mrsmommyesq

Blaise Evans hasn't been back to Adair, Kentucky in eleven years, but finds herself in her rural Kentucky hometown after a series of tragic circumstances and unforeseen surprises. At only nineteen years old, she is doing her best to balance family drama, new friendships, and her sophomore year of college. As she gets more involved with an old childhood friend, she can't help but find herself attracted to her university's tall, dark and very off-limits admissions director.James Bradford is not interested in repeating past mistakes. He's healing from heartbreak and channeling his negative energy into his work as Director of Admissions of Adair University. He's back in control. His life is predictable. Routine. Disciplined. Everything is in order just as it should be. Until Blaise. ♡♡♡THANK YOU SO MUCH @annasteffey for the beautiful cover!♡♡♡Best of Summer Awards 2018 - WinnerBest of Summer Awards 2018 Best in Show - RomanceThis is a second draft.First draft:Reads at completion: 33KLikes at completion: 2.44K…

mrsmommyesq

I wake up every morning in my penthouse apartment next to a man who's been madly in love with me for the better part of a decade. I have the career, marriage and children I've always dreamed of. My life is about as close to perfect as I could imagine. So naturally, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. Nothing perfect lasts. I learned that the hard way a decade ago when Charlie Carter shattered my heart.***I go to bed most nights next to a beautiful face and hot, young body. I wake up every morning alone. Which is exactly how I like it. You can't break a girl's heart if she doesn't give it to you to begin with, and I'm done with broken hearts. Ten years ago, I made a mistake, one that destroyed everything in my life, most of all Faith Lewis. But don't you dare feel sorry for her. She turned around and destroyed me right back.Now she's back in Adair after nearly a decade away, and how dare she? How dare she waltz back in my life and make me question everything? How dare she judge me and the man I've become? She did this to me. I may have been the one to mess up, but she's the one who gave up. So yeah, I'm bitter and I'm angry. I'm angry that she lost faith in me. I'm angry that she vanished. I'm angry that she moved on so quickly and easily while I spent years wallowing in despair. But more than anything, I'm angry at how desperately I still want her.…

mrsmommyesq

You finally speak to me, under a cloud of cigarette smoke. It only took you four years.I fall for you quickly, sitting on the gravel under the bleachers. It only took me four minutes.♡♡♡This short story is my submission to the #TKBMovieContest…