Forever & Always

Always & Forever

by Lauren Crossley

WARNING: I don't write about fairy tales and as much as I love Disney... I don't promise my readers or guarantee my characters a 'Happy Ever After...' Happy endings are harmonious but they're not always real life. I'm a sucker for bittersweet endings so please prepare yourself for one of them before purchasing one of my novels. Hearts and flowers won't be found in my writing and neither will perfect conclusions to my stories.

Newly revised & edited on: 20/12/2015

***This is the second and final instalment in the 'Always & Forever' series.***

Always & Forever Series:
#1 Always & Forever
#2 Forever & Always

She’s mine.
She belongs to me.
I will never let her go.
I will destroy anyone who tries to take her from me.
I will annihilate those who try and come between us.
I will protect her with my life.
Even if it means sacrificing my own... - Jake

Jake's possessive ways and intense nature used to scare me but now... I don't know anything different. I've become so used to raging fires, volcanic disruptions and earth shattering amounts of heartache. He's still the man I fell in love with but I no longer recognise the girl that Jake rescued several months ago. I don't know where to find her or how I'm supposed to start searching for the girl I used to be. The truth is... I'm lost and while Jake wasn't looking, someone else might have found me... - Bethany

Find out what happens next in the breath-taking conclusion to Jake and Bethany’s tumultuous love story. Forever and Always will captivate, shock, amaze and enthral as you find out if true love has the strength to conquer all.

Excerpt:
“You are mine.” He growls directly into my ear, walking forwards until my back meets with the wall behind me. “You’ve always been mine and you will be forever. Bethany… if you don’t understand that by now then it means you don’t understand me. No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try to push me away... I won’t let it happen. I can’t let you go. I just can’t. You are the one thing in this world that matters to me and I am never, ever going to give up on that. You belong to me and I’m going to make sure you never forget it.” - Jake

*** This New Adult romance novel contains mature themes, scenes of violence, strong language and sexual citations. It is recommended for readers 18+ ***

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First published December 18, 2015

About the author

Hi there, I'm 26 years old, I live in the UK and published my first book 'Always & Forever.' In 2014. I spent two years working on my first book and can't begin to count the hours I put in trying to figure out how to publish my first novel! 'Forever & Always' is the second and final instalment in the series.

'Wrong Girl' was originally supposed to be a standalone novel but I decided to make it part of a series and wrote 'Now It's Just Us' which is a short novella as well as 'Right Girl' which is the third and final instalment in the series.
(Due to high demand, I am currently working on an alternate ending to 'Right Girl' which will be released at some point in 2017)

'That Summer' (Part One & Two) are also available and deal with the highly controversial subject matter of two half-siblings who meet as young adults and fall in love.

Part One of 'The Secret' is available to download and part two will soon follow.

I've uploaded my darkest romance 'Monstrous Love' on Wattpad but have also published the complete novel on Amazon.

Part One of 'In Love with Lies' is also available on Amazon and you can read the first ten chapters on Wattpad. Part Two will soon follow and you will be able to buy the complete novel once part two has also been completed.

I am a hopeless romantic and love reading books within the New Adult genre. My own books tend to focus on the darker side of love, the side that comes along with crazy, obsessive, jealous and possessive heroes.

I really hope that you will enjoy reading my stories and will continue to check back here now and then to keep up to date with my progress.

My Wattpad username is: MissLauren26 or you can click the direct link below:

https://www.wattpad.com/user/MissLaur...

I have an email address which is laurencrossleyauthor@gmail.com

My readers can contact me on this if they wish to do so and I look forward to hearing back from you!

You can also find my author page on Amazon where I have each of my books listed:

https://www.amazon.com/Lauren-Crossle...

Thanks for reading, Lauren xx

Reviews

[Fre06 Begum · Rating 1 out of 5]

What the hell happened in this book! I really enjoyed the first one and was looking forward to this sequel and the author destroyed it by making the female a cheater and whinger, why was the heroine so sad about watching other pregnant woman when SHE was the one who decided to have an ABORTION knowing how destroyed Jake would be after losing one child already what type of selfish nasty bitch is she to deprive a FATHER to have a strong say but oh well she didn't feel mentally able so she just went with his sister to get rid of a baby she had with the man she "loved"! I don't have any strong feelings against abortions I but that was despicable of her she treated the baby like nothing and then kept going on and on about how she got upset about it. After she had the abortion she couldn't understand how Jake was acting she got upset because he didn't talk to her properly SHE WAS FEELING neglected so she started seeing Callum again because he was a friend ignoring the fact they both had feelings for each other, she nearly did sleep with him but at the last moment stopped because she LOVED Jake even though her body was desperate for Callum. She also became horny near Jake so I can't put it passed her not to be like that with any attractive guy! Jake had an incident with a girl in a bar because he was so upset at catching them together he got drunk and imagined the girl was the heroine, so yeah he wasn't perfect then but seeing the love of your life nearly naked with another guy couldn't have been easy. She was a selfish self absorbed nasty cheater who didn't deserve Jake he was to good for her.......oh and he died trying to protect her. She was not worth his life and this book was not worth my time. What a bloody let down.

