Almost Perfect: A Frenemies to Lovers Romance
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“I love them as if they were my own.”
“You’re the love of my life,” he murmurs close to my ear. “My perfect half. But I can’t put my children in danger.”
I look up, finding his handsome face so close to mine that I can feel his breath caressing my face. Lifting my hand, I caress his jaw. We’re both the product of broken homes and irresponsible adults. That’s not the future that either one of us would like to give to our own little ones—or the children he already has. Our minds understand each other, just like our hearts and souls. I recognize his internal fight, and I respect it.
Kade just wants to be the best father he can be to his daughters who already have to deal with a horrible mother.
“They’ll be fine because they have you. I’ll leave because I love you,” I whisper entwining my hands behind his neck and kissing him long and deep one last time.
This is where the story ends. For the last time, I share the energy of my soul with him. Tonight, I open myself to him. I feel alive. I’m strong enough to take a chance to love him one last time—to dream of what will never happen.
Acknowledgments
I always like to start this part by thanking God, because without him I wouldn’t be doing what I love the most, sharing my words and the stories I create. Thank you for all the blessings in my life. My family, my friends, my readers, and my health. Also, for letting me do what I love the most writing stories.
Before I continue, please excuse my terrible memory. It’s pretty shifty. If I forget to mention someone, please know it’s not intentional. My brain has low retention.
To my family, thank you for all your support, even when most of you are thousands of miles away from me. My wonderful and loving husband. The best real-life boyfriend and love I could’ve been given. He’s not only my partner but my everything.
We always keep going, no matter what kind of obstacles we find along the way, we fight them together and continue our journey.
To our beautiful children. The light of my life.
To Yolanda, Melissa, and Patricia for always being there for me.
Thank you to Karen, for everything she does for me but mostly her friendship.
Thank you, Hang Le, for this gorgeous cover. For all your patience and your friendship.
Thank you to Becky for going beyond and making my manuscript so much better.
My amazing ARC team, girls you are an essential part of my team. Thank you for always being there for me.
To my Chicas! Thank you so much for your continuous support and for being there for me every day!
Thank you to all the bloggers who help me spread the word about my books. Thank you never cuts it just right, but I hope it’s enough.
To the readers, you guys are everything. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my words, spreading the word, and sending me messages about how much you love my characters or how the stories have touched your lives. It’s because of you that I can continue doing what I love.
Thank you for everything.
All my love,
Claudia xoxo
About the Author
Claudia is an award winning, international bestselling author. She lives in Colorado working for a small IT company, managing her household filled with three confused dogs, two daughters wrought with fandoms and a son who thinks he’s the boss of the house. And a wonderful husband who shares her love for all things geek. To survive she works continually to find purpose for the voices flitting through her head, plus she consumes high quantities of chocolate and wine to keep the last threads of sanity intact.
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