Can Friends Become Lovers?
By Ashley Ladd
Often the best romances start as
friendships. After all best friends share a lot of good times and bad times.
They usually like a lot of the same things. Likewise they share a lot of
history.
Sometimes friendships are destined to stay just
that—friendships.
But very often one or both parties begin to
cherish romantic feelings for the other. Also very often they are afraid to
ruin the relationship they already have. Sometimes friendships take a long time
to blossom, maybe because one of the friends is in a romantic relationship or
because one or both friends are afraid to reveal their feelings and risk
rejection and also risk losing their friend.
Very often, the friends are torn apart by
distance and time but eventually they meet again. Nowadays a lot of old friends
find each other again on Facebook and at class reunions. If both are single when
they meet again, the friendship may finally bloom into a romance.
I’ve been hearing this scenario a lot
lately—from radio listeners who call into my favorite evening radio show, from
news shows, and even one of my local radio personalities who was a widower met
an old friend at a class reunion and married her.
I’ll admit I’ve had romantic feelings for
at least three of my men friends over the years. I married one of them.
I’ve never forgotten the other two. I
wonder what’s happened to them and if they ever felt the same way about me? I
wish I’d told them how I felt. Now I’ll always wonder what could have been.
And so I based my newest release ‘Her Men’
on this premise—friends who turn into lovers.
When forty four year old Julie attends her
school’s marching band reunion, she reunites with not just one but two old
friends for whom she had romantic feelings. When her wildest dreams come true
and both men admit they have romantic feelings for her too, she can’t decide
which one she wants more.
BLURB:
Forty-four year old Julie Weston has loved
Timmy and James since her college days twenty something years ago. She's
fantasized about both all these long years, never able to choose between them.
Hoping Tim and James will attend, she
attends their college marching band reunion. When both men show up her dreams
are answered. They're sexier than she imagined and she hopes they won't be
disappointed by her older self.
It turns out both men came just to see her
again and neither is happy about the other’s presence. They fight over her,
confusing her more than ever. It takes a hot ménage…or two…for her heart to
decide which one she’s in love with.
EXCERPT:
Beside herself, she put a pillow over her
head. “Why do I still have feelings for him? Why do I want him?”
Connie removed the pillow and brushed the
hair off Julie’s brow. “I thought you wanted James?”
She rolled to her side and punched the bed.
“I want them both. God is that how Tim felt when we were together? He wanted me
but he wanted her too? How can I put him down for that when I’m doing the same
thing? I’m not being fair, am I? Or am I just a super slut?”
Connie tugged on her hair. “You’re being
human. It took me a long time to discover that my heart lies with Eric. Give
them a chance to woo you, to win you. You’re not a slut, just a woman with a
choice.”
She shook her head. “Even if I fantasize
that they’ll both make love to me at once? That they’ll tie me up and spank me
until I scream? I am Super Slut.”
Connie chuckled. “That’s a common woman’s
fantasy. I had the same one about Allen and Eric.” She lowered her voice and
admitted, “One we lived out last time we were at the reunion.”
Amazement shooting through her, Julie
bolted up in bed. “Shut up! You didn’t?”
“We did. It was awesome. I’m so glad we
did. I’ll love the memories forever and it clarified who I wanted as my one and
only.”
“Really? I hope they’ll give me that
chance. I’ve missed them so very, very much. My marriage was miserable because
I wanted them.”
“Shush. Stop worrying and take a nap. You’ll
feel better.”
“But I’ll miss everything.”
“No one wants to see you throw up. I’ll
check on you in a couple hours and if you’re better, we’ll rejoin the party.”
“I’ll miss dinner.”
“There’s a ton of hors d’oeuvres, not to
mention room service. You’ll survive. Let’s just hope Tim and James don’t kill
each other.”
She grabbed the pillow again and groaned
into it. She hoped they wouldn’t too.
AUTHOR BIO:
Ashley Ladd is a disabled Air Force vet
that is hard of hearing but still loves language, especially the written word.
She loves a sexy man, especially one with a military background and they’ll
often pop up in her stories. She also loves cats and has been known to empower
a cat with the gift of speech. Unfortunately he wouldn’t shut up. J She loves to plug into Pandora and sip Diet Coke while writing,
usually with a cat or kid at her side.
How you can contact Ashley:
Thank you for hosting me on your blog. I very much enjoyed visiting. Ashley
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, and any time, Ashley! It was great to have you as a guest. :)
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