Can the sins of the pastâ¦
Louisiana powerhouse attorney Matthew Gauthier has spent a lifetime safeguarding his prominent familyâs scandalous history. So when Tamryn West makes it her mission to dig up the past, Matthew must do everything in his power to stop her. But his plan to distract the alluring history professor begins to send his own passions raging out of control.
â¦become the hope of the future?
Tamryn came to the town of Gauthier to find the diary that could be the missing link to her grandmother and her enduring legacy. In the process, she stumbles onto the secrets of another familyâsecrets Matt will protect at any cost. As his sensual touch awakens Tamrynâs deepest desires, will a revelation that could make her career cost Matt his political dreamsâand their future together?Can the sins of the pastâ¦
âNo, no, no.â He caught her hand and pulled her toward him. âYou donât get to leave until you answer the question.â
âSays who?â
He didnât reply. He didnât let go of her hand, either.
âYouâre used to getting your way, arenât you?â Tamryn asked.
He shrugged. âIâm an only child. It comes with the territory.â He pulled her closer. âNow, tell me. How much will flashing my dimples help with my campaign?â
âIâm sure those dimples will win you a lot of votes.â
Matt dipped his head until his forehead nearly touched hers. In a low murmur he said, âI think you know thatâs not the campaign Iâm talking about.â
The urge to kiss her was so potent, so dangerously powerful, that Matt had to remind himself it wasnât his God-given right. At the moment, he couldnât think of anything but giving in to the impulse to discover how her mouth would feel against his.
âWhy are you making this so difficult?â she asked in a breathless whisper.
âWhat am I making difficult this time?â
âThe oath I took to keep things strictly professional with you.â
FARRAH ROCHON
had dreams of becoming a fashion designer as a teenager, until she discovered she would be expected to wear something other than jeans to work every day. Thankfully, the coffee shop where she writes does not have a dress code.
When Farrah is not penning stories, the avid sports fan feeds her addiction to football by attending New Orleans Saints games.
Dear Reader,
I donât know about you, but Iâm fascinated by the study of genealogy. Maybe itâs because I come from a large family. Those old stories that were staples around the dinner table piqued my inquisitive mind as a young girl, and Iâve always wanted to dig into my familyâs history.
One of the coolest things about the internet is the ease with which a person can now study their familyâs past. With the click of a mouse you can discover a plethora of interesting facts about your ancestors. For Professor Tamryn West, the heroine of Yours Forever, researching her great-great-grandmotherâs past is more than just something cool to do on the internet; it is her lifeâs passion.
I hope you enjoy following Tamryn on her journey as she uncovers the secrets of her familyâs pastâ¦and finds love in the place she least expects.
I thank you for returning to the town of Gauthier, Louisiana, with me. Come back next month for another story in the Bayou Dreams series, Foreverâs Promise. I am positive that you will fall in love with Shayla and Xavier.
Happy reading,
Farrah Rochon
For my traveling buddy, my aunt, Catherine Gray.
Looking forward to many more adventures!
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.
â2 Chronicles 15:6â8
Chapter 1
âHow did I end up here?â
Tamryn West stumbled over a clump of dried mud as she walked along the dirt-and-gravel road. She did her best Statue of Liberty impersonation as she pointed her cell phone skyward and tried to find a signal. Shielding her eyes against the sunâs rays, she spun in a slow circle, hoping to spot something other than the trees and high weeds that seemed to stretch for miles all around her.
âHow in the hell did I end up here?â
And who would she have to murder at the car-rental company for renting her a car with a busted radiator? She was no automobile expert, but after eight years in Boston sheâd refilled the antifreeze enough times to know how a radiator should look, and it should definitely not have steam blowing out of it like a pot of boiling pasta.
She held the phone up to the sky again, but got the same result. Zero bars. Was it really a surprise that the Middle of Nowhere, Louisiana, wouldnât have cell-phone service?
Tamryn peered down the road sheâd been traveling, trying to recall the last house sheâd passed. It had been at least five miles back. Possibly more.
She was not walking for miles in these heels. Sheâd probably have better luck if she continued traveling east instead of backtracking. According to her cell phoneâs GPSâback when it was working and before it started recalculating over and over againâshe had been only fifteen miles from the town of Gauthier.