Everything was perfect.
Or so they thought.
With help from his parent’s inheritance, Nolan takes on a new business adventure, utilizing all his free time. What was once their life- carefree with minimal responsibilities, is no more. When Alexa starts to feel the pressure from school, wedding planning, and lack of help from Nolan, exhaustion kicks in and feelings get hurt, testing the strength of their relationship. But, if there is one thing that Nolan will never compromise, it’s Alexa’s happiness. There’s nothing Nolan Pratt won’t do to make sure Alexa is well taken care of, loved, and happy.
When Nolan’s past resurfaces- a past that Alexa didn’t know existed- will it all be too much? Will Nolan’s devotion to Alexa’s happiness cost him their relationship and lose him the only thing that has ever mattered in his life? Or will Nolan discover that his past doesn’t determine his future and he is worth the happiness he doesn’t think he deserves?
I read this book as a standalone, and it definitely can be read as such, but the couple is already established and at their mushy lovey part. I would say that it would be better to get some of the back story for this couple, that way you connect better with Alexa and Nolan. It's a bit smothering at the very beginning of a book to read all that love. I will say one thing it's definitely HAWT!! I think the book definitely picks up at the end. I loved the plot twist, I won't go into much detail, but it was utterly heart wrenching! The ending to the book was great, however, I would have liked a bit more.
I really liked the cover to this book, it is what made me pick the book in the first place. I think it's the best in the series! Wilcox's writing is spot on too! She can draw you into the scene and definitely can write some blush-inducing smexy scenes. Overall, this was a short-HOT-read, with a sweet yet heartbreaking plot that will overwhelm your emotions. I'd say give it a read!
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With help from his parent’s inheritance, Nolan takes on a new business adventure, utilizing all his free time. What was once their life- carefree with minimal responsibilities, is no more. When Alexa starts to feel the pressure from school, wedding planning, and lack of help from Nolan, exhaustion kicks in and feelings get hurt, testing the strength of their relationship. But, if there is one thing that Nolan will never compromise, it’s Alexa’s happiness. There’s nothing Nolan Pratt won’t do to make sure Alexa is well taken care of, loved, and happy.
When Nolan’s past resurfaces- a past that Alexa didn’t know existed- will it all be too much? Will Nolan’s devotion to Alexa’s happiness cost him their relationship and lose him the only thing that has ever mattered in his life? Or will Nolan discover that his past doesn’t determine his future and he is worth the happiness he doesn’t think he deserves?
Chapter
1
Almost
Three Years Later
Nolan
The
house is quiet, and all the lights are off downstairs as I make my way through
the kitchen, down the hallway, and up the stairs. I hear the television and a light flickering
from the master bedroom. A pinch of
excitement surges through my body.
I love when she waits for me in bed.
On my way to our
room, I anxiously undo my tie and unclasp the first few buttons to my shirt
before untucking it from my pants. Just
thinking about what choice of bedtime wear she has picked out tonight makes me
hard and ready. Licking my lips before
turning the corner, I’m a little caught off guard with what’s waiting for me on
the other side. Instead of my sexy and
willing fiancé spread out over our bed, I find a pissed off Alexa sitting up
with her arms folded across her chest.
“Where
have you been?” she shouts before I can even take two steps into the room.
Shit! She’s really pissed.
Coming up aside
the bed, I sit down next to her so that my body is facing her.
“What
do ya mean- I was working?” I answer in a sincere, yet confused tone while
resting my hand on her thigh.
“You
were supposed to meet me at Justin’s Grill three hours ago, Nolan!”
Fuck!
I
close my eyes and drop my chin to my chest while exhaling in shame. I completely
forgot about the meeting.
“Yeah,
nothing like showing up to an appointment for a wedding venue and being stood
up by your fiancé,” she adds. “I felt
like a complete idiot, Nolan. I can’t do
this all on my own. I need your help.”
My
gut knots picturing her face while checking her watch every few minutes
wondering where I was. I stood my fiancé
up while trying to plan our wedding.
