Always and Forever Series by C.C. Monroe

Friendships are defined as a bond between two people, a building of a strong connection and like for one another. Usually excluding romantic or sexual feelings. Now what occurs when the typical doesn't happen and friendship turns to love? Trey Adams spends his days working with music and pining over his longtime best friend, Shayla Donovan. The only thing holding him back is his past, a past where love only hurts and leaves you. To love Shayla the way he desires may be a long, arduous road... moreFriendships are defined as a bond between two people, a building of a strong connection and like for one another. Usually excluding romantic or sexual feelings. Now what occurs when the typical doesn't happen and friendship turns to love? Trey Adams spends his days working with music and pining over his longtime best friend, Shayla Donovan. The only thing holding him back is his past, a past where love only hurts and leaves you. To love Shayla the way he desires may be a long, arduous road. Shayla Donovan has lived thirteen years of her life with a secret she is ready to confess. Pushing her fear aside may be the only way she can move forward in helping Trey learn the meaning of true love. On their journey to finding love, these two souls will fight battles bigger than they could ever imagine. *This novel contains mature subject matter, such as explicit sexual situations and coarse language, please refrain from reading if these things offend you. This story is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18. Hot, sensitive, alpha male, with an HEA. less

We almost made it. Our feet nearly cemented to a solid foundation. Until we weren't stable anymore. Shayla Donovan broke through and into Trey Adams’s heart, healing it piece by broken piece. And just when happiness was finally going to come their way, Trey loses half of his heart for the second time in his life... moreWe almost made it. Our feet nearly cemented to a solid foundation. Until we weren't stable anymore. Shayla Donovan broke through and into Trey Adams’s heart, healing it piece by broken piece. And just when happiness was finally going to come their way, Trey loses half of his heart for the second time in his life. Will Shayla be able to push forward and open herself up to trusting the people in Trey’s life who once destroyed him or will she succumb to the darkness of her own secrets and pain? On the eve of completely letting go of his past with his mother, Trey Adams’s future and past collide, resulting in a downward spiral of loss, new beginnings, and dangerously close family ties. Will he be able to choose the road that leads to his true happiness? Is the real love Trey and Shayla found strong enough to overcome everything? less

Lana James Save Me. Fix the broken in me. Forget me. Please, forgive me. Kingston Donovan Hurt me. Fix the crazy in me. Love me. Please, let me in. Can Lana learn to find safety in Kingston or will her past cripple them both? Will Kingston be able to handle Lana’s constant need to break them or will he burn in the wreckage?

Kingston I would fight a thousand forevers just to have one with her. But that forever might never happen, because light can’t come from her complete darkness, and we were over before we barely began. I’m losing my queen and I can no longer protect her. Not even from herself. Lana My son came to me when I needed him most. Now, protecting him has lead me down a road on which I may lose it all... moreKingston I would fight a thousand forevers just to have one with her. But that forever might never happen, because light can’t come from her complete darkness, and we were over before we barely began. I’m losing my queen and I can no longer protect her. Not even from herself. Lana My son came to me when I needed him most. Now, protecting him has lead me down a road on which I may lose it all. My past is free and my future feels captured, and everything I thought I could bury is now rising from the ashes beneath a burning flame. In all of this, I could lose the forever I could almost touch with my Kings, and Prince—my final hope. less