Crushed by Gabrielle Gibson

**This book can be read as a standalone, although there is character and timeline crossover and may contain spoilers from the other books in the series.

After her divorce, Sarah Turner is busy trying to make a new life for herself and her young daughter. She’s moved almost a thousand miles to live in a new town and is learning to juggle the challenges of being a single mom. The last thing she expected was to come face-to-face with her first love, the man who ripped her heart to shreds so many years ago.

He’s not the same person she fell in love with. So why do those green eyes on her still make her as crazy as they did in high school? There’s a darkness inside of him now. She knows she should stay far away, but she can’t deny that there’s still something between them.

Sean Parker has a plan. Marry the woman chosen by his father in order to get control of the Washington, D.C. branch of his family’s business. It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t love the girl. He doesn’t even believe in that ridiculous fairy tale. Not anymore.

Seeing the first and only girl he ever loved again after so many years isn’t going to change anything.

Except it has. Changed everything.

He thought the dreams they once shared were dead and buried, but having this amazing girl back in his life is rocking his world, making him dare to hope once again for things he was sure he could never have.

Somehow Sean’s found a way to put the light back in her little girl’s eyes, and Sarah wonders if that sweet boy she grew up with is still inside of him somewhere. Maybe there’s a chance for them after all. Maybe forgiveness can shine light on their dark.

The losses they’ve faced seem insurmountable, but the ghosts from the past must finally be laid to rest. Will their hearts finally find forever, or will they be crushed?

**Warning…this story contains sexually explicit scenes between consenting adults. It is intended only for readers 18+ who enjoy sexy, no-rules love stories.