Can't Buy the Moonlight

I swore and was almost certain I didn't have any more air to breathe, it had all evaporated once my sight set on her. The last time I'd seen the brunette, she was only sixteen, a month shy of her seventeenth birthday. I'd thought she'd been beautiful at sixteen, now... Breathe, McCord! Breathe! I kept having to remind myself as she came to a stop in front of me.

Bending over at the waist as she tried to catch her breath, I watched as she held onto her sides, holding up a finger and taking big deep breaths. Once her breathing was under control... somewhat... She stood up straight and smiled at me. I felt the air leave my lungs once again.
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Distance and time have separated Matthew McCord and Emmaline Sawyer from one another. Matt traveled to Japan to fulfill his lifelong dream; Emma stayed behind to mend her broken heart. Now ten years later, Matt has returned with only one thing on his mind: Emma.

They say time heals all wounds, but Emma is devastated when Matt leaves. Barely hanging on, she's left a shell of what she once was. Then tragedy strikes her family, and she must learn that she has the courage inside to fight for what is most important to her.

When a new threat to their happily ever after emerges, Matt will have to prove he has what it takes to win Emma over, to keep this time, or risk losing her forever.
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Told from the point of view of our two lovers, along with some others.