One Last Shot (Frozen Hearts, #3)

by Julia Connors

She should come with a warning: Nearness may cause distractibility and lapses in judgment. Proceed with Caution.

Except you know a truth about her family that even she doesn’t know—and it’s one she could never forgive you for.

“I am so many things,” he says, his voice low and steady, “but a gentleman is not one of them.”

“There is a difference between loving and spoiling. Loving means giving someone what they need in order to feel safe and cared for. Spoiling is giving someone what they don’t need, just because they want it. You should learn the difference if you are going to work with children.”

I will never be happy until we’re together. It’s the inevitable ending of our story.

“But Raina will only be my nanny. I wanted Petra to stay and be my mom.”

“I feel like love is a lot stronger when you want someone without needing them,” Sierra says. “Please explain.” I like this phrase Aleksandr used the other night, and I think I’m going to employ it often. “Well,” she says slowly before pausing. “When you love someone because you need them, it’s hard to tell what that love is based on—is it really love or is it codependency? But when you love someone that you don’t need in your life, when you’re already whole and you love someone because they make you happier, better, more fulfilled—that’s a much stronger kind of love.”

“I’ve missed you for fourteen years,” he says. “I hardly think I’m going to stop now.”