The Thread Between Danny and Me
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My heart jumped.
Oh god, I thought. Please, kiss me. Please.
Danny was too far away from me to do that. And even if we were closer, he wouldn't have. Rojo pawed at Danny's jeans. He wound up and threw the ball again.
"You'd think this dog has no one to pay attention to him," I commented.
"I could get used to this," Danny said with a wide smile.
We could be a family, I thought. You, me, and Rojo.
"So could Rojo."
Danny laughed.
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When Maria Ramirez-Johnson was a teenager, she developed an intense and deep love for her best friend Danny McGarry, the school's resident baseball star. But fate was not kind, and the life she had rapidly changed.
Now as a college graduate with a Master's in Architecture, Maria is looking to build her life and career, and find some happiness in the process.
But try as she might, she can't cut the thread that connects her to the past---to that boy with ocean eyes and a wide smile.
Is there a way to get over these intense feelings that have yet to fade with time? Or is there an opportunity for a second chance with the only man she's ever loved?
[This novel is split into two parts. The first part takes place in the early 2000s. The second part takes place eleven years later.]
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