 The circle of life. It's something we all know about but are never truly prepared for the unexpected. The unexpected that comes out of nowhere. No warning, no heads up, nothing. Just God giving us pure bliss and happiness and then taking it away in the blink of an eye. For me, losing my husband to a massive heart attack on our one-year wedding anniversary, and at the age of twenty-seven, was something I didn't think I could ever heal from. The emptiness, the loneliness, the numbness, and the need just to get through the day was overwhelming. My name is Paisley Logan and this is my story. I'd never lost anyone before. I'd never experienced death. I felt like God was playing a cruel joke on me. How could he bring her into my life and then take her away so young. Even the best laid plans in life get altered. Mine did. Everyone kept telling me that time would heal all wounds, but this was a wound that would never fully be healed. Trying to get back to the normalcy of life was exhausting, so I didn't try anymore. My name is Ben Preston and this is my story. EXCERPT “I sighed. I loved my brother to death but I just wanted to be alone. Keaton and I were very close. I was close with all my siblings, but there was more of a special connection between the two of us. I could talk to him about things that I wasn’t really comfortable talking to Piper or Charlotte about. Not that it mattered, because everyone in our family had big mouths and no secret was ever safe. “How about a movie?” he asked. “Sure. Let me go change into my pajamas first.” As I walked in the bedroom and opened the closet, I stopped and stared at the row of clothes that were his. Everything was still the way it was the day he died. His drawers were full of his socks and boxers. Sweatpants and sweatshirts still took up half the dresser drawers and his shoes still sat upon the shelves in a neat little row. Romeo strutted in and rubbed up against me, breaking me from my sad thoughts. As I bent down and picked him up, holding him close, I sighed. “I miss him so much, Romeo.” “Meow,” he replied as he began to purr. “I wish you could have known him. He was an amazing and loving man,” I said as tears sprang to my eyes. “Paisley?” I turned around. Keaton was standing there with the remote in his hand. I quickly put Romeo down and wiped my eyes. “Yeah?” “Whenever you’re ready to pack up his things, I’ll help you,” he said. “Thanks.” I took in a deep breath and walked over to my pajama drawer.”  About the Author  Sandi Lynn, A New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, spends her days writing full-time to provide her readers romance novels that will whisk them away to another world. She has a severe coffee addiction and can usually be found hanging out at the local Starbucks with her laptop, sipping lattes, and writing her books. AUTHOR LINKS: Website: http://www.authorsandilynn.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sandi.Lynn.Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandilynnwriter Instagram: https://instagram.com/sandilynnauthor/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/sandilynnWriter Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+sandilynn/posts/p/pub Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bcPXRb
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