Nash came out of nowhere and filled a void in my unworthy heart I only recently realized existed. Disarming eyes, innocent smile, long legs.

I don’t respond well to blackmail, so this isn’t going to end the way he wants. He’s even willing to blackmail me to keep me under his thumb. He says he brought me into the con game and that I owe him. My best friend and business partner isn’t happy with my decision to go legit. There’s a huge Texas Hold’em tournament at the Rio, and I plan to win it. So I’m making a career change into the world of professional poker. My name is Max, and in my world nothing is as it seems.īut I’m tired of looking over my shoulder, waiting for my luck to run out. Because the only thing worse than Gunner seeing me as child would be for him to fall for someone else. I only hope that when the best Christmas break of my life is over and Gunner returns to college that he hasn’t completely broken my heart. I certainly never expected him to steal secretly into my bedroom in the middle of the night and touch me the way a man was made to touch a woman. That he hasn’t wanted to act on his feelings because I am his best friend’s little sister. That he might feel the same way about me as I do about him. What I never considered was that he might already look at me that way. But when he comes home from college for Christmas break, what if he still sees the little girl I used to be? He’s staying with my family for the holidays, and I can’t stand the idea of living under the same roof with him for two weeks if he can’t see the woman I’ve become. Despite still being a virgin, I’m all grown up, and my feelings for Gunner have only become stronger. I’ve hungered for every glance and smile he sent my way, and I’ve longed for him to see me as more than just his best friend’s baby sister. Now I’m eighteen, and it’s time for him to realize I’m not just his best friend’s little sister anymore.'įor six long years, I’ve lived for when my brother’s best friend Gunner came over after school to shoot hoops in the backyard, play video games, or just hang out. 'I’ve been in love with Gunner since I was twelve.

Mistakes of the Past by Patricia Lynne