Maybe Forever by Keyanna Butler Release Day Blitz
MAYBE FOREVER by Keyanna Butler
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Publisher: Limitless Publishing
Cover Designer: REDBIRD DESIGNS
Tagline: “The definition of family only requires one word…love.”
Amazon Ebook:
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SYNOPSIS:
Family. Harper Montgomery has been trying to define the term for
years…
When Harper got pregnant at fourteen, her family abandoned her to be a single
mother with no support system. She survived the only way she knew how—hard work
and determination. Now she is a nurse in her early thirties, and her son Jamie
is ready to embark on high school. Harper can finally say they’ve made it. She
can’t take all the credit, though.
Dakota Daughtry isn’t family, but when he signed on to be a Big Brother to
Jamie, he finally felt at home…
Joining the Big Brother community program was only meant to boost Dakota’s
resume while working on his GED. Once he met Jamie and his mother Harper, he
finally found a place where he belonged. Years later, Jamie is graduating the
program, and his obligation to hang around is over, but he can’t make himself
leave. Jamie is more like a son than a little brother now, and Harper…well,
he’s been trying to deny his feelings for her all along.
Jamie is thrilled about the blossoming relationship between his mother and
Dakota. His birth father Aiden, not so much…
Aiden doesn’t want Harper—he’s too focused on his career for that—but he
doesn’t want Dakota to have her either, and he’s willing to play dirty to ruin
Harper and Dakota’s chances at becoming a real family. But things get
complicated when Aiden starts to develop actual feelings for Harper’s best
friend, and a secret is revealed about Dakota’s past that could change
everything…
Harper must choose…family or love? Or can she finally have both?
EXCERPT
“Jamie thought I
was going to call it quits from coming around so much just because he’s
starting high school.” Harper looks back up at him, a little worry written on
her face as well. “What did you say?”
“There’s no place I’d rather be than here,” he
says smoothly. Harper smiles brightly. She downs another swig of her soda.
“To be honest, I’m a little worried about this
change too. It’s like he doesn’t need me all of a sudden.”
“It isn’t that he doesn’t need you. He’s just going
through something,” Dakota says. “I talked to him tonight about it.”
“Do you think it’s something serious?” He gets up
and slowly walks over to Harper. He leans up against the counter next to her.
“I don’t think it’s anything life-threatening. All
I told him was if he ever needs to talk, he can talk to me.”
“I’m sure he already knew that. You’re always there
for him.” Dakota folds his arms across his chest, and Harper looks up at him.
“I guess he just needed me to say it out loud, you
know?” He looks down at her. She turns around to face him, setting her empty
soda can on the counter’s top. She runs her fingers softly through her hair and
bites her lip nervously.
“I don’t know if I say it enough or ever, Dakota.”
She puts her palms on his wide chest, feeling like some sort of contact should
be made. “It’s hard raising a teenage boy without the full support of his
father. Thank you for making it a little easier.” Her eyes slightly glaze over
with emotion.
“You’re welcome,” he says softly. “I know it’s
weird to say because I’m not his father, but wherever you lag, I’ve always
picked up the slack, automatically. It was never a question for me. We’re in
this together and it’ll always be that way…in case you were wondering too.”
Harper looks at him as if she’s seeing him for the first time. He’s far from
the teenage boy she let into her home seven years ago. She takes her hands off
him and rests them at her side. Suddenly the soda can on the counter has become
very interesting, and she studies it to avoid his eyes and her beating heart. She
shakes her head clear.
“Did I freak you out?” he asks. Harper finally
looks up at him.
“No, no…” she says. “I just hadn’t realized how
much you’ve changed.”
“Changed?” he says. She looks at him, and he’s a
lot closer to her than he was a moment ago.
“Yes,” she says breathlessly. She swallows her
unpredictable fogginess. “You’re not watching as much Teen Nick as you used
to,” she teases. Dakota laughs, and the tension in the room evaporates.
“If I’m not mistaken, you were the one obsessed
with The Amanda Bynes Show.” Harper laughs.
“Oh my goodness, am I ever going to live that
down?” Dakota shakes his head. He pulls at a shorter curl, blocking her eyelid,
and twirls it in his fingers, slipping it behind her ear softly. He outlines
her ear with his thumb, and Harper releases a soft sigh. Her eyes close
involuntarily and without preamble, she’s once again too close to Dakota
Daughtry.
Review:
I loved Maybe Forever by Keyanna Butler!
I find it hard to believe that this is the authors debut novel. It is written with such care and detail, that you would think Keyanna is further along in her writing career.
This story is unlike anything I have read before, and because of that, I fell in love with it even more.
You will get all the feels with this novel. You get the love and romance, but you also get the sadness and pain. You get the whole range of emotions.
I definitely recommend this novel to everyone!
4/5 Stars!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: KEYANNA
BUTLER –
Keyanna is a simple girl living in mostly fantasy worlds. She’s
been writing since she was 13 years old, jotting down full length stories on
construction paper and reading them to her childhood friends for entertainment.
She’s a self-proclaimed dork extraordinaire and a library card carrying book
nerd taking mental residence in the Wizarding World, coffee in an IV,
collecting movie stubs like memories, and constantly contemplating what life
would be like if she were one of the Avengers. Her hobbies include TV, sushi,
Facebook, and incorporating movie quotes into everyday conversation.
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