Book Blitz~ Always by Bethany-Kris

ALWAYS, A Legacy Novel

by Bethany-Kris Cross + Catherine, #1 
Publication Date: October 2, 2017 
Genres: Adult, Contemporary Romance, Coming of Age, Mafia

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SYNOPSIS:

A Legacy Novel
A wild boy. A sly girl.
Cross Donati defines trouble. He does what he wants because heā€™s never known anything different. Heā€™s unapologetic, and he owns it.
Catherine Marcello is every bit a good girl ā€¦ on the outside. Her entire world is a legacy, and she lives it. Sheā€™s curious, and sheā€™s exploring it.
She chases bad things. He never learned to be good.
Theyā€™re late nights, stolen cars, first times, fist fights, leather jackets, beaches, bloody smiles, and life. Theyā€™re vicious and precious, dangerous and harmless, innocence and sin. They are love.
Love is killing for someone. Love is living for someone.
Sometimes, you canā€™t keep saving your heart when it means sacrificing it, too. Sometimes, you have to learn to save yourself. Sometimes, love has to fall, crash, and burn.
This is what love is like when youā€™re a principe and principessa della mafia. This is what love is like when youā€™re Cross Donati and Catherine Marcello.
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Always is a Legacy Novel, and while it is standalone, it can also act as a prequel for Revere. Each Legacy Novel stands alone from any other book, series, or collection.

EXCERPT

ALWAYS, A Legacy Novel (Cross + Catherine, #1) by Bethany-Kris

Catherine giggled. Her amusement faded fast. Like the second Hugh grabbed her arm in a tight grip, and stopped her from walking further.
ā€œLast name?ā€ he asked again.
She tugged her arm to free it from his grasp, but he didnā€™t let go. She looked down at his hand pointedly. ā€œThatā€™s a no.ā€
ā€œShit, whatā€™s your problem? Iā€™m just asking who the hellā€”ā€
ā€œLet me go,ā€ Catherine said.
She was polite.
It was the only warning he was going to get.
ā€œTell me your name, then.ā€
ā€œThis isnā€™t a tit for tat,ā€ Catherine replied. ā€œI said no, and that meansā€”ā€
Catherine didnā€™t even see the fist coming before it smashed into Hughā€™s face. Hugh let go of Catherineā€™s arm with a holler, and she almost tripped over her gladiator-style sandals in an effort to jump back.
ā€œMeans fucking no,ā€ the guy Catherine had been admiring earlier said, as he stood over a now bleeding Hugh. ā€œCoach said to move your ass, so move, Hugh. Stop bothering girlsā€”didnā€™t you get enough of that shit last year?ā€
ā€œDonati!ā€ someone yelled from the field.
ā€œJesus Christ, Cross,ā€ Liliana muttered.
ā€œPrick!ā€
That was all Hugh got out before he kicked out a leg and dropped Cross to the ground. In full football gear, but for the helmets, the two boys started laying into one another. Each fist smacking into a body or gear made Catherine cringe. She was pretty sure someone was bleeding, too, in between cursing and name calling. The players and coaches on the field started heading their way fast.
ā€œOkay, time to go,ā€ Liliana said, making sure to tug Catherine along.
She kept up with her cousin easily enough.
First day, and already starting fights.
Yeah, she really missed her old school.
ā€œDonati did you a favor there,ā€ Liliana said as they came closer to the school.
ā€œWho?ā€ Catherine asked, peering back over her shoulder.
ā€œDonati. Cross Donati.ā€
That surname seemed familiar to Catherine, but she couldnā€™t quite pull out why.
ā€œHugh is a creep,ā€ Liliana said, oblivious to Catherineā€™s confusion. ā€œHe doesnā€™t understand the word no, and if you ask the right girls, theyā€™ll all tell you not to leave a drink unattended when heā€™s around. Seriously, Cross did you a favor.ā€
She couldnā€™t help but look back over her shoulder.
Catherine found a pair of dark eyes looking in her direction before they locked onto hers.
Cross.
Cross Donati.
His fist crashed down into Hughā€™s bloody face one more time before the coach reached the fighting boys, and pulled them apart. He was still staring after Catherine, though.
Cross smiled at her, then, showing off white teeth stained red by his bloody mouth. He didnā€™t seem a bit bothered by it, really. She smiled back.
Catherine thought, years from then, when people asked ā€¦
She would say that was when she fell in love with Cross.
Black hair.
Dark eyes.
Bruised knuckles.
Bloody mouth.
All the while, he smiled at her.
And she smiled back.
That was when she fell in love with Cross Donati.
Even if she hadnā€™t known it then.

ABOUT BETHANY-KRIS

Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to three young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something ā€¦ when she can find the time.
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