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“An electrifying love story filled with heart and heat. Definite five star read!”

-- Jenika Snow, USA Today bestselling author

Between Now and Forever, the first book in the all-new emotional and epic Forever Trilogy from Dylan Allen, is available now and FREE in Kindle Unlimited!

Real love stories, the ones worth telling, never end.

He was searching for the truth.

I was living a lie.

Our paths should never have crossed.

But, when we kissed it felt like destiny.

Falling in love was messy.

We broke rules we should have followed.

We made promises we couldn’t keep.

Forever felt impossible.

Heartbreak was inevitable.

Always would cost us everything.

This is not a fairytale.

This is a love story.

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Wow, to say I'm thoroughly impressed with Between Now and Forever by Dylan Allen feels like a huge understatement. Allen crushed the story right along with my heart!! Good God, the angst, the drama... I should have known that my heart was going to be put through a pasta maker... just flattened. It's what I have come to expect from reading Allen's books. But the blurb was so vague and I wasn't sure what I was getting into. You read it thinking you're going to feel something but not expecting to FEEL IT ALL, EVERYWHERE, EVERY HOW and WHICH WAY!

I keep thinking that perhaps Beth's situation felt so dire because Carter's is so completely the opposite it's like night and day. However, I finished this book last night and since then I've been thinking NON-STOP about the storyline and characters. It isn't the contrast that made the situation so dreadful. It's the fact that it IS dreadful. But on the other end, Beth and Carter together was everything. The immenseness that was them was stunning.

If I was to pick one thing that Dylan Allen executes flawlessly is the depth of feelings she puts into her characters... and she portrays it so acutely that the reader feels it as well. I never walk away from her words without feeling deeply affected in my heart. She often sends me out with life lessons that I feel on personal levels. Insecurities. Loneliness. Fear. Happiness. Love. Peace. I really don't understand how she can pack so much soul into a story but I hope she never stops. Speaking of... I need the second book like I need air! I'm a bit scared to see its title is, Between Now and Heartbreak. This is going to hurt more. Isn't it?

I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise, and my opinions are just that... my opinions.

Excerpt:

“Keep it. A little something to remember me.”

“So…are we, like, going to be like…boyfriend and girlfriend?”

Her eyes are expectant and suddenly, breathing feels a little harder. Those words make me think of things like explanations and disappointment. I’m not sure that I can be intimate with anyone. And what happens when she finds out about everything? She’ll be horrified. Or when I start back on the show and that whole world crowds in on us… she’ll get tired of it and walk away. Or I’ll be weak and break even more of my own rules and end up hurting her.

“Let’s not put any labels on it.”

Her eyes lose some of their sparkle, but she smiles gamely. “Well, no matter what we call it, the last few days have been awesome. I know a side of myself that I didn’t before.”

“How do you mean?”

“I mean, now I know, that given the chance, I can sit down with people I don’t know and have a great conversation. I’ve never been anywhere, but here. And now I’m going to get to travel with you—even though I’ll be seeing it through your phone’s camera. Meeting you was really good luck.”Oh yeah…The cheesecake.

I’m ruined. I brush my lips very lightly across hers and smile when she whimpers. God, I’m going to miss her.

“I promise, I’ll call.” It doesn’t make my heart race to say it.

“Don’t promise, Carter. Those are bound to be broken. Just do it.”Her eyes turn solemn and I see that she and disappointment are intimate friends. I want to break them up.

About Dylan Allen

Dylan Allen is a Texas girl with a serious case of wanderlust.

A self-proclaimed happily ever junkie, she loves creating stories where her characters chase their own happy endings.

When she isn’t writing or reading, eating or cooking, she and her family are planning their next adventure.