Title: Never Always
Author: Rachel Robinson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
A standalone novel in the Harbour Point SEAL Series.
Tennyson
In a family filled with picturesque butterflies, I’m a moth. Camouflaged. The invisible, nerdy scientist who would rather study water and save the planet than don a dress and mingle in southern society. Unfortunately, having my nose in a book and eating goals for breakfast doesn’t bode well for a social life or my cobweb covered dating sector.
Then I met Grange. He’s a tormenter—an epic bully, but he’s promised to help me in my lackluster areas. He’s been ordered to fulfill service hours at my Aquatic Lab in Cape Cod, if I allow it.
He is bad, the worst. I’m talking wearing prison garb when I met him kind of awful. We all have our demons, but Corrick Granger’s seep into everything and everyone around him. Sure, I’d love his expertise on how to land a guy, but I’m not sure any man is worth dealing with an outcast Navy SEAL who has more issues than a magazine subscription.
Grange
One hazy mistake was all it took to ruin my life. Well, one mistake coupled with a chain of bad decisions, and a side of my hot temper. The court doled out an easy community service sentence. Never anything too harsh for a “hero.” I’ll be back at the Teams in six months, easy. I need to keep my cool, put my head down, and follow the rules.
A fiery redhead with something to prove is all that stands between me and my freedom. Tennyson is a maddening combination of know-it-all and knows-nothing. The type of woman who would cut off her own nose to spite her face, and yet when my one mistake snowballs into a life altering, soul-damning error, she’s undeniably there for me.
Even though I don’t deserve it.
Even though I’ve kept secrets.
And despite the fact I have become the monster she knew I would be.
Grange gets poetic…
Keep reading to see the full Love Note!
Tennyson,
T is for the tiny birthmark on your shoulder
E reminds me that you’re everything to me
N is for my never ending love for you
N is for the never ending N’s in your name
Y stands for the yummy spot on your neck
S is for the sexy way you tug on your ear
O is because you’re the only woman I’ve ever loved
N is because I’ll never give up on us and I will always be your person
Happy Valentine’s Day! This poem isn’t as eloquent as I’d hoped, but there is no one else in this world that I’d want to be with today. I’ll always be the muscles to your intelligence. The crude joke to your scientific fact. I’ll always be here for you, Tennyson. Not only did you make me believe in love again, you made me believe in life.
I want to give you the world. My heart beats for you. Always.
Forever and a day,
Grange
Rachel grew up in a small, quiet town full of loud talkers. Her words were always only loud on paper. She has been writing stories and creating characters for as long as she can remember. After living on the west coast for many years she now resides in Virginia with her husband, two children, and her hairless cat.
