That will be a full length novel eventually. **Also Note: Next to Never is not Quinn's story. For those readers who desired paperbacks of Aflame to complete their collections, this is it. It is Aflame and Next to Never together in one book.

*Please note: The Next Flame is not a new story. That’s hers, not his, and to hell with anyone that gets in her way again. Or that’s what she tells herself…īecause two years ago, her heart also stopped beating, and no matter the success in school or the support of her friends, there’s only one time every week she can feel that same rush in her blood. Two years ago, Jared left town, and Tate’s life is exactly where she wants it to be. He owned her heart, and he played with it like one of his cars. He decided if she would be happy or sad, fearful or free. Acceptance to medical school, a circle of friends she would never replace, and contentment that every day is now hers.Īll through high school, Jared Trent called the shots. Tatum Brandt finally has everything she wants. She’s never asked about the path of her parents’ romantic history, but she soon learns their happy marriage had a very rocky and passionate start.Īs she starts to see things around her with new eyes, Quinn will have to make tough choices about whether she’ll keep waiting…or finally go after what she really wants. Until a package turns up on her doorstep with no return address and its contents reveal family secrets that threaten to turn her world upside down. Quinn knows she shouldn’t wait for him anymore. Lucas Morrow is a man, and knowing her brothers, he may as well be forbidden.īut years ago, Lucas left town and shows no signs of returning.

And when a family friend-several years older-from her childhood still holds her heart, she knows they’re going to be a problem. Under the close watch of the men in her family, Quinn Caruthers has found it nearly impossible to spread her wings-or even date-without her three older brothers, Jared, Madoc, and Jaxon, jumping in to hover. New York Times bestseller Penelope Douglas introduces the next generation in her Fall Away series in Next to Never, together for the first time with her bestselling novella, Aflame.

Bully fall away