Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: Always You by Stephanie Rose

Title: Always You

Author: Stephanie Rose

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: March 26, 2015

Synopsis

To Samantha Christensen, Lucas Hunter was always the guy—the sexy, smart and unattainable man she pined for throughout college. To Lucas, she was a treasured friend, a younger sister he felt the need to protect. She had a choice—to wait and hope, or to settle. When they meet again years later, Lucas looks at Samantha and sees a woman he wants—even though she’s not free to take. As they renew their friendship he finds he’s falling hard, and can’t accept any less than all of her. Samantha realizes there’s hope with Lucas. Will she finally have a chance to be happy with the man she’s always loved, or will obligations and insecurities stand in their way? Can Samantha and Lucas convince each other that they belong together? That it was Always You?

Candi's 5* Review:

This was a great and amazing debut novel by Stephanie Rose. Once I started reading I was hooked and needed to know how things would go for Samantha. She has had a huge crush on her friend Lucas for years....would she ever get the nerve to tell him how she feels before he moves away for work? Of course, sometimes, life works out differently for us. 10 years later Samantha is stuck in a loveless marriage to her husband Marc. The only thing good in her life at the moment is her little girl Bella. I absolutely loved Bella!! She was the sweetest little girl ever. Marc.....there is just no words for the things I felt for that man. I don't know how Sam stuck it out as long as she did with him.

And then one day Samantha recieves a friend request on facebook from Lucas!! Will they reconnect? Will Sam learn she is not the only one who had feelings all those years ago? Will Sam finally get the courage to leave her husband Marc for a life with Lucas or will Marc change his crappy ways? All I can say is I would def recommend one clicking this book asap!! Every girl needs a superhero in her life and Lucas was def that for Sam and Bella!! I can't wait for more from this author in the future!!

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Excerpt

“Shit, Sam! Baby Girl, are you okay?” God, please no. Calling me Baby Girl now was like sticking a knife directly into my already broken heart. Lucas lifted me off the ground to help me stand. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head. I always loved when he did that, but now it hurt like hell. It was torturous, but I let myself feel him one last time. I wanted to remember the way he smelled, how his arms felt like home—but he wasn’t my home anymore, and it killed me to know that. I pushed out of his hold and looked at his face. His beautiful face. His blue eyes were still glassy, but they were red now. I didn’t want to believe what I saw. I wanted to look at the unshed tears growing in Lucas’s eyes and think it meant he really loved me, and he would never ever hurt me. I saw an empty cab coming up the block and raised my arm to hail it. I must’ve fallen hard as blood trickled down my wrist when I held my hand up. The cab slowed to a stop and I headed to the curb where it waited. I willed myself to stop crying at least until I got inside. Lucas grabbed my arm again, shaking his head. “You can’t leave like this.” His voice was cracking. “I need you, I love you. You know me, Sam.” I shook my head sadly. “No. No, I don’t.”

About The Author

Stephanie lives in the Bronx, New York with her superhero-obsessed husband and son. Her day job is marketing, but she always has a story in her head. This lifelong New Yorker lives for Starbucks, book boyfriends, and 80s rock After spending most of her youth watching soaps, Stephanie has an obsession with angsty drama and hot romance. She's excited to finally bring the characters she's been dreaming about to life!

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