What
a fucking asshole I am!
Scooting
in closer to her and resting my hand on her cheek, I make sure I look her
square in the eyes when I tell her, “I’m so sorry, doll.”
I
can feel Alexa’s body relax as she exhales. “I know you’re crazy busy with
trying to get your gym opened up, but I need you, Nolan, and you didn’t even
have your phone on when I called.”
Her
tone is sincere this time, but it still pains me to know how exhausted and
alone she feels in this whole process.
The last thing I want is for planning our wedding to be a dreadful
experience for her. I want to see the
smile on Alexa’s face and the warmness in her eyes that I saw the day I asked
her to marry me. I know girls dream
about what their wedding day is going to look and feel like from the moment
they learn what a wedding is…I want her to have her fairytale.
“I
had meetings all afternoon, so I had my phone off, but it’s not acceptable. I
should’ve been there, and I feel like shit that I wasn’t. What about our
family? My sister would love to help, and you know your mother would jump
on board immediately.”
“I already said no to this, remember?” she
sighs. “Your sister is crazy busy with work, and my parents have done so much
already with the engagement party and everything else. I wanted to be able to
do this ourselves, and not have to rely on anyone else.”
Right. I knew this.
“Okay, how do we fix this, then? How can we
make this work? I, unfortunately, can’t be in two places at once.”
“Well…” she begins with the cutest fucking
smirk. But as cute as it is, it’s also the same smirk that I know means
she has something crazy planned out in her head already. “I researched some
wedding planners in the area, and I found a really great one, but…”
Elated
with her Plan B, I interrupt, “No buts. That sounds fantastic. Why don’t you call them tomorrow?” I lean in and kiss her gently. Alexa presses
back slightly. “They’re really expensive, though, babe. We’d be going way over budget.”
Although
I’d give Alexa the world if I could, I’ve learned over the past few years that
I should ask the price before saying yes. The girl likes to spend money and can
do it rather quickly.
“How
much are we talkin’?”
Her
grin grows a little sweeter with the perfect amount of sexy as her hands start
to move slowly down my chest, unclasping the buttons of my shirt on the way.
She’s good.
Moving to her
knees, she brings her mouth to the side of my face and whispers in the hottest
voice imaginable, “Just five thousand.”
Five thousand! For a fill-in fiancé? They better kiss her
damn feet, too!
With opening my
own fitness gym, the wedding, and the random expenses of being a homeowner,
I’ve been writing checks left and right. The thought of adding five grand on
top of that is not a pleasant thought. Knowing how happy it’ll make Alexa and
how it’ll allow her to have the wedding of her dreams and not to mention, I’m
getting so fucking turned on with her hands now undoing my pants and seeing her
nipples hard and screaming my name through her silk top, I happily agree.
“Book’em,”
I growl against her lips before pinning her down on the bed and seducing her
mouth with my tongue while running my hand up under her top, squeezing her
eager and waiting breast.
“Oh,
I love you,” she moans once we come up for air and start removing each other’s
clothes.
“More
than you could ever imagine, doll,” I reply, spreading her legs as my mouth
slides in between them.
Just
as her fingers tangle in my hair and her hips move up and down, I swirl my tongue
around her clit. With the way her
breathing deepens and the sexy ass moans that escape her mouth when I go down
on her, I’ve made it a pre-sex ritual to get her off with my tongue before
filling her with my cock.
Starting
to feel my dick throb with its own heartbeat, and wanting to get to get inside
of her now, I do what I know will send Alexa over the edge. Sucking her nub
forcefully in my mouth, I push two fingers deep inside, massaging over her
sweet spot within. In seconds, her hands fist in my hair and her body clenches.
“Oh god,” she moans as
her body surges into a hot as hell orgasm.
Moving
my mouth up her body, I take a second to greet her perfectly plump breasts
before making my way up to Alexa’s beautifully pleasured face.
God, how I love seeing what I do to her.
Our mouths flow
in a rhythmic pace while our tongues caress each other with passion. Emotionally involved with our kiss, the world
fades away around us as I bring my hands up to her face, passionately pressing
against mine.
Using
my legs to open Alexa’s more, I line myself up to her opening, pushing in with
ease. Her mouth separates from mine as
she falls back further into the pillows, letting out a fulfilled deep throated
moan.
Alexa
Nolan
brings my hands up over my head as he stares deep into my eyes, moving his
length in and out of me. His long blonde
hair falls around his face and his crystal blue eyes sparkle with desire. He’s
so effin gorgeous and turns me on more than I could ever imagine one person
could. Like he can hear me admiring him,
he smiles and brings his face down closer to mine, resting our foreheads
together. While filling my body with
pleasure, he kisses me slowly and sensually, perfectly in sync with his movements.
“I
love you so damn much,” he breathes heavily against my lips.
Sliding
out from underneath him, I push him down into the bed. A shocked but devilish grin creeps across his
face as I swing my leg over his body, lining his shaft up to my opening,
pushing him up inside of me as I sit down on top of him.
Nolan’s
hands clasp my hips as I tease him by bringing my hands up to my breasts. Nolan goes crazy when he sees me pleasuring
myself- it’s like an insta-orgasm for him.
Closing my eyes, I seductively massage my breasts while grinding my
lower half over his.
“Oh
yeah, doll…” he growls, pushing up in me harder.
Our
pace slowly quickens and our moans grow more frequent. Soon, I feel Nolan’s body tense as mine fills
with an unbelievable amount of pleasure, releasing into a mesmerizing orgasm
together.
*****
“You
make me look like a one pump chump when you do that,” Nolan jokes as I walk
back into our room after cleaning up in the bathroom.
“Do
what?” I ask with a smirk, climbing back into bed.
Wrapping
his arm around my waist and curling up behind me, he kisses my neck before
responding, “You know exactly what
I’m talkin’ about.”
Softly
chuckling to myself, I reach over and switch the lamp on my nightstand off.
“Goodnight, babe. I love you,” I tell him with a knowing smile on my face.
“Goodnight,
doll.” He grins against my neck. “I love
you more.”
I read this book as a standalone, and it definitely can be read as such, but the couple is already established and at their mushy lovey part. I would say that it would be better to get some of the back story for this couple, that way you connect better with Alexa and Nolan. It's a bit smothering at the very beginning of a book to read all that love. I will say one thing it's definitely HAWT!! I think the book definitely picks up at the end. I loved the plot twist, I won't go into much detail, but it was utterly heart wrenching! The ending to the book was great, however, I would have liked a bit more.
I really liked the cover to this book, it is what made me pick the book in the first place. I think it's the best in the series! Wilcox's writing is spot on too! She can draw you into the scene and definitely can write some blush-inducing smexy scenes. Overall, this was a short-HOT-read, with a sweet yet heartbreaking plot that will overwhelm your emotions. I'd say give it a read!
3.5 Stars
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Some may consider me a jack of all trades, but I consider myself well rounded.
I’ve waitressed, styled hair, answered phones and, most recently, worked full time as mom to my two beautiful little boys.
Then there was this book… Everyone and their brother started talking about this book series titled Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James. I didn’t really pay attention to the craze at first, since I wasn’t a big reader- okay, I didn’t read at all. But curiosity got the best of me, so I downloaded it to my kindle.
I was immediately hooked. I read the whole series in three days. Yes, three books in three days.
I kept finding all these great books that I HAD to read (just ask my credit card!).
Then I started hearing voices. Voices that turned into stories; stories that were begging to get out of my head.
I started writing them down on scraps of paper. Then I transferred them to my computer. Before I knew it, Planning on Forever was born.
The voices in my head are still talking, so I’m still writing.
Title: Giving You Forever – ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) Reviewer received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The copy is not a finished copy on sale.
Author: Ashley Wilcox
Release date: June 19, 2013
Genre: Erotica
Age Group: Mature Adult
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