Blog tour stop for Kelly Elliott's Faithful(Wanted series #3)

SYNOPSIS:

No matter how faithful love can be…it takes only one moment to change it all.

After Heather Lambert’s parents died in a tragic car accident her senior year of high school, she refuses to let anyone into her heart for fear of being hurt again. Focusing only on school to follow her dreams of becoming an elementary school teacher, the last thing Heather intends to do is fall in love with Josh Hayes.

Josh knows the moment he lays eyes on Heather that she is the one he’s been waiting for. During months of obstacles and denied feelings, he is rejected by her time and time again.
When he finally wins her love, Josh and Heather start planning their future together…until Heather receives one bit of news she never wanted to hear again.

There has been a car accident.

Josh wakes up with no memory of Heather, and his ex-girlfriend, Victoria, is his nurse. Heather must decide if she’ll risk being hurt again and fight for the one man she loves with all her heart.

Will Josh remember Heather when she needs him the most? Or will Victoria take advantage of this opportunity, pushing Heather away from Josh for good?

Faithful is the third book in the Wanted series by Kelly Elliott.

Excerpt:

Brad and Scott talked for a bit as I looked around for Josh. He was talking and laughing with the DJ.

Ah, so the little bastard is going to have his hand in the romance department this evening.

Gunner reached up and handed Scott a beer as Scott sat down.

Then, Gunner turned to me. He leaned in toward me, so only I could hear him. “Does he think he stands a chance?” Gunner looked out at Josh.

I laughed. “I guess he does. This should be interesting to watch.”

Gunner and I both sat back and started to drink our beers as we watched Josh talking to the DJ.

“He’s probably asking the DJ to recommend a good song,” Gunner said with a chuckle.

Brad sat down as he started laughing. “Think so? This is gonna be good. Gotta give him props for trying though. I think I have both of y’all beat with my song.”

Gunner and I both looked at Brad as he smiled and took a sip of his Coke.

“Ari cried,” I said.

“Oh, come on, dude,” Brad said.

Scott asked, “What in the hell are y’all talking about?”

Gunner looked over at the girls and saw they were deep in conversation. “We have a little romance contest going on. Trying to see which one of us can out romance the other with our song choices.”

Scott’s mouth dropped open. “That’s fucked up, y’all. Do the girls know what you’re doing?”

At the same time, Gunner, Brad, and I all said, “No.”

Josh shook the DJ’s hand, and as he started to walk back toward us, he had a cocky-ass smile plastered on his face.

Poor guy. He really doesn’t stand a chance.

He walked right past us and up to Heather. He took her hand and pulled her up to him. “I have something special just for you,” Josh said before he kissed the back of Heather’s hand.

Gunner muttered, “Pesh,” under his breath.

Ellie smacked Gunner on the back of his head. “Knock it off.”

Just then, the DJ asked for everyone’s attention. “Listen up, y’all. I’ve had a special request from one very lucky man in the house tonight. He’s getting married in a couple days.”

Everyone started to clap and whistle.

“Ah hell,” Gunner and I said at the same time.

Brad and Scott started laughing.

“Josh, bring your beautiful future bride out onto the dance floor,” the DJ said. 

Josh started leading Heather out to the dance floor. As he passed us, he smiled and winked. “Watch how it’s done, gentlemen.”

“Little bastard!” Gunner called out, earning another slap on the head from Ellie.

We watched as Josh walked Heather out to the middle of the dance floor. Her face was bright red, and when he kissed her on the cheek, all I heard were oohs and aahs. Someone handed Josh a microphone, and then he got down on one knee.

Brad, Gunner, and I all leaned forward.

“What in the hell is he doing? He can’t ask her to marry him. He’s already done that!” I said.

Ari smacked me on the shoulder. “Be quiet for Christ’s sake!”

“Holy hell, she’s already crying, and he hasn’t even started talking yet,” Brad said.

“Heather, I never in my life thought I could be as happy as I am in this very moment. The idea of spending the rest of my life with you just about brings me down to both knees. I cannot wait to make you my wife. I want to make all your dreams come true. I want to be the best husband and father to our unborn babies as I possibly can.”

Josh put his hand on her stomach and then kissed her belly as Heather brought her hand up to her mouth. He looked up at her and smiled.

“Is he crying?” Scott asked.

“Bastard,” Gunner, Brad, and I said at the same time.

“Shh!” Ellie, Amanda, and Ari said at the same time.

“Princess, I want to be your everything.” He stood up and took Heather in his arms as Keith Urban’s “Your Everything” started to play.

“Oh. My. God. If that is not the most romantic thing ever!” Ellie said.

Gunner snapped his head around and looked at her.

I was still staring out at them. They were the only two dancing as everyone stood around and watched.

“Holy hell, that just swept me off my damn feet! Heather is so lucky!” Amanda said.

Brad choked on his drink.

Ari walked around and sat on my lap. Her eyes looked like they were filling with tears as she watched them dancing.

Jesus H. Christ. Is she about to cry?

“So incredibly romantic…wow. Heather really is lucky.” She turned to me and smiled. “I think Josh won by a landslide. Don’t you think, babe?”

Scott busted out laughing as I just looked at her.

All I could do was let out a small laugh before I grabbed her and brought her in for a kiss. I pulled slightly away from her lips. “He certainly did.”

When she gave me that drop-dead beautiful smile of hers, my heart started racing.

“I love you, babe.” She captured my lips with hers.

I kissed her and poured as much love into the kiss as I could. When she ran her hands through my hair, I wanted to just rip off her clothes and take her right here and now.

Review:

Faithful starts off where Saved left off, and what a cliffhanger it was! Oh and don't EVEN  get me started on the epilogue. I think Kelly likes giving her readers heart attacks! No, but seriously, I thought my heart was breaking out of my chest with that damn epilogue. Kelly writes with so much emotion, and EVERY books