It's Always Us

Summary

What if you give your whole heart away? Do you ever really get it back?

Lex has just been going through the motions for years, trying to let go of the one man she can't seem to forget. When she finds herself getting ready to take on a life she's never wanted, she realizes she's stuck in the same place she was at sixteen—heart stolen and fully belonging to another. Now, Lex is determined to move forward and finally face reality—life without him.

But when the past returns, making declarations she'd never thought she'd hear again, will Lex take a chance to go after what she's always wanted?

Mark has been living the high life . . . at least, that's what the media believes. Reality is, he's spent the last eight years thinking of the one who promised to love him always. For Mark, time has passed and damage was done, but he just can't convince himself that her devotion wasn't real. When time is running out—or so he thinks—he takes a shot to find out once and for all if her words were honest and true.

When the fun-loving, professional quarterback makes his play, will he find that the hope he's held onto is everything he needed it to be? What if it's so much more than he ever could have imagined?