Unbroken Hearts
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I swear I won’t hurt you
And I vow to stay true
To cherish what you’ve given me
And to always love you
I’m nothing but empty when you’re not at my side
I’m aching and breathless and I don’t care to hide
What I’m feeling
What I’m wanting
What my heart truly does need
Just to tell you I love you
And lay my soul bare to bleed
My vow is to always—
Hold you close
Hold you tight
To keep you safe and warm each and every night
Take your hand when you smile
Dry your tears when you cry
Share all our moments, good and bad,
By and by
By and by
I’m so in love with you, kid,
My Darlin’, my heart and my soul
Please be with me forever—together we’ll grow old
You’re my reason for breathing
For getting out of bed everyday
For staying clean and focused
For all the good things I have to say
Because your love has changed me
From broken to new
From lonely and hopeless
To live each day filled with you
I swear I won’t hurt you
And I vow to stay true
To cherish what you’ve given me
And to always love you
There was a time my heart ached for that forever kind of love
But now the whole world can fall down around me
—a deafening crash and a thud
Because you’re by my side—no ghosts in our way,
Just a surfer kid and a cowboy,
Just me and you here to stay.
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Unbreak My Heart: Book One
Brett Taylor’s world collapsed three years ago when he lost the love of his life. Almost as bad as the grief is the advice he’s starting to get from everyone and their brother, telling him it’s time to move on. They’re flat-out wrong. He left his career as a musician and escaped to his ranch because he needs the peace and quiet, and he’s doing just fine. He doesn’t want anyone invading his memory-filled, booze-fueled solitude.
JT Campbell’s world has been defined by his parents’ money, status, and his own empty relationships, until he’s desperately sick of it. A quest to find something meaningful leads him to Brett’s failing ranch. It’s supposed to be a brief stay. JT never wanted to be anyone’s savior or compete with the ghosts of lovers past. Still, he can’t help wanting this gruff and grieving man.
JT’s mind knows it’s a bad idea, but his heart keeps pushing him to find out what lies beneath Brett’s rough and broken exterior. Brett’s not going to make it easy. JT can only be patient, keep his sense of humor, and hope for the day he may be allowed far enough into Brett’s world to unbreak his heart.
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K-LEE KLEIN loves guys with long hair and tattoos, and you’ll often find her front and center at her favorite rock concerts. She has bounced around Western Canada all her life, but will always consider the solitude and beauty of the British Columbian mountains home. Her life is blessed as the proud mother of three now-grown but still spoiled kids, the servant of two bossy felines, and the wife of a truly patient husband.
Her writing muse is terribly temperamental, so to keep him close by and in check, she had him inked on her left calf. The gorgeous, longhaired, mostly naked, kneeling angel that resulted is truly a work of art, although he’s still a handful and hopelessly uncontrollable. She writes on his schedule and inspiration.
K-lee tends to fall easily into obsessions. When something grabs her attention, she jumps into it headfirst with complete abandon. Actors, musicians, superheroes, fictional characters, and brainwashed assassins all hold spots on her cannot-get-enough list. She once followed Thirty Seconds to Mars around the United States and Canada and saw them perform fourteen times that year. Obsession sometimes leads to ideas for her kneeling angel to turn into stories.
Although an introvert in person, she’s extroverted online and has met many wonderful friends there, sometimes with the added fun of meeting them in person at gay romance conferences. She’s grateful for all the people in her life who accept her as she is and support her through her ups and downs as mom, wife, and joyfully obsessed writer.
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By K-lee Klein
UNBREAK MY HEART
Unbreak My Heart
Unbroken Hearts
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Unbroken Hearts
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ISBN: 978-1-64080-130-1
Digital ISBN: 978-1-63533-904-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017911491
Published October 2017
v. 2.0
First Edition published as Unbroken Hearts and Unwrapped Hearts by Amber Quill Press, 2014.
Printed in the United States of America