Saturday Snippet

Today's theme is love letters…I thought I'd share a love letter the hero in my Carina book, Do Over, wrote to his wife as they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

My beautiful Faith,
I remember my dad telling me when I was younger I'd know instantly when I met the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. At the time, I thought the old guy was off his rocker. Dating had never been comfortable for me and I was pretty sure married life would be more of the same—endless hassles and complications.

Then I met you. It's always been easy between us, Faith. Easy to talk, to laugh, to love. I'd dated lots of girls

before I met you and it was always damn hard work. I felt like I had to think before I spoke, that I was always second-guessing every gesture, every move, playing games with no clear-cut rules. I never did any of that with you. You just came into my life and let me be me. When I look back now, I can't remember a time when you weren't there or a time when I didn't want you there.I remember the day I proposed to you like it was yesterday. I'd carried that damn little ring around in my pocket for nearly a week, trying to find the right time, the right words. And after all that worry, I still fucked it up. We walked around that stupid lake for hours and the whole time I was giving myself an internal pep talk, determined you'd have my ring on your finger before I took you home that night.
Finally, my nerves snapped and when we sat down on that bench, I blurted out, "Hey, let's get hitched." Days of practicing flowery proposals and that's what came out. I didn't remember my dad's words about knowing the right woman until you answered me. You just smiled, laughed a little and said, "Okay. That sounds like fun," and I knew the man was right. You didn't want the fancy words or flowers or even a big ring. You just wanted me and in that moment, I felt like I was ten feet tall.

You have always been the only woman in the world for me. You're my best friend, my lover, my wife and my life.

Troy

 

Do Over is available at Carina, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, and All Romance Ebooks.

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