Revive Me, Part One: The Act (New Haven, #2)

by J.L. Seegars

In public, Mallory Kent is strong, focused, capable. She doesn’t break down. She doesn’t let the ghosts of her past creep into her present and wipe away all the progress she’s made. She doesn’t give her power to anyone.

“People always think they want the truth until you give it to them. Once you do that, they never look at you the same. It’s all sad eyes, pitiful glances, and empty words that don’t help. But you already know that, don’t you, Chris? That’s why no one here knows about your mom. That’s why you hide the demons that keep you up at night behind a big smile and bury the rest of it inside whatever girl finds her way into your bed.”

“When you touch me are you thinking about what he did to me, how he took the things I’m offering you? Because I’m not, and I don’t think any other man in your position would be either.”

Ten seconds. That’s how long he gives me before he moves on with his life, walking back to his future while I remain firmly in his past.

A tragedy. Masquerading as a romance.