Kylie wants something real. She feels like she’s outgrowing her let’s party life and wants to be with someone who has potential for a future. She has a good relationship with her father, and he taught her a lot about how she should be treated, simply by example. But she still has a hole left by her mother. She feels hurt and abandoned, and what she wants more than anything is the security of being loved. Despite what happened between her parents, she doesn’t question the idea of love. She just doesn’t see it right in front of her, in the form of her best friend.
This book, for me, was about highs and lows. Writing it was very much a roller coaster. The highs are pretty high. Braxton is desperately in love with her, and I was rooting for him to be with her from the beginning. Kylie’s self-revelation that she’s in love with him only made my desire to bring them together stronger. And when they do finally take that step—when Braxton’s greatest wish becomes reality—OMG, the high. He’s so happy. She’s so happy. It’s all so good and wonderful and did you maybe want to stop reading right about there?
The first time I had to take a break and breathe through my emotions as I wrote was when Brax lied to Selene about being with Kylie. I literally got up and paced around the room a few times, thinking, “Damn it Brax. Don’t do it. This is going to be so baaaaad later.” (And yes, I realize it’s weird that I do things like that. I’m the one writing it, and it all only exists in my head at that point. Whatever. I’m okay with it.)
And when it came time to write the big crisis—the moment when Braxton breaks up with Kylie? Fucking hell, it was hard to write. I didn’t want it to happen.
But that’s what I mean about highs and lows. The highs made the lows harder, but ultimately it made the ending more satisfying.
I love this book, probably a little too much. It will always be special to me and I’m really glad I took the time to write it (it was literally the book I wasn’t supposed to be writing for a while – it was not actually on my writing schedule, but like I said, sometimes the book demands it!). I hope you enjoyed it too!
You’ll see a little more of Brax and Ky in an upcoming novel (releasing November 2016) entitled ALWAYS WILL. Obviously I had to write about Selene. Can she find love? I guess we’ll find out…
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About the Author
Claire Kingsley writes smart, sexy romances. She's in love with love, and finds inspiration in the stories of broken people who find love and healing together—with a generous dose of steam.
She can't imagine life without coffee, her Kindle, and the sexy heroes who inhabit her imagination. She's living out her own happily ever after in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and three kids.