Before That Promise: Drew & Skylar, Book One of Two (Unfinished Love #3)

If anyone can make Drew Lawson actually want to utter the ‘C’ word—let alone precede it with anything remotely merry—of course the universe would pick the addictively sweet, mind-wreckingly beautiful Skylar Sullivan to try.

She’s only the girl-next-door of his dreams he’d classified as completely off-limits two years ago…the same one now standing on his doorstep on Christmas eve.

Between a crazy hotel mishap, one giant secret hanging over their heads instead of mistletoe, and a little holiday road trip, the pair help each other rediscover the memories from their pasts that count, and start making new ones to look forward to remembering in the years to come.

This is Book One of Two of the Drew & Skylar duet—starring Skylar Sullivan from the Can’t Resist series, all grown up, and Drew Lawson from the Cactus Creek series, as swoonworthy as ever. Happy holidays, everyone!

NOTE: This novella is also published in the ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS charity anthology with Debbie Macomber, Bella Andre, Melody Anne, Violet Duke, Marie Force, Brenda Novak, Laurelin Paige, RaeAnn Thayne, Melanie Shawn, and more (where 100% of the proceeds will go to juvenile diabetes research).

The UNFINISHED LOVE Series
Four brothers. Each fighting for their second first chance at love. Years be damned.

(Caine & Addison) - Summer/Fall 2016
-- Book 1: Before That Night
-- Book 2: Every Night Without You

(Drew & Skylar) - Winter 2016
-- Book 3: Before That Promise
-- Book 4: Every Promise Unspoken

(Gabe & Hannah) - Summer/Fall 2017
-- Book 5: Before That Kiss
-- Book 6: Every Kiss Goodbye

(Max & Kennedy) - Winter 2017
-- Book 7: Before That Chance
-- Book 8: Every Chance We Lost

***EXCERPT***

His arms became full-body shackles around her when the thought of her being hurt slammed into him.

Skylar released a surprised mini-yelp, and then quickly tried to reassure him, “Drew, I’m fine. Nothing happened to me.”

Where once he’d thought the neverending possessiveness he felt about her was his most primal fate, Drew now discovered his protectiveness over her far eclipsed it. “Don’t ever do anything so recklessly romantic like that again. Not for me or anyone. I’d never forgive myself if anything had happened to you. And I sure as hell would’ve made certain no living soul would ever be able to forgive the man who harmed you.”

Eyes glued to his, her breathing faltered at whatever she saw in its depths. “Wh-what happened to your due north?”

Drew slid his hands up to cup both sides of her face. “I’m looking at it. Don’t ever doubt that where my moral compass is concerned, you’re my due north. More than I realized. More and more every day, it seems.”

Strange how this was the first time he was admitting out loud that he often pictured Skylar in his future, and yet it didn’t sound at all foreign coming out of his mouth.

Her gaze fell to his lips as he uttered that declaration and it took every last bit of restraint in his body to keep himself from kissing her.

Because he knew that once he did, he’d never be able to let her go again.