Summer (Four Seasons #2) (34 page)

“Are you going to serenade me?” she whispers.
 

I nod. My left hand works the chord progression of Blackbird easily, and my right hand plucks out the melody. Avery stops what she’s doing and watches me with tears in her eyes, and she is so fucking beautiful in that moment that I find my own eyes stinging. I’ll never want more than this. I’ll never ask for anything else so long as I have this strange and fascinating creature to love and hold and protect.
 

Moving slowly, Avery crosses the room and picks up the small guitar her father bought me to practice on when I was still a boy. She took it when she moved out of my place, and I thought it was simply as a reminder of her father. I’m stunned when she sits down in front of me and begins to play along.
 

She’s not perfect. She fumbles and she’s scared—I can see the fear in her eyes—so I slow down. Together, we start from the beginning and we move through the song without saying a word.
 

We don’t need to sing the lyrics. We both know them intimately, and they have never been more appropriate.
 

We’re mending our broken wings.
 

Side by side, we’re learning to fly.
 

All our lives, we’ve been waiting for
this
moment to arrive.
 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Frankie Rose started out writing young adult paranormal and dystopian romance novels in 2012. Since then, she has subsequently dipped her toes into dark and contemporary romance as well. Under her pen name, Callie Hart, Frankie has enjoyed immense success with her Blood & Roses, Chaos & Ruin and Dead Man’s Ink series. If you enjoy a dark, twisty and very sexy tale, then you should check them out!

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Kirsten Strombergh-Bumpus, I don’t think I would have ever finished this book if you didn’t tell me daily that I could! I feel very blessed to have met such a confident, happy, enthusiastic and positive person. Not to mention your organisation skills are the bomb!
 

Gemma Sherlock, you were my first ever partner in crime. I can’t remember a time when you weren’t there, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. You’re a fantastic big sister, and you’re a kick ass PA. I’d be lost without you.
 

Jenny Watson! (Her name must always be said in full) Jenn, thank you so much for sorting out my entire life over the past few weeks. I’ve been drowning in PR work for such a long time that I completely forgot what it felt like to sit back and enjoy simply writing. You’ve given that back to me, and it’s an immense gift.
 

Jessica Roscoe A.K.A Lili Saint Germain, you always have and always will be my girl! Thanks for all of the awesome adventures and ridiculous laughs we had in 2015 while I was writing Summer in between our excursions (and sometimes also on them). You keep me sane. God knows how you manage it, but you do. Here’s to more shenanigans in 2016!

Fiona Wilson, my eagle-eyed proofer, thank you so much for doing such a stellar job as always with my manuscript! I can’t recommend you highly enough.
 

Kylie Sharp, Emma Keating and Gemma Curran, my head street team girls! Thank you for all of your wonderful, kind words, your lovely messages, your constant and genuine support, for beta reading, for feedback, for advice…for everything! You girls really are my A-Team. I love you so very much. Thank you for having my back!

Lastly, thank you to you, my readers. I know I kept you waiting a while for this book, and for that I apologise. You have been patient to a fault, however, and I’m very grateful for your support, and for the love you have shown these characters.
 

Many of you might be wondering why the first book, Winter, was followed directly by Summer, and I’d like to address that briefly to avoid confusion. In 2017, Noah will get his own book. At some point, following that, Cole will also be getting his own book as well. For the time being, Avery and Lucas’s story has come to an end, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t be featured in further books later on down the track.

Once again, thank you for reading. I still have to pinch myself on a daily basis in order to remind myself that I get to do this writing thing for a living. It’s the most rewarding, precious, gratifying thing in the world, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

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