WHITE KNIGHT
by CD Reiss
Catherine's long-lost love is found.
Catherine Barrington is a rich girl. Chris Cartwright is a poor boy.
He left her to make something of himself. A man she could be proud of. A man she could bring home to her parents. A man she could marry.
On the trading floor he became the man he knew he could be. Now, it’s time to return.
Rich girl.
Poor boy.
She didn’t care about his money, but he didn’t believe her. Soon after he left, all the money was gone.
Her life is hell.
Now he’s back, and he’s different. Pristine. Gorgeous. Rich.
Rich boy.
Poor girl.
Money was never the barrier, until now.
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White Knight is a standalone in the same world as King of Code, with its own beginning, middle, and end. You don't need to read anything else to read White Knight.
Excerpt:
I crossed the train tracks, looking both ways as if the freight ran on a thoroughfare. It was a few steps to the rows of mobile homes that defined that side of Barrington. The playground was in a little clearing just west of the center of the trailers. My fingertips were cold, but the rest of my body thrummed and pulsed so hard that I made my own heat. I told myself I didn’t know what to expect from this meeting, but if I didn’t know what to expect, I knew what to hope, and they were pretty much the same thing. “Catherine!” Chris wasn’t loud, but the excitement in his voice made him sound as if he were shouting. “Chris?” I spun around, looking for him in the darkness. And on a three-quarter turn, he crashed into me, all lips and hands, digging his fingertips into the muscles of my back as he pulled me close. I tasted the minty toothpaste in his mouth and thought he brushed his teeth for me. He kissed me as if he would never kiss me again. He kissed me as if this was the last kiss he would ever have in his life. As if he wanted to eat me alive. I’d given over my freedom and my choice to this thing with him, to this moment, to this stupid set of choices that would ruin me forever. As surely as the sun would rise, I was the designer of my own destruction. I wanted to be destroyed by that kiss. When Chris took my hand, I imagined I could feel the blood pulsing through the veins, the cells in his skin. I imagined that when my nerve endings vibrated at his touch, they connected to his somehow. Everything felt new. I was discovering that my body had routes between one place and another that I never knew existed. I never knew that when a man touched my hand or kissed my nipples, I could feel it between my legs. There was a click behind the tree line, and he stopped kissing me with a jerk. We froze long enough for him to smile.
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Catherine was the girl Chris loved but left behind in order to escape the misery and poverty of his life. The struggle was real after he left her, but he was determined to pay her back for the small loan she gave him in order for him to escape the misery that was his life. He was supposed to go back for her and together they would build a life together. This never happened. Now, that his success had surpassed his dreams, his personal life called for introspection and for the truth to be faced. He had all the monetary success he wanted but his life was barren of love and real emotions.
Catherine had faced her own struggles during these last thirteen years. Going from being rich to being almost penniless was part of it. The guilt of what her parents had done to her hometown was the hardest to deal with. Her life was now dedicated to helping the townspeople survive this disaster. But all her good deeds could not fill the empty place in her heart of the boy she had given her heart to. The boy who promised to come back for her and never did. Her daily tears for him and her broken heart her only release.
This is a love story like no other. It is about the mistakes we make as we grow into adulthood and the consequences. Promises made and forgotten which have left a scar in our lives. Brilliantly portrayed, these characters come alive and will tug at your hearts as they find their place in the world.
I am voluntarily reviewing this book. Thanks to the author for sharing a copy with me.
About the Author
CD Reiss is a New York Times bestseller. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn't pick up she's at the well hauling buckets. Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master's degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels. She's frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn't ever gotten her out of chopping that cord of wood. If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
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