Title: Prove Me Right (It’s Kind of Personal #3)
Author: Anna Brooks
Release Date: Nov 16, 2015
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One weakness can change everything.
Meara and Liam were friends before they could talk, in love since they could drive, and planning their future before they graduated high school. In order to start the life they’ve always dreamed of, Liam just has to finish his tour with the band.
He doesn’t want anyone else. Liam’s only ever had eyes for Meara, and he can’t wait to finally get home to her. But when his dark secret is exposed and his entire world crumbles around him, he has no choice but to let her go.
Meara would wait for him forever. She knows that Liam will always be hers, especially now that she has an unexpected surprise for him. But just when the life she’s waited for is in her grasp, she discovers something that destroys her fairytale ending.
Can two people who are destined for each other find their future together with mistakes between them? Will their love be able to repair the heartbreak and lies?
One night was all it took for everything to fall apart.
Can one moment be all that’s needed to repair it?
“Does this mean what I think it means?”
My head shakes on his chest when he laughs. I look up at him and flick his nose.
“Yeah, princess. Go find it.”
I bite the inside of my cheek then press a hard kiss to his lips, hop off the couch, and run to grab my laptop. Once I have it, I sit at the kitchen table and power it on, tapping my fingers anxiously. Liam stands behind me and places his hands on my shoulders, gently rubbing them, his thumbs kneading into my back. My head falls forward for a moment, and I let him take my stress away.
Too excited to wait any longer, I roll my head back up and type in the address bar. Once I scroll through the website and see one that stands out, I point at it. “You like it?”
“I don’t care. I already told you this.”
“Liam, it’s a house, not a shirt. You have to have an opinion.”
“My opinion is that I don’t care what the house looks like as long as you’re in it.”
God, I love this man. He always said that we’d buy a house when he finished with his tour. In my mind, I was prepared to wait, so there was no way I could contain my excitement that I get to start house hunting now. I’ve always had this vision of what I want my house to look like.
“Give me something. Anything. Please, Lee. I want you to like it, too.”
“All right.” He kisses the top of my head and sits next to me. “I want privacy. If there’s not a fence already, I’ll build one, and I want some land. I don’t want the neighbors to be able to look over and see me fucking you.”
“Ha-ha.”
“Think I’m joking?” The screeching of the metal chair legs pierces my ears when he turns it so my body is in front of his. He grips my upper arms, looking right at me to make sure I see him, too. “I’ve gone seven years not being able to have you whenever I want you. Seven horrific years of fucking my own hand almost daily when I only got to be inside you every three or four months. Do you have any idea how much I want you? Constantly.” He answers without giving me a chance to speak as his fingers tighten on my arms. “You are always on my mind. Your face. Your smile. Your smartass mouth. Your body. And just thinking about you constantly makes me hard. Can you imagine how it’s going to be living together, waking up next to each other, and sleeping in the same bed every night?”
I squirm in my chair, wetness quickly dampening my underwear. He trails a couple of fingers down my arm and grabs my wrist then places my hand on his rock hard dick. With his hand on top of mine, he squeezes.
“It’s always like this for you. Only you. Doesn’t matter how many whores or groupies walk around backstage half naked. You’re the only one who can ever do this to me. Always have been and always will be. And if I know I get to come home and touch you, love you, fuck you every day for the rest of my life … Princess, it doesn’t matter where it is or what it looks like as long as you’re there.”
My Review
Finding new-to-me authors is my favorite. And this book is one reason why. With such a well written story that had both heart and steam, I now need to go back and read the first two in the series. Meara and Liam's story follows them from when they were very young children who became best friends until they were adults in love trying to preserve their relationship through the trials of long periods of separation.
Having grown up together, Liam and Meara have always been inseparable. As young adults they realized that they were meant for more than just best friends. But just because they knew and loved each other, didn't mean they didn't have their own goals. During high school Liam formed a band with his friends and after graduation they decided to take one year to see if they could make it. Meara had her own goals of taking over her family's pub and needed to stay home. So the two went their separate ways but all the while stayed true to each other and saw each other as often as they could.
Fast forward 7 years. Liam's band took off better than anyone could have expected. Traveling all over the country and playing music was what they hoped but never expected to happen. Even so Meara and Liam have made it work. They have both stayed true and devoted to one another and relish the time they get to spend together. But when old demons resurface, they are left to pick up the pieces and prove that they are meant to be together.
This story was one that I couldn't put down. I had to find out what Liam did to break Meara's trust in him. <spoiler>This is a safe read. There's no cheating </spoiler> I had to know that these two would be okay. I also loved that this wasn't your typical rocker romance. Liam really was dedicated to Meara the whole time, but this wasn't a rocker romance in which the band was in the for front. Liam and Meara's relationship was always center stage and Liam's desire to go home warmed my heart. Of course I struggled with some of his choices, but Ms. Brooks did a phenomenal job of writing a realistic look at the consequences from his actions. It's just that some mistakes are so large that they can over shadow even the strongest relationships, but watching these two struggle and then try to begin again made me smile all the way until the end.
Reviewed by Paige
★★☆ 4 "Proven" Stars ☆★★
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Anna began writing when she thought the world would want to hear her sick lyrics through song. Since then, she's realized her childhood dream wasn't so far-fetched, just misguided. Now she writes romance with real emotions and happy endings. If Anna isn't writing or reading, she can be found by a space heater painting her nails and drinking a ridiculous amount of Diet Dr Pepper. She also likes to hang out with her husband and two boys. If it wasn't for them, she wouldn't ever leave the house. Anna was born in Wisconsin but now lives in the Evergreen State.