[100sweet · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sigh...

This book had many triggers including cheating and a tragic ending. I read because my life sucks. I have experienced a lot of misfortune and tragedy. Reading has been the only way for me to escape my difficulties if only for a brief moment. That is why I prefer books with HEA. I like knowing that despite all the garbage life throws at people, they can achieve a positive end. It makes me hopeful about my own life. That is why I was so thrown by the ending of this series. The characters suffered a great deal in their lives and to still experience tragedy in the end left me feeling sad and angry. This is the second series I have read by this author and it had the same triggers and tragic ending. I love the type of H Ms. Crossley writes. They are fantastic and she writes smoking HOT sex scenes. However, I am now thinking of staying away from her books because of its triggers and endings.

[Lily Rose]

Remember, I never promised you a happy ending...

So I expect a SUPER happy ending!

[LeinF · Rating 1 out of 5]

WTH. I know she warned us not expecting a happy ending, but I didn't expect her to butchered the first novel. I mean I actually really liked the first one even though it was long I still enjoyed it and didn't mind how long it was. This book however just ruined everything I like about it in the first novel. It felt super rushed like she just wanted to end the story already and move on to a new project. The characters were horrible and not like what they seem in the previous story. And that ending, what's with that ending. This just didn't feel like a sequel at all, I'll say it again it felt more like the author was rushing to get this done so she can do something else.

[Kelly Yekel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking!

My gosh, I thought Always And Forever broke my heart, I never in a million theories; thought it would end with such heart break. I got all the way until that part and just sobbed. Beautifully Written!

[Tiffany · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't read this book - but thanks to the spoilers i don't need to, in order to understand that i would not have enjoyed it. Just as i could finish the first....too long and drawn out. Waste of time

[Sharon · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn't even bring myself to read this book after seeing spoilers for it, can't believe what happen to the characters in this book, poor jake he deserves so much more that what he got, it breaks my heart that it happen to him twice,

[Mustlovebooks · Rating 1 out of 5]

Horrible!

Worst book I have ever read. When it picks up Bethany and Jake are having problems due to her not having the baby. Which that part I am fine with but she than becomes one of the worst female characters I have ever read. She is a nasty, horrible person. Of course, the only person she can talk to about it is Callum. The whole "I can sneak around with another guy cause my boyfriend didn't pay attention to me" scenario starts. I mean this chick needs the attention of every dude she meets, and when Jake stops giving her the attention she needs, she runs to callum. So she is angry that Jake is heartbroken over the baby, which he needs time to come to terms with. But because he is not worshipping the ground she walks on all the time, she runs to someone who she hopes will. Than she screws Jake over and i think we are supposed to feel sorry for her. I wish I could give this zero stars. I wish beth had died. Safe to say I won't read this author again. This is just my opinion, i was OK reading the first book, their tantrums and child like behavior shows up in this book. I am confused why she finds reasons to get mad at him about things he did long before he met her. Get the F over it! For f's sake, he didn't even know her. Oh man, I hated this book more than any book I have ever read. And I always Finns something I like about a book. Nope not this one. Again, this is just my opinion but it sucked big time and I won't read another book from this author.

[nosheeta · Rating 1 out of 5]

after reading the amazing first book i waited 18 months to get the sequel and it's disappointing firstly it was very short and from the beginning i can't connect with the characters bethany here is a cheating annoying heroine and my favourite hero jake is so different he's confused and act strangely like when he left her to spend the night at callum's house and it got worse at the uncalling for end with what happened to him if it was in the first book i would've been having a nervous break down but here i just felt angry because the author seemed to write it in a hurry and couldn't deliver the right persons she ruined it completely

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the books i'm really struggling to rate... For an instance, i hate what happened in the end but then it was so beautifully/tragically written that i can't give it a lower rating...
Ms Crossley, happy ending or not, i really enjoy your books and appreciate the work you put into each one of them, please never stop witting.

[Molly Rusk · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this duet. heart breaking and breath taking. I had some questions afoot the ending and emailed the author. she responded instantly a couple times!

[Donna Fernandez]

Goosebumps

Never, never, never did I expect what I read in this book. There are no words I can even write. I'm on the verge of tears, yet they still don't come. Read this book. You won't be sorry

[Srishti Ghosh · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book was good But had a very painful ending. I don't understand why lauren had to end the book in such a way? Why couldn't it have another way of ending?

[Virginia]

loved this books with all my heart. its heartbreakingly beautiful and devastating. i hate to love it.