Title: One
Week
Author: Roya
Carmen
Genre:
Steamy Contemporary Romance (standalone)
Release Date: June 21,
2018
Cover
Designer: Calico Images
Cover Photo:
Depositphotos Stock Images
A troubled marriage. A one week hall
pass.
Gabriella Moore has it all; a beautiful husband,
two adorable children, and a dream home. Yet, when, by chance, she befriends Eli online, she
falls fast. And hard. She knows she must let him go, and saying goodbye is one of the hardest
things she’s ever done, but she resolves to move on and forget about her beautiful
stranger.
But then… she makes an unexpected
discovery, and it shakes her perfect world to its core. Rules don’t apply anymore. An
arrangement is made, and her husband gives her just one week with Eli. The rules are
clear: One week. Sex only. No contact thereafter. Seems simple enough, but it’s never
simple when it comes to love.
Prologue
Dear Eli,
First, I just want to tell you how much you
mean to me. And that’s the problem… you mean more to me than you should. I keep telling
myself that we’re just friends, but I think we both know we’re more than that. I’m not exactly sure
what I am to you, but you are everything to me. I think about you all the time, every hour of
every day. It’s a little ridiculous, to be honest. I am a happily married mother of two, and I should
start acting like it.
I’ve really enjoyed our conversations about
art and life, but it’s time for me to end this. For a bachelor like you, this is just a fun distraction
I’m sure. But for me, it’s so much more, and it really shouldn’t be. What I’m doing with you is not
right. I love my husband and my children, so it’s because of them that I need to say goodbye.
I’ll always remember you. : ) And I’ll smile
every time I do.
Your friend,
Gabriella
It’s just one or two paragraphs, but I’ve
second-guessed every word, have pored over every single sentence, debating whether the right
sentiments were expressed. I’ve spent over an hour going over it. Over and over. I’ve read the
message more times than I can count. The last thing I want to do is hurt him. He just doesn’t fit
into the picture. My picture; John and me, and the kids, and the white picket fence, the perfect
life. He should have never been in it. Some days, I wish I’d never met him. Others, I’m so glad I
did. For the brief time that I knew him, he truly was one of the best things in my life.
My heart is hammering, threatening to burst as I
swallow hard, and finally press on the ‘Send’ arrow. As soon as I do, I feel sick. A heavy weight
presses down at the center of my chest, threatening to crush me. I’ve never felt so horrible, so
lost.
But it had to be done. I tell myself I’ve done the
right thing. For my family. For me. For him.
Our relationship flashes before my eyes — the
laughs, the jokes, every single conversation, every wink, every little skip of my heart, his
beautiful eyes, and his sweet smile. Damn… his smile.
It all started innocently enough, as these things
often do…
Roya Carmen is a busy mom, romance writer,
designer, bookworm, chocoholic, and hopeless romantic. There’s nothing she enjoys more than
making up stories about love, and sharing them with her readers.
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