Whenever

by C.M. Marin

LUCAThe clusterfuck that is my life terrifies me. It took me a week to admit that, but here I am.My current home is a borrowed sail boat that allows me to wake up to a stunning ocean view every morning. It’s idyllic in a picture postcard kind of way, yet my mind is too much of a blur of anguish to really see it. To feel the quiet peace that Red Oak Bay is all about. Instead, I struggle with the dreadful feeling that I’m living on borrowed time. In five weeks, the view I’ll wake up to might change in the most drastic way.When Jamie walks into my fucked-up life, it feels like fate is mocking me. She’s so shy I want to shelter her and so beautiful I wish I could worship her day in and day out. I can’t do either. I have to keep her at arm’s length. And that’s what I do… for a while. Then, I allow myself a taste of what’s going to be ripped away from me soon. It feels like I’m alive again, but all that’s going to come out of this is heartache for both of us. Still, I can’t bring myself to regret a single moment with her.I just hope the memories will be enough when I lose it all.JAMIEI’m happy. For the first time, I look at my life and I’m one hundred per cent happy with where I’m at. I live in a peaceful, coastal town in Massachusetts, and I work two part-time jobs I love and that have granted me a few friends. It sounds boringly mundane, but to me, it’s everything.Then fate has Luca entering my life. A handsome young man with a sinful body that brings the shyness that’s always been the bane of my existence to its highest. My instincts are instantly at war between hiding away from him and letting myself drown in his tormented hazel eyes. I never know where I stand with him. It’s unnerving. Avoiding him would help me keep my sanity intact, but I just can’t.I wish he would tell me what secret is responsible for the anguish in his eyes. I wish I could help him, because resolving whatever he’s struggling with might mean he wouldn’t have to leave Red Oak Bay. And the more time we share, the more kisses he gifts me with, the more touches he worships me with, the more painful it becomes to imagine letting him go.-Whenever is the third book in the Red Oak Bay series, a small-town romance series-Dual POV-Steamy scenes-No cliffhanger-No cheating-HEA

Kindle Edition

Published November 24, 2022

About the author

C.M. Marin is an author of romantic suspense and contemporary romance.

She’s a small-town girl all the way. Quiet and nature are all she really needs… as long as there are books and a box full of assorted teas within easy reach!

She hasn’t found her own happily ever after yet, but she sure loves to write about falling in love and finding forever. With a touch of suspense, just the right amount of sexiness, and plenty of love, she writes books for every lover of romance around the world!