Cross My Heart by S.N. Garza

Evony Summers grew up knowing one thing. She was, is and always will be nothing but a useless, worthless mistake.

When Gavin Winters moves in next door, she has no idea what to make of the lonely boy with dark, sad eyes. Until he saves her one dark, stormy night.

Just when she needs him the most, he vanishes without a trace, leaving Evony broken and alone. More damaged than she’s ever been. Evony learns that promises are nothing but empty words. And Gavin became nothing more than a memory.

Twelve years later, he’s back from the Army and wants nothing more than to see Evony all grown up. The girl he had no choice but to leave for, turned into a sexy-as-sin, hard-to-handle woman who wants nothing to do with him. There are questions that need to be answered, but they just might be more than he can take. But one thing Evony will learn, is that Gavin isn’t giving her up.

Cross his heart and hope to die.