Hold on to Hope

<p>A best friends-to-lovers, stand-alone romance from New York Times Bestselling Author, A.L. Jackson...</p><p>Evan Bryant wasn't your typical hero.</p><p>But he was mine.</p><p>Broken by the worlds' standards, he was still the strongest boy I would ever know.</p><p>My best friend. The boy I'd given everything to. My heart, my body, and the promise of forever.</p><p>The day I'd needed him most, he walked away.</p><p>He left me shattered and questioning the love I'd thought we'd shared.</p><p>Three years later, I wasn't prepared for him to return to Gingham Lakes.</p><p>It wouldn't have mattered if he wasn't the most beautiful man I'd ever seen.</p><p>My fingers still would have ached to caress his skin.</p><p>My body still would have begged to get lost in his touch.</p><p>And my heart . . . it would have always sung his name.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>But time changes things. With it, secrets that could ruin everything. </p><p>Can we find a way to love again, or have the fears of our past stolen the hope of our forever . . .</p><p><br></p>