Bourbon & Secrets (The Bourbon Boys, #2)

by Victoria Wilder

To discovering that you’re allowed to fall in love as many times as possible in your lifetime. Whether it’s with a new lover or an old friend. Whether it’s with the same person, but new versions of each other as you grow. Fucking fall. Do it loudly. Do it at your own pace. Rush. Ease in. Enjoy an instant lust, a slow burn, or a happy for now. Rebound. Fall again.

“You and I both know that if I wanted you, you’d let me have you.”

“You don’t want a nice girl right now, Foxx.” “What do I want, then, hmm?” A small moan crawls up her throat as she says, “You want someone to tell you to be a good boy and do what you’re told.”

“Oh my god,” I moan. He smiles up at me. “Yeah, Peach, I can be that for you too.”

“I haven’t wanted anyone the way I want you. It’s reckless, and I don’t have an explanation about why or how. I just know that I like the way you make me feel.”

“You make me feel like I don’t need to pretend when I’m around you. That I can be exactly who I am without being anything other than a man infatuated with a beautiful woman.”

I started falling in love with Faye Calloway on the edge of a cornfield, on a stage, over a bottle of bourbon, and every time she’s been in my arms since.

“When someone feels right, you lean into it. Loving someone again doesn’t mean one has to be better or stronger. If you’re smart, you’ll fall in love as many times as the world will allow—sometimes, it’s with the same person and all the new versions of each other that grow over the years. And for others, who experience loss or goodbyes, it’s when someone new shows up, shakes you up, and all of a sudden, things feel a whole lotta right. Don’t think for one second that loving Faye isn’t the bravest thing you’ve ever done. Don’t give up on her yet.”

You are what love looks like to me.”