Orchid Valley

One night in Vegas. One shot at a second chance. When I fell in love with Brinley Knox, she was the spoiled daughter of the wealthiest family in Orchid Valley. I was the troublemaker orphan, brought to town to find the straight and narrow. She was the homecoming princess. I was the hired help. She was the perfect daughter. I was the cautionary tale. We were young enough to think we could beat the odds. Naïve enough to think the world would make room for true love. Neither of us was prepared for the bitter cold of reality. I haven't seen her for ten years. Until tonight. Face-to-face with a woman who should be a stranger, I recognize the heart of the girl I never stopped loving. She's giving me one night. I'm betting everything on making it more. From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan comes a sexy and emotional new story. Every Little Promise is a 28,000-word prequel to Every Little Piece of Me.

It's not every day you're invited to your wife's wedding...as a guest. The first time I saw Brinley Knox, she was crying, draped in a ridiculous pink tulle dress for her sweet sixteen, and cursing the boy who'd broken her heart. I was the hired help, a teenage charity case. She was the daughter of the wealthiest family in Orchid Valley. I knew a girl like Brinley was off-limits. That didn't stop me from kissing her. Or, from promising that if she were ever mine, I'd never let her go. The last time I saw Brinley, she was sleeping, tangled in the sheets of my Vegas penthouse, my diamond glittering on her finger. I returned three hours later to an empty bed, the ring on the dresser, and a goodbye note. We haven't spoken in the six months since, but I'm not the kind of guy who'd file for a divorce he doesn't want. Until I got this damn invitation, it never occurred to me that Brinley didn't remember our impulsive Vegas nuptials. It's time to return to Orchid Valley and remind the bride-to-be that I'm a man who keeps his promises.

For as long as I can remember, Kace Matthews has been my brother's best friend and my not-so-secret crush. But, I knew nothing would ever happen between us. The successful single dad doesn't fall for the hot mess party girl. Kace + Stella exists in the doodles in my high school notebooks and in my dreams. Never in real life. Until he finds me on a hookup app and starts flirting shamelessly. It turns out high school Stella was not, prepared for Kace Matthews. Adult Stella isn't much better, but I manage to break down the walls to show Kace the real me, not just the life-of-the-party exterior, but the vulnerable pieces I hide from the world. Combine that with the combustible chemistry, we have in real life, and I'm a goner. Too bad it takes me so long to realize Kace doesn't know I'm the girl he's been falling for online. Telling him the truth now that he knows my secrets could mean losing everything, and that's one regret that could break me.

New York Times bestselling author Lexi Ryan brings you Every Time I Fall, a sexy standalone romance about a woman learning to love herself and the guy who's loved her all along. He's my brother's best friend. The hot guy with the heart of gold I've never let myself want. Guys like Dean don't go for girls like me. Curvy. Thick. A big girl. Whatever label you put on me, I know who I am and what it means. And that's fine. I'm content to be Dean's buddy and nothing more. Or so I thought. But when Dean finds out about my bedroom issues and decides to help me fix them, everything changes. He swears there's no such thing as "bad in bed" and pleasure is all about chemistry. I'm not convinced, but he intends to prove it. With his mouth. With his body. With his dirty texts and whispered promises. I know from the first kiss that I'm going to fall hard. That this can't last, and the end might break me. But, for these days and nights with Dean, all the hurt might be worth it.