An Unfinished Life
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An Unfinished Life
Copyright © 2015 Mary A. Wasowski
Cover Design by Mindy Guerreiros
Editing by Joe Marron
Formatting by JT Formatting
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Chapter One – Coming up for air…
Chapter Three – Backed against the wall…
Chapter Four – The devil behind the shield…
Chapter Five – The beauty returns…
Chapter Seven – More than meets the eye…
Chapter Ten – Don’t believe everything you hear…
Chapter Eleven – The man behind the mask…
Chapter Twelve – What do you want to do...?
Chapter Thirteen – Time to shatter the illusion…
Chapter Seventeen – Here’s my heart…it’s yours
Chapter Eighteen – Nothing hurts if you don’t let it…
Chapter Nineteen – Dance with the devil…
Chapter Twenty – Don’t give up on me…
Chapter Twenty-One – Let the games begin…
Chapter Twenty-Two – Leverage…
Chapter Twenty-Three – History repeats itself…
Chapter Twenty-Four – ’m here…come out and play
Chapter Twenty-Five – Open your eyes…
Chapter Twenty-Six – You have my past…but I need my future
Chapter Twenty-Seven – You brought me back to life…
Chapter Twenty-Eight – A new day…after the storm
Chapter Twenty-Nine –Truth doesn’t always set you free…
Chapter Thirty – One year later…
Chapter Thirty-One – One year later…
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hank you, readers, for taking the time to read
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A true Thank You would not be complete until I thank the angels that live in my life every day…
Henry: thank you for loving me. It’s been an amazing 26 years sharing my life with you. You are a forever romantic, and not a day goes by that you don’t make me smile or laugh. I love you, husband.
Our boys: You are my world. I love you three with all of my heart. You raise me up when I am feeling down. Your support is amazing for my ego. You call me a rock star. You treat me like a hero. At the end of the day, I am just a mom.
Mindy: thank you for taking the time to read my words. Your feedback is instrumental. I’m never worried when I receive your critiques. I trust you completely, and I am so lucky to have your support when it comes to my writing, and even more in friendship. I love you more. You wear many hats my friend. You not only are my number one beta reader, but an amazing cover designer. You designed an outrageous cover for this book. You rock my world.
Joe: the other guy in my life. You are not only my editor, but my very dear friend. Thank you for inspiring me and listening to all my crazy book ideas. You. Get. Me. And I love you for it.
JT Formatting: thank you, Julie, for all you do. This is book number six for us. I have fond memories of our first interactions with each other, and smile when I think of them. You must have thought I was crazy with all of my questions, but you answered each one and helped me understand how everything works. You give 100% to every client you work with. I am honored to be one of them. I have the utmost respect for you and honored to call you friend. Your creativity astounds me with every book you format for me. You are a rock star.
For the bloggers: thank you to Kylie McDermott of Give Me Books. You did an amazing job spreading the word for
An Unfinished Life
to the blogging community. Everyone who participated has been so supportive, sharing my cover and spreading the word.
Lastly, to you, my readers: I hope you enjoyed reading Jack and Jacob’s story. These two men grabbed hold of my heart and did not let go. This was the book I never intended to write, but it was the support from my readers who asked for more. I am thankful that I listened.
XOXO …
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rubbed my face with my hands as the morning light invaded my hotel room. My eyes were calling for more sleep, and my body was calling for…
her.
I gave my body a stretch and rolled onto my side, taking in the now empty bed. It was cold with only a faint smell of the missing beauty who rocked my dick repeatedly until I fell into a deep slumber. Or as I called it…passing out. However, I would definitely welcome a bender like that again if given the chance.
Whoa, where did that come from? No!
Don’t go there, Jacob.
It will only bring more hurt, and I’ve had enough to last me a lifetime.
Then again, this woman from last night not only awakened my deadened senses, but with the bat of an eyelash and a sexy shake of her ass, I actually felt like I came back to life—back from an existence where I was closed off and feeling dead inside. I started to think that maybe she could be…someone special.