Away Series by Siena Sloane

I loved him. The boy with the skinned knees and the dirt-streaked face. I gave him my firsts. I gave him my everything. Content to float, wrapped in the warm embrace of our vows to love, honor, and cherish. Too focused on the occasional breeze rippling the surface of my tranquillity, I failed to see the storm clouds boiling on the horizon. By the time I did, it was too late. It took me by surprise, violently plunging me into the murky, muddy depths. Robbing me of breath. Robbing me of life... moreI loved him. The boy with the skinned knees and the dirt-streaked face. I gave him my firsts. I gave him my everything. Content to float, wrapped in the warm embrace of our vows to love, honor, and cherish. Too focused on the occasional breeze rippling the surface of my tranquillity, I failed to see the storm clouds boiling on the horizon. By the time I did, it was too late. It took me by surprise, violently plunging me into the murky, muddy depths. Robbing me of breath. Robbing me of life. In those layers of suffocating, cloying mud, I heard his voice calling. Calling me to be the Lotus Flower I had always been. Author’s Please note that this book contains infidelity in a marriage. less

When I moved to a new town, I found friendships and a love I never expected. Life was perfect until a friend of Ryan's arrived for a funeral—someone with a far more complicated history with him than I knew. A friend who looked at him the way friends don’t look at friends. Slowly, she started ripping everything away; unraveling everything I held dear, pulling away every thread of my relationship. He was torn between loyalty and love. I could feel it. I could see it... moreWhen I moved to a new town, I found friendships and a love I never expected. Life was perfect until a friend of Ryan's arrived for a funeral—someone with a far more complicated history with him than I knew. A friend who looked at him the way friends don’t look at friends. Slowly, she started ripping everything away; unraveling everything I held dear, pulling away every thread of my relationship. He was torn between loyalty and love. I could feel it. I could see it. And I could do nothing about it. Because the person who was supposed to fight at my side became the person I fought against. I made mistakes. Plenty of them, By the time realization set in, Aspen had already walked out the door, leaving behind everything we had built together. Now, I’m left picking up the pieces, trying to win back the woman I love. Aspen’s everything to me, and I’ll fight with everything I’ve got to prove that she’s the only one who matters. But after all the lies and hurt, I’m not sure if love alone will be enough to bring her back. less