Taming Teddy (Made Marian, #2)

by Lucy Lennox

Jamie Marian was a study in contrasts.

No, sweetheart. I don’t ever want to leave you.

I knew it wasn’t just about my fear of snakes. It was about not letting fear keep me from what I wanted. A message in which the timing couldn’t have been better.

“Sometimes photographs tell you the truth. You look at the moment you were lucky enough to capture and see your very heart reflected back in the image. In that way, photography offers permanence. Moments, like relationships, can be fleeting, but a photograph captures the moment and sets it in stone.”

“But now I think I understand the real reason Jamie was hesitant. Because the real photographs, the ones that suck you in, are the ones where you catch a glimpse of truth in the person being photographed. “I didn’t realize it at the time, but this was the gift that Jamie gave me. The chance to see that in him. I’ve learned that being in love with your subject changes your definition of beauty in those fleeting moments. The way the sun lights up their best features, the way their body language changes as they interact with their surroundings. The patience you have for dimples you know are just waiting for the right moment to show themselves. And the instinctive knowledge you have of when to hit the shutter release to catch them being their truest self. “It’s a difficult thing to open yourself up to that kind of vulnerability, to allow someone else to not only see the real you, but to capture it and make it permanent for others to see as well.”

At that moment when all seemed right in the world and a fresh new year was being born, I felt an incredible sense of peace wash over me. I couldn’t think of any place I’d rather be than with this man on this piece of earth and the rest of my life dazzling before me.