Excerpt Reveal for Best by Melanie Jayne
Best:The Change Series, Book 3 by Melanie Jayne
Date of Publication: May 16, 2017
Blurb
I have a new name in a new city.
Tye and I agreed to be friends only. Now he sleeps in my bed every night, holding me close, protectively. After everything that I've been through, I'm not sure that I can handle more, besides he isn't a relationship kind of guy. I'm not even sure why he's here with me.
I saw Billie and wanted her immediately. I know that she has secrets but getting to know her is like unwrapping a gift, slower is better. Her scars run deep and every day is a struggle. I want to help her, to protect her from those that want to hurt her. I tell myself that's why I'm holding her every night.
We're just friends… It's for the Best that way.
Isn't it?
Tye and I agreed to be friends only. Now he sleeps in my bed every night, holding me close, protectively. After everything that I've been through, I'm not sure that I can handle more, besides he isn't a relationship kind of guy. I'm not even sure why he's here with me.
I saw Billie and wanted her immediately. I know that she has secrets but getting to know her is like unwrapping a gift, slower is better. Her scars run deep and every day is a struggle. I want to help her, to protect her from those that want to hurt her. I tell myself that's why I'm holding her every night.
We're just friends… It's for the Best that way.
Isn't it?
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Excerpt
I stretched my legs, dropped them onto my desk, and leaned back in my chair. It had been a shit day. Hell, it had been a shit week. I should have guessed that Veronica Shane would reconcile with her dick of a husband on the day of the hearing. The plastic surgeon husband had started making real money three years ago, and we’d found no evidence of anyone steady on the side, whispering promises if only he would shed his family…
He’d probably looked at the layout for monthly child support—all three kids were under the age of six—and alimony for Lara. It was no surprise he’d had a change of heart and immediately fallen back in love with his wife. The sad thing was that she’d be back. I’d give it eight, no, maybe thirteen months, tops.
I closed my eyes. They felt gritty and itched. “Why the fuck are people so predictable?” I tried to make my body relax. I was tired of this shit. Weary of watching couples come apart, people who once loved, now hating each other.
“Another good reason,” I growled. Shit like this made it crystal clear why I was never going to be in a relationship. I wasn’t going to go through this.
I let out an evil laugh. Wouldn’t my brethren in the bar association love that? Tyler Burke getting dragged through the mud by his wife?Nope. Not going to happen. I’d continue keeping hookups short and easy.
“Hey.” Forde’s deep voice interrupted my thoughts.
I dropped my legs. “Come on in,” I said, motioning him inside.
He moved a stack of files off of the chair in front of my desk. My office was messy, but I liked it that way. I could find everything, and besides, very few people were invited in.
“I’m getting ready to head out and thought I’d stop in to make sure you’re coming.”
“Yeah, I need to tie up a few things, and then I’m out.”
Forde relaxed back into his chair. “So, I hired that friend of Lay’s, Billie.”
“I’ll mark that one off my list.” But it could be entertaining having the beauty working right next door.
Forde’s eyebrows lowered as he glared at me. “Tell your guys not to push her.” Forde crossed his arms over his chest.
His warning felt odd. I was used to him warning me away but my guys? “She claimed?” Too bad, she would at least have been fun to flirt with.
“Just put out the word—no pressure, no hotboxing.” Forde smoothly got to his feet.
That he was being so blunt with his warning meant he was deadly serious. “Sure, I’ll tell them.”
Forde started to leave but stopped at my door. “And Tye, get some rest. You look like shit.” He left on that positive note.
About Melanie Jayne
Melanie Jayne lives on a grain farm in central Indiana with her husband of twenty-seven years and two mastiffs, Ginger and Duncan Keith. She's worked retail, in a federal courtroom, closed loans and behind the scenes in a casino. Now she is living her dream—as a Romance Writer. Her first book was published in 2015 and she features characters over the age of thirty-five. She loves to meet readers and discuss all things book related.
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