Maybe if they didn’t always meet at the end of one of his week-long benders, he could have the upper hand with this man for once.

Not to mention that cool, judgmental stare of his.īut Julien had no one to blame for that judgment but himself. With auburn hair, stormy eyes, and a presence that Julien gravitated toward like a magnetic force, he didn’t think anything could prepare a person for the powerful energy Priest exuded. Like an inferno was licking through his veins. But Dieu, he’d forgotten the way Priest made his body respond. Oui, he hadn’t been able to stop thinking about him, that was true, and oui, he might’ve purposely provoked the police officer tonight hoping he’d end up needing a lawyer. Julien pivoted on his heels, and when he did, he realized that he’d grossly underestimated the impact that Joel Priestley had had on him the first time around. That voice? It had been on his mind since the last time he’d heard it, nearly two weeks earlier when he’d met-and attempted to steal the car of-a man who called himself Priest. That voice was the one he’d been hoping to hear when he’d made his “one call” and left a message after a generic voicemail. He didn’t need to turn to know who was on the opposite side of those steel bars. police station where he’d been thrown around an hour ago for public intoxication.

And with the anniversary of his sister’s death fast approaching, the time for explanations is running out.Īnd thus the question: will the princess be able to forgive the prick as the priest once did?Ī shiver of awareness raced up Julien Thornton’s spine as he stood in the jail cell of a downtown L.A. He doesn’t know what Julien did all those years ago. It’s a truth that he fights to overcome daily with the help of his husband, Joel Priestley, and now their boyfriend, Robbie Bianchi.īut unlike Priest, Robbie doesn’t know what he’s helping Julien to fight. And a face that the American public fell for by the millions, on a reality show that inadvertently saved his life.īut behind the shine of celebrity, behind the easygoing nature, a crippling truth fills Julien with pain and self-loathing. One that only a handful of people know about.Ī thriving career. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.Īnd when it comes to a broken heart, there are no rules, only time…įor the past eight years, Julien Thornton has been living with a secret.

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