~Synopsis~
Dex is many things, a college senior,
the bassist for The Invisibles, a son, a friend, everything but a boyfriend.
Everybody knows him as the shallow guy who’s up for a good time anytime. People
rarely take the time to see the loyal guy lying just beneath the happy-go-lucky
façade.
There are parts of Dex’s life he
keeps hidden. Ones he believes no one would understand. Since he gave up on the
idea of a dream girl long ago, he thinks he’s finally found the perfect balance
of connection without commitment with Sam.
Chrissy used to know everything about
Dex. When he left four years ago for college, she was left behind. Four years
later, with nowhere else to turn, Chrissy calls the one person she’s always
counted on, Dex. One glance at the sad eyes he’s tried to forget and Dex knows
it’s out of his control.
With Chrissy's return, lines begin to
cross from friendship to something more, but will Dex's secret force them apart
forever?
~Purchase
link for Invisible Series~
Don’t Let Go (Book #1)
Let Me In (Book #2)
B&N ==>
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/let-me-in-michelle-lynn/1117186980?ean=2940148553045
Let Me Love (Book #3)
Can’t Let Go (Book #4)
~Excerpt~
Already regretting my
decision to call Dex in the first place, I keep my distance for the remainder
of the night, allowing him to have fun with his friends. He doesn’t engage me
very much, only telling me even more that he wishes I wouldn’t have invaded his
perfect life. By the time we go to bed, we venture into the room that is
reserved for the two of us. I guess when you come with so many couples, it
negates the whole guys in this room, girls in the other equation.
I escape into the
bathroom and change my clothes. By the time I return, Dex is already in his
pajama pants, digging in his bag. He drops his phone and bends down to retrieve
it. As he steadily stands back up, his eyes roam up my body and a warm current
in my blood swirls, following the path of his eyes. He bites his bottom lip and
takes a deep breath. “I’ll be back,” he says with a husky voice.
Once he rushes out, I
climb under the covers to disengage any sexual urges neither one of us will
entertain tonight. In this moment, I wish I could be one of those girls. The
ones who could sleep with Dex only to feel the comforting arms of a man, but
it’s the fear of after that keeps my hands pinned around my body. The fear that
he would sleep with me out of pity, or worse, that he would only do it for his
own pleasure and release.
He opens the door, and
his blue eyes focus on the television and anywhere but at me. “I’ll sleep on
the floor,” he murmurs, never casting a glance my way.
“Don’t be silly. We’ve
done this before.” I flip to my side.
“When we were fourteen,
Chris.” He grabs the pillow.
“Really, Dex. I trust
you,” I tell him, facing him head on, and oh my lord, his muscles are
everywhere. He’s always been built, but holy mackerole, he’s insanely big now.
He looks at me long and
hard for a few seconds and then pulls back the covers. As he’s sliding under
the crisp white linen sheets, the mattress dips next to me. I turn around so my
back faces his. We both reach over and turn off the lights on our respective
sides. The funny thing is if someone walked in right now, they’d think we were
two elderly people, who have been married for years, instead of hot-blooded
early twenty-something’s.
Minutes of silence fill
the room, and even with me shutting my eyes, visualizing what I imagine the
beach must feel like, sleep won’t come. Dex’s close proximity has my body
hyperaware of his breathing and his body. “Do you want to tell me?” he
whispers.
“I’m okay. Like I said,
I just needed a break. Thank you for bringing me. I hope I wasn’t too much of
an inconvenience for you,” I lie, and a huge breath releases from him.
“You’re never an
inconvenience to me. If you don’t tell me, I can’t help you,” he adds, and I
roll over, although, he keeps his back to me.
“Nothing. Like I said I
needed a breather.” If I admit to Dex the real reason, he’ll try to fix it and
save me like normal. Being here with his friends and the people that care about
him, he deserves normality and that’s not in my life’s course.
My hands itch to touch
the grooves and contours of the muscles that spread across his back, displaying
how hard he works out at the gym every day. “Just wanted to feel normal. So,
thank you again.” The lies just continue to flow. He doesn’t need my drama in
his life. He has his together, why should my fucked-up past screw with it?
The pillow shifts from the
slow shake of his head. “You’re welcome,” he says, and the silence encompasses
us once again. Eventually, the light whistling of his breathing signifies he’s
fallen asleep. I lie awake, observing the rise and fall of his back until my
eyes relent to the exhaustion of the day.
~Review~
The Invisibles Series is by far one of my favorite
series out there. I love what Michelle does with her characters, you will have
no other choice but to fall deeply in love with them. And wanting more of what
she has to offer with her writing. This time around we get a close look into
Dex’s past and see his story unfold, and we get introduced to Chrissy, the
woman who thought that she wasn’t good enough. Dex and Chrissy have fought
their feelings for each other for years and now is to time to put up or shut
up. Why fight the fight and be miserable when you can have the best of both
worlds. Then we have the past that they both try to stay far away from but
sometimes it just happens to pop the hell up like a bad damn pimple. Can’t Let
Go is so filled with emotions that I bet you will not be able to put the book
down, you will never want to “let go” of Dex and Chrissy. Michelle has done a phenomenal
job with writing their story and as always she has delivered a well written masterpiece
that will stand the test of time. I cannot wait to find out what else she has
in store for us, the entire time I was reading this book I kept thinking please
let it not be the end of the “Invisibles Series.” Then I remembered, yes Rob, I
cannot wait to see his story come alive in my mind.
~About Author~
Michelle moved around the Midwest
most of her life, transferring from school to school before settling down in
the outskirts of Chicago ten years ago, where she now resides with her husband
and two kids. She developed a love of
reading at a young age, which helped lay the foundation for her passion to
write. With the encouragement of her
family, she finally sat down and wrote one of the many stories that have been
floating around in her head. When she isn’t reading or writing, she can be
found playing with her kids, talking to her mom on the phone, or hanging out
with her family and friends. But after
chasing around twin preschoolers all day, she always cherishes her relaxation
time after putting the kids to bed.
~Social
links~
Twitter: @michellelynnbks
Website: http://www.michellelynnbooks.com
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