Evermore Box Set: 4-Book Series

by Andrea Smith, SK Designs

Genres: Coming of Age; Contemporary Romance; New Adult Romance; Second Chance Romance; New Adult romance; Second Chance Romance; romance boxset; boy next door; tearjerker

Synopsis

Neely Evans and Seth Drake met as kids . . .

Eventually, they became so much more . . . through love, through loss and heartache; and through things beyond their control they endured. But the journey is epic. One that you won't want to miss!

Book 1, "Crushed."  

How does a 14-year-old girl fill her days once uprooted from rural Tennessee to the pristine coast of Malibu? That's exactly the predicament Neely Evans finds herself in until 15-year-old Seth Drake, the boy down the beach, takes her under his wing.  As they grow close, their friendship gives way to something more. But their first crush will be short-lived when something tears Neely's family apart.

Book 2, "Claimed."

Neely's now seventeen and under her father and stepmother's care. Not the ideal situation, but Neely knows she has to bide her time and play the game until she goes off to college.

Seth Drake is studying in New York, and Neely is relieved she won't have to face him after the way things ended two years prior. But little does she know a chance encounter on the beach a few months later will rip open scars she thought had healed forever.

Book 3, "Paparazzi."

Neely Evans is enjoying a lucrative career, but not the one she aspired to as a child. Neely is one of the top, most sought after celebrity photographers, freelancing her expertise to the highest bidding tabloids. In the world of paparazzi, she is known as the clever and elusive "Grace Evangelista." 

Her career takes her all over the world, and eventually she finds herself living on the fringe as her current assignment involves one of her favorite subjects: Seth Drake.

Book 4, "Star F*cking."

This is the poignant conclusion of the Evermore Series. Seth and Neely's paths have crossed over the years, but not the way they had hoped. The misunderstandings between them stem from issues beyond their control, but finally the truth will be revealed. 

No matter who the players are that come in and out of their lives, one thing cannot be denied: Seth and Neely are meant to be together. Their love is destined to endure. 

Adult Content

Release date: May 7, 2017

Publisher: Meatball Taster Publishing, LLC

Print pages: 351

Content advisory: 18+

Sample

EXCERPT FROM BOOK 4, STAR F*CKING:

Chapter 1

 Present Day

November 15, 1999

 

            "Look at this!" Jazzy yelled, barging into my bedroom before my alarm clock had even gone off. "It's here in the LA Times Entertainment Section, too. So it must be true!"

            I sat up in my bed and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. "What the hell time is it?" I asked. "It's still freaking dark outside, Jazz."

            "I don't know. A little after six I guess, but listen to this!"

            She folded the newspaper in half and raised it up to her face. "Seth Drake, former star of the hit series Bangor is rumored to be the top pick on a short list for the lead male role in Samuel G. Barton's upcoming film Love Plus One, adapted from the best-selling novel written by Adriana Nesbitt of the same title. If selected, Drake will assume the role of Taz Matthews, the enigmatic FBI special agent, beating out several more seasoned Hollywood heartthrobs such as Leo Caprialo, Luke Jeffries, and Dash Ervin. The casting hasn't been completed yet for the female lead, however it has been widely speculated that competing for the role of Lindsey Dennison is one of the "Emmas," one of the "Emilys," and two of the "Ashleys." Oh for Chrissake, can they be any more cryptic?" Jazzy huffed. "I mean which one of the Emmas, Emilys, or Ashleys? There are like five each! Anyway, this movie deal stands to put the unchartered Drake on the A-List of male leads going forward. The lead role from this movie stands to net the actor a cool seven figures!"

            Jazzy was jumping up and down like a kid at Christmas. She finally stopped, and whirled around to look at me.

            I was sitting in my bed, yawning, and giving her the stink eye for waking me up this damn early. I'd gotten in late last night from Seth's place, and had an early appointment this morning in LA with Jerry.

            "Aren't you even excited?" she asked, looking at me like I had grown two heads or something.

            "Yeah, Jazz, but I already knew about it. He told me last night and I had every intention of sharing it with you this morning. Once I woke up and had my cup of coffee in front of me and maybe a toasted bagel and a glass of juice? Like when we sit across the table from each other and have breakfast and conversation together some mornings? The way reasonable people do?"

            I plopped back down on my bed and pulled my covers up to my chin. "But, once again, I see the LA Times has beaten me to the punch. Stolen my thunder, if you will. So now you know and I think I'll go back to sleep for a little bit, 'kay?"

            "Oh…you!" she hollered, tackling me on the bed. "You could've woken me up with this news last night and I sure as hell wouldn't have gone all psycho bitch on you, you know?"

            "Oh, yeah, right!" I screamed and giggled as we both started wrestling with one another. "Besides," I continued, "he doesn't have the part yet. I don't want to jinx it by running my mouth all over town about it until he does."

            "He'll get the part. I feel it in my bones. So, you gonna tell me how things are these days between you and your superstar?" she asked, giving me a sly look.

            "We haven't…done it if that's what you're trying to find out, Jazzy," I replied with a grin. "It's only been a few weeks. We're taking things slow. Getting to know one another again. I'll let you know when I'm star fucking, how's that?"

            "Uh huh," she deadpanned, giving me an eye roll. "I know what you're doing, girl."

            I gave her a quizzical, clueless look. "And what is it you think I'm doing?"

            "You are keeping that man at arm's length until you figure out how to tell him what it is you do for a living, that's what," she answered, feeling extremely proud of herself by the looks of it.

            "Hmph! For your information he knows I'm a freelance photographer. I mean seriously, Jazz? Do you think we've been hanging together for three weeks without the topic of my career coming up for discussion?"

            "You know what I mean. He doesn't know the dirty details of your freelancing or you wouldn't have pulled all of your Grace Evangelista shit down off of your bedroom walls. Which also tells me you've got plans for some sleepovers here," she finished, laughing uncontrollably.

            "Oh, you just know me so well," I replied dryly.

            "That I do. That I do. So, when will you tell him the rest of it?"

            I turned away and tugged one of my pillows over to cover my face. "I don't know. I just don't know," I muttered. "Not until I absolutely have to…or never. Yes, never sounds good."

            Jazzy pulled the pillow from my face and gave me one of her no nonsense, stern looks of disapproval. She was really good at those. "You can't put it off forever, Neely. It is, after all, what you do for a living. And you might justify it by saying you told him you're a freelance photographer, but you know as well as I do that by not telling him the whole story is kind of like lying by omission."

            "Okay, Jiminy Cricket. Lay off for now. I'll tell him when I know this relationship is going to endure, how's that?"

            "Whatever, Neely. Come on. Get up and I'll make you some breakfast. And then we can have a nice morning chat like reasonable people--is that what you called it?"

            "Bitch," I grumbled, tossing the covers back, jumping from my bed, and following my best friend forever out to our kitchen.

            Right now I loved my life.

            Because Seth was now a part of it again, and I wanted this feeling to last forever. The world was once again a sane and safe place for Neely Evans when her star aligned with Seth Drake's.