I grab her exploring finger just as it reaches my happy trail—a trail that if I let her wander down further will lead us to do things we can’t take back. Things like three-word phrases being confessed that would end me if I was rejected. Things like selfishly wanting to own her body and doing things to her that would make my fantasies blush. And things like making her promises too soon that won’t do either of us any good. She makes me want a future that’s not possible, and one I don’t deserve. Listening to my ego got me into this situation. Will listening to my heart get me out?

Book 2 in the Welcome to Paradise Series Our eyes meet and we spend a moment looking into the others', reading the fear and the love that mingles within. I die inside knowing that I won't get to see her face every day. I can't help myself when it comes to her. I have faith our love can overcome the obstacles that will undoubtedly arise, but I still worry... Will our good intentions be good enough?

Evan Ashford is sex personified. He makes me feel things I never have and crave things I'm not sure I should. Time doesn't exist when we're together-all of our worries becoming obsolete. Our tongues touch, and as if by memory, they move in harmony, feeling at peace, feeling at home. Despite his mother's best efforts to drive us apart and the miles that separate us, I'm ready-ready to claim what's mine. In an instant, his lips are pressed firmly against mine, consuming my words as if hearing them isn't enough. Desire turns to need as he tastes and savors every syllable ever spoken from my heart to his. Mallory Wray caught my attention and stole my heart. The emerald of her eyes draws me in, and it's so easy to see why I fell in love with her. I run my hand over her cheek and into her hair, admiring everything I've missed so much. That familiar intensity that formed our bond back in Hawaii exists again. It's comforting, engulfing, making my chest ache in the most painfully acute way. My heart feels grounded in her. This is right, this is us. I can finally breathe again. Her hand settles on my cheek and a soft smile appears. "My sweet surfer. What a change a month makes." "It's not the month that changed me. It's the girl." I turn and kiss her palm. "You make me want more than I feel I deserve." "You deserve everything your heart desires." "My heart only desires you." "Then I'm yours. All yours. Always." Life has taken these two young lovers in different directions. Can their love bring them back together? Will they be able to find their paradise once again?

From New York Times Best Selling Author, S. L. Scott, comes the fourth installment (120 print pages) in the Welcome to Paradise series. Life was perfect. Paradise was found in the arms of a redeemed bad boy. Evan Ashford’s cocky side didn’t stand a chance against true love. He pursued me with an unbridled determination, a passion that couldn’t be denied, winning me over. Our lives are now set… or should have been. But nothing stays perfect forever and happiness comes with a price. We’ve paid that price. Sometimes we may not get the answers we seek, but we’ve learned to cherish the gifts we’ve been given. It doesn’t matter what life throws at us or takes away, we’ve found love and we will fight for what matters most—family.