THE SECOND TRYST
Alessi Brothers Series - Book 3
She ran when he needed her most, but now she needs him.
Sydney
Since my diagnosis, my family did everything they could to smooth the edges of life for me. When I met Adrian Alessi the summer before college, it was like coming up for desperately needed air. I wanted that one thing for myself. One thing that wasn't consumed by doctors, medications, and concern. Adrian treated me like every other girl, because he didn't know I wasn't—and that's how I liked it. Years of secret rendezvous and deepening feelings made walking away from him the most difficult thing I'd ever done. Now I'm back in his orbit, and he suddenly knows every secret I've kept from him. Every secret except the ones I refuse to admit to myself.
Adrian
I was always the class clown. The reckless, impulsive youngest brother who no one took seriously. Then, at twenty-two years old, the death of my mother plunged me into a dark place. My brothers did their best to be supportive, but they couldn't substitute for the one person I truly needed—Sydney Byrne. We spent every summer sneaking away, falling in love, only to separate when fall came. When my mom got sick, and I needed Sydney more than ever, she left me. No explanation, no remorse. Now that she's popped back into my life, she owes me an explanation and the life we could have had.
The banter is fantastically funny, Leo's head-over-heels obsession with making Callie happy is a giant green flag, the spice is so niiiiiice, and the feels are hitting hard.
The Co-Producers
It's a brilliantly written debut novel and the storyline and character development is unreal! Truly she has knocked it out of the park with this novel. And the chemistry between the characters is amazing!
The Frame Up
This book has it all, friends, family, spice. Once I started it I had a hard time putting the book down until it was finished.
The Co-Producers
This book kept me completely hooked — it made me laugh out loud, and at times, it also tugged at my heartstrings. It’s one of those stories that blends humor, emotional depth, and lovable characters in the best way.
The Frame Up
Shannon Saunders writes spicy, bingeable romantic comedies with characters that are navigating the complexities that life often serves us. Her books reflect what we all experience—laughter, heartbreak, and triumph. All topped with a heavy dollop of banter.
Shannon has been a romance reader since she was a little ten-year-old. Problematic? Maybe. The Tyler series circa early 90s really made an impact. Now she writes the same stories that shaped her.
If you are a fan of Lucy Score, Claire Kingsley, or Sloane St. James, you’ll love her compact stories that are perfect for a vacation read, a palate cleanser, or to drag you out of a reading slump.
She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons. When she's not wrangling small children, she's probably in her garden. Possibly gardening, possibly making someone else look at everything while she says "Look!" repeatedly.