Think Twice
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“It’s okay, Jack. You should’ve seen how pretty Aunt Paige looked. If you were a little older, you could have carried the rings for Uncle Evan. Mommy and Daddy had a wedding like that, too.” My voice cracked despite the smile I forced across my face as I held my son’s gaze. “If Daddy was here, he’d probably make us laugh. Maybe offer you some brandy for your gums.” I chuckled as I shifted in the rocker and crossed my legs to lift Jack’s sweet little face closer to mine. “I wish he was here. We miss him so much, don’t we, baby?” A sob rolled out as I rocked my son back and forth.
“We’re a team, sweetie pie. We have to stick together, you and me.” I nuzzled his cheek and kissed his forehead.
“Without Daddy, that’s the way it has to be.”
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Acknowledgments
To my husband and son, my reason and purpose for everything. You’ll always be my heroes. Thank you for always supporting me, even when I spend hours pounding away at the keyboard.
To my betas, Jodi, Julia, Bianca, Kristy, Christine, Lara, Jenn, Christine, and Lisa - this was a kooky idea and putting it together was even crazier. Reading and making sense of it was the true heavy lifting. Thank you for helping me make this book something I’m proud of and for sticking by me from book to book. Your friendship means the world to me.
Jaimee, you always come through in finding that one thing that makes a huge difference. I can’t thank you enough for your awesome eye and amazing friendship.
Kristy, you were my touchstone throughout this entire process. I’m sure you cringe each time I say, “what if…” You’re stuck with me forever. Sorry.
Jodi, you complete me, my friend. I’m blessed to find you and have you in my corner.
Ashley, thank you so much for being my physical therapy expert and ensuring that Jack’s injury and recovery was authentic. You’re a true friend in every sense of the word.
Beth, my oracle, thank you for all your hard work in planning all the awesome promo with Panda & Boodle for Think Twice, and for being such an amazing friend every day. I love you.
Becca, thank you for loving this book so much and for the amazing teasers you created. I’m so happy you loved the rest of my crew just as much! You’re a talent and a joy and I’m so happy I found you.
Christine, you kicked my ass and I loved it. You were exactly what I wanted and needed and I am so grateful to Kathryn for connecting us. This book is something I’m proud of thanks to you, and I learned a lot from you along the way. (I’ll get “I” and “me” straight someday, I promise). I hope you realize that you’re stuck with me.
Jenn Wood, blurb editor extraordinaire. How you love blurbs I’ll never know but I thank God that you do. Thank you for making this one shine.
Mitzi, thank you so much for polishing my words and for loving my stories!
Kaitie, I’ll never publish without your final eagle eye! Thank you for always making time for me!
To Jenn, Thank you for all that did for me. I truly appreciate it more than you’ll ever know.
To The Rose Garden, you support me and my books, let me come in and ramble each day and always make me feel loved. Thank you for being my favorite place on social media.
For all the Book+Main readers who loved Dylan and PJ in Hidden. Your love for them inspired me to give them a full story, I hope you love it! And thank you to Book+Main for existing in the first place. Thanks to this serial, I found the pure love of writing and sharing with readers again.
Every book I strive to get better, and I pray that I deliver and give you my best. To all the readers and bloggers who took a chance on me, I can never convey how grateful I truly am. When I wrote Always You in 2015, I said if five people not related to me bought it, I’d consider it a success. To be on book 7 is beyond my wildest dreams, and ‘thank you’ will never be enough.
Books by Stephanie Rose
The Second Chances Series
Always You
"Always You is the debut novel for Stephanie Rose and I have to say she knocked it out of the park."- Jennifer from Book Bitches Blog
Only You
"Paige and Evan's story was beautiful yet so very sad - stunning in its romance, love and friendship. -Jenny and Gitte, TotallyBookedBlog
Always Us, A Second Chances Novella
"Alpha daddy Lucas is a sight to behold...damn, I love that man!" - Shannon, Amazon reviewer
Finding Me
"What a gorgeous book. Five whole-hearted stars." - Emma Scott, author of Forever Right Now and the Full Tilt Duet
After You
Some books make you wanna shout them from the rooftops. After You is that book. - Paige, A is for Alpha B is for Books
Standalones
Rewrite
"Rewrite gripped me from the start and never let me go." - Award-winning and Bestselling author, K.K. Allen
Simmer
"A slow-burning romance about friendship, family, love and the true meaning of home. I absolutely adored this book.” - Kathryn Nolan, author of Landslide and Strictly Professional
About the Author
Stephanie Rose is a bad-ass New Yorker, a wife, a mother, a former blogger and lover of all things chocolate. Most days you'll find her trying to avoid standing on discarded LEGO or deciding which book to read next. Her debut novel, Always You, released in 2015 and since then she's written several more—some of which will never see completion—and has ideas for hundred to come.
Website: authorstephanierose.com
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