Everlasting Promises by Debra St James

Hope

As a teen, I fell in love with my best friend’s older brother.

We made promises to each other and solidified them with marriage and a baby.

He broke his promise … I didn’t.

Our promises were meant to be everlasting. Or so I thought.

I was wrong.

Now, I’m raising our son alone and I’m too broken to be everything he needs.

Until a police officer turns up on my doorstep with my wayward son and an offer to help him deal with his grief.

The more time we spend together, the more my son falls for Ben and his dog, Rex.

The problem is, he’s not the only one falling for the duo.

I never expected to feel this way again.

Before I realize what’s happening, I’m breaking my promise of forever to my husband and wishing for a future with another man.

Ben

At eighteen, I learned life’s too short to take anything for granted, so I don’t let opportunities pass by.

I moved to the city to follow my dream of becoming a K9 handler and I’ve never looked back.

In my free time, I work with troubled kids and hang out with Rex, the best partner a cop could ask for.

Now I’m living my dream.

My job is everything I thought it would be and more—it’s my life.

Until I meet Hope and her son, Evan.

Their relationship is fractured, and she thinks she’s broken beyond repair.

She couldn’t be more wrong.

The more time I spend with them, the deeper I fall for their resilience in the face of devastation.

I find myself creating situations to spend more time with them and wishing they were mine.

And before I know it, I’m making everlasting promises.

But everlasting promises are hard to keep …

Especially when we can’t control the future.

An emotional, steam-filled contemporary romance about a widowed single mom who thinks she’s broken beyond repair and the cinnamon roll officer who shows her there’s beauty in the broken.