Maybe it’ll never happen, or maybe they’ll get their ever
after all in MAYBE EVER AFTER by Cassie Graham. Brynn Darling has been in love
with her best friend, Easton Cole, for a while now, but after many failed
attempts at finding love, she’s ready to move on. When Brynn begins seeing a
guy who threatens everything Easton’s ever wanted, all bets are off. Fans of
playful, friends-to-lovers romance will devour this angsty yet nerdy story
about what happens when you fall in love with your best friend.
Maybe Ever After by Cassie Graham
Release Date: January 18, 2019
Publisher: Self-published
Genres: Contemporary Romance
No one tells you what happens when you fall in love with
your best friend.
They don’t tell you it’s like waiting for the answer to a
question no one can hear you ask.
Meet Brynn Darling. Successful event coordinator. Celebrity
friends. At the top of her game. But after many failed attempts at finding
love, and a realization that her best friend is clueless, she’s ready to move
on.
Easton Cole has been in the friend zone since . . . well,
forever. He fills the void with unimportant people and never gets attached.
That is until Brynn begins seeing a guy who threatens everything he’s ever
wanted.
All bets are off.
Maybe it’ll never happen.
Maybe she’ll fall in love.
Maybe they’ll get their ever after . . . after all.
Available on Amazon and FREE in Kindle Unlimited.
Um, I think I need Brynn to be my friend, like yesterday! I mean she works at cons with the starts of your favorite tv shows... what else do you need???
Maybe Ever After starts off great! Brynn is so easy to relate: Dorky, awkward and a total fangirl! Really watching Brynn in all her dorky glory was a blast. And she's always surrounded by famous people who are so gracious...
Brynn is in love with her best friend. Since they were kids, Easton has been in Brynn's life. They are inseparable, completely in Sych but he has no clue that she has been pinning for him for the longest time. And when Brynn thinks life can't get any better, along comes Jude: Superstar, super hot, Sweetest guy on the planet. And Jude wants to take her out!
Maybe Ever After has 2 very different parts that go along very well with the main characters. Brynn is so fun and easy to relate she always makes the reader smile. And Easton is always so contemplative, grumpy even. Reading how these two danced around their feelings was painfully entertaining.
Both characters have a very defined voiced and it was easy to see how they complemented each other. They were always in synch, even when they weren't speaking and I loved how Brynn made Easton come out of his shell.
My biggest problem with this one was Jude and how he played into the story. Without being spolery, I don't really see the point in him being there. Brynn was never really attracted to him outside the fangirling and we never get to see them really connect. It also felt a bit out of character for Brynn's personality.
But even with this, I love watching how Easton and Brynn came around full cycle and face their fears. Easton's past makes him weary and their friendship is so important for noth of them...
Maybe Ever After will make growl in frustration and squee like a total fangirl over Easton and Brynn's story.
Excerpt
Copyright
© 2018 Cassie Graham
Real moments were
scarce.
Wait, let me rephrase. Important moments were scarce. You know the ones. The
ones that defined your life and shaped you into who you were always meant to
be. Or who you always wanted to be.
That was the beauty of rarity. It forces you to look at your life from new angles
– makes you appreciate the struggle you’ve endured before.
As I caught my breath, the delicious heaviness of Easton on me, I knew I was
having one of those rare moments that would forever influence my life.
Easton pushed my hair back, his touch featherlight. I couldn’t understand how
he could be so forceful – so strong – one minute, taking everything he could,
and then so soft the next. Easton Cole was an enigma and I desperately wanted
to know more.
“My sweet Brynn,” he whispered in my ear, again
and it sent shivers through my body.
I was his.
When he looked at me like that . . . I couldn’t breathe.
He settled between my legs and I hummed with contentment, happy
to have him close, comfortable enough to never let him leave.
The alarm on his phone began to ring and our reality
smacked me in the face. “What happens next?” I asked in a small voice, feeling
even smaller. I didn’t want to leave this room. I didn’t want to pop our
bubble. I liked it.
Easton reached for his phone and silenced it. “We go home.”
I blinked, unable to say anything. He didn’t answer my question.
Not really. His response was far too literal for my taste, but what was I to
do?
So, instead, I kept quiet, watching the sun pour into our room,
Easton’s skin turning a beautiful bronze color.
After a while, we broke apart, each of us getting dressed in
silence. He stole sweet glances as I piled my hair onto my head and I snuck a
few peaks as he brushed and styled his hair in front of the mirror.
Euphoric and sad, I teetered on the brink of begging him to stay
here forever. I had no idea what kind of future we faced on the other side of
the hotel door.
But my mother’s words rang in my ears, reminding me to take it
slow.
Live in the moment, darlin’ girl. Don’t forget to exist in the
present while you’re waiting for the future.
Once our things were packed and ready to go, I took a moment to
look around the room – our safe haven where so many truths were shared.
I’d forever remember this hotel and the way the room smelled.
The way the sheets felt against my skin and the sounds Easton made in my ear as
we made love.
I’d remember all of it.
But what I’ll remember most is the way Easton looked at me and
the way he made me feel without using any words at all.
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About Cassie
A Moscato aficionado, and chocolate mistress, Cassie Graham
is a born and raised Arizona girl. Her sass knows no bounds and almost always
has something kind to say, no matter the situation. She runs a platform of love
and strives to bring those attributes out in every book she writes.
She started writing early in her high school career after an English teacher forced her to write in a journal. Four years and thirty-something notebooks full of words later, she found her passion. If Cassie isn't shoulder-deep in writing a version of a fairytale, you can find her front porch sitting with her husband and daughter, eating all the bread, gossiping with her best friends, visiting Disneyland, supporting strong women, listening to cheesy music and reading great books by amazing people. She loves binge-watching Supernatural, drooling over Dean, Sam and Cas, and going to conventions. She also enjoys spreading love any chance she can. So, if you run into her, give her a hug or a high-five. She guarantees they're magic.
Author of Unable to Resist, Anyone But Him, The Truth of a Liar, Enchanting Wilder, Surviving Wilder, Who Needs Air and The Girl Behind the Red Door.
She started writing early in her high school career after an English teacher forced her to write in a journal. Four years and thirty-something notebooks full of words later, she found her passion. If Cassie isn't shoulder-deep in writing a version of a fairytale, you can find her front porch sitting with her husband and daughter, eating all the bread, gossiping with her best friends, visiting Disneyland, supporting strong women, listening to cheesy music and reading great books by amazing people. She loves binge-watching Supernatural, drooling over Dean, Sam and Cas, and going to conventions. She also enjoys spreading love any chance she can. So, if you run into her, give her a hug or a high-five. She guarantees they're magic.
Author of Unable to Resist, Anyone But Him, The Truth of a Liar, Enchanting Wilder, Surviving Wilder, Who Needs Air and The Girl Behind the Red Door.
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