man in front of her wasn’t her blind date, Finn started to question her state of mind. She really liked Tom, hell, he wasn’t Tom, he was an imposter. Why didn’t he tell her he wasn’t her date? She should have known better than to think Marley would set her up with someone like him. He was perfect. Can life get any worse? As she had sat there with the blind date imposter, it was the first time in a long time, she felt safe, unafraid, and normal.

Forced to leave the only family she had. Sixteen-year-old, Natasha will be groomed to marry a man she doesn’t like, let alone love. Alec Turner was my best friend and Natasha; Nat as we called her, his kid sister that followed us everywhere. After a tragic accident left Alec and Natasha orphans, their aunt and uncle stole Nat away from us; cutting off all communication to her. It wasn’t until another tragic death that I saw her again. She was beautiful, elegant, sophisticated and had the mouth of a trucker that I was dying to kiss. I had never told Alec the feelings I had for Nat. She was only sixteen and I was Two years older. Alec would have killed me and buried me in his backyard for even thinking, let alone mentioning, my attraction to her. It’s been seven years since she was taken from us and Alec was just killed in Afghanistan, and the girl I fell in love with; the elegant, classy, prim and proper woman in the designer suit, Well, she’s slinging handfuls of mud at his casket. Little did she know, Louis; her betrothed, followed her, and he would stop at nothing to get her back. He needed her. No, he needed her birthright to take his place in the family My name is Connor Nash, and this is my story of lost loves and the second chances. \\\THIS IS A STANDALONE BOOK\\\