She followed it.
A large, framed note sat on Dean’s leather couch. It said:
This is where I rubbed your feet for the first time.
Fate laughed and glanced around. “Dean?”
Still nothing.
A group of seashells spelled out the word ‘window’ beside the couch. She made her way to the window, wondering what her crazy boyfriend was up to. Another framed message was propped against the glass wall that over looked the city. It said:
This is where we were standing when I fell in love for the first time.
A powerful wave of tear-inducing emotions crashed over her. She remembered the first time he’d brought her to his apartment, the strange sensation she’d had that they were falling. It was the same place where he’d asked her to move in with him one night after dinner.
On the window was one word in the same lipstick from the bathroom.
Bedroom.
Fate moved past the kitchen and followed the trail of sand back to the bedroom. Dean stood at the foot of the bed.
“What in the world are you—”
He cut her off by holding out another framed note.
This is where I proposed.
Before she’d fully processed what was happening, what the sand meant, Dean dropped to one knee and looked up at her with that grin he had, the one that transformed a powerful CEO into a hopeful little boy.
His hands shook as he opened a small, velvet box, but tears blurred her vision too badly for her to see what was in it. It was likely a very expensive diamond, but it could’ve been a plastic ring from a Cracker Jack box. The answer was the same.
Fate nodded as tears rolled freely down her face.
Her answer came out choked and slightly muffled, but much like the ring, the specifics didn’t matter.
“This is where I said yes.”
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Each other.
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Finishing a book is an emotional experience. Perhaps this is why I usually start tearing up and blubbering like a fool around the time to write the acknowledgements. I have so much to be grateful for that it is a daunting task to try and list the many people who have loved and supported me along the way.
My family is without a doubt the most understanding group of people that I know. Deadlines make me an insane monster that only responds to human contact with grunts and growls. I am so grateful that my family still loves me at my craziest.
Big huge hugs of love to Elizabeth Lee for not only sharing a street team with me but also for critiquing those hideous first drafts of everything I write. Emily Tippetts does so many wonderful things for me that listing them all here would be ridiculous, but I can honestly say that I am grateful for her every day.
Thank you to Jessica Estep and the ladies of InkSlinger PR who go above and beyond to help spread the word about my books! Book bloggers, if I could squeeze you and kiss each and every one of your faces, I would. If you come see me at a signing event, it’s likely that I will! You make my world go ‘round and there literally aren’t words to express my gratitude to the proper extent. Thank you for all that you do for the book community!
For everyone taking a chance on my Second Chance series, thank you! I hope that you enjoy the books. I am so grateful that I get to share them with you.
To Regina Wamba, who designed this gorgeous cover, you amaze me. You are so very talented and you make the book world a more beautiful place! I am blessed to call you a friend!
Smooches and hugs of love to Ali, Amy, Erica, Kelly A., Kelley H-J., Chelcie, Rebecca, Nicki, Stephanie, and Jamie for beta reading this one for me! Your time and feedback mean the world to me!
I would list all of my amazing author friends and the many ways in which they have amazed, challenged, and inspired me, but it would seem like I was bragging because I am fortunate to know some truly fantastic women! But you know who you are and I love you!
Even though they will never read this, I have to thank The Civil Wars because even though they aren’t currently together, their music is like listening to lightning in a bottle—it’s the kind that reaches way down into your soul and marks it forever. I played their albums on repeat while writing Dean and Fate’s story.
And to you, the person reading this now. Thank you for allowing Dean and Fate (and me!) into your life. I hope you enjoyed their story, but even if you are already planning your scathing review because you simply detested this one, I appreciate that you hung in all the way to the end.
For those of you who’ve already asked if Keaton and Gwen get a book, I have to say, I don’t think they will get a full-length novel of their own. However, Dean’s bachelor party weekend is shaping up to be quite the novella-worthy event and perhaps Keaton and Gwen would be the best candidates to tell that story… We shall see. ;)
Caisey Quinn is the bestselling author of several New Adult and Contemporary Romance novels including the Kylie Ryans series, Keep Me Still, and The Neon Dreams series coming in 2015 from Avon/William Morrow. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama with her husband, daughter, a dog, a cat, and a temperamental fish named Fins. She is represented by Kevan Lyon of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.
You can find her online on her website, on Facebook, on Goodreads or on Twitter where she spends entirely too much time chatting about books and book boyfriends.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Books by Caisey Quinn
FALLING FOR YOU
Dedication
Quote
1 | Fate
2 | Fate
3 | Fate
4 | Fate
5 | Dean
6 | Fate
7 | Fate
8 | Dean
9 | Fate
Epilogue
FALLING FOR FATE
Dedication
Quote
Prologue
1 | Fate
2| Dean
3 | Fate
4 | Dean
5 | Fate
6 | Dean
7 | Fate
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10 | Dean
11 | Fate
12 | Dean
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Epilogue
Coming Soon from Caisey Quinn
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Book Designer
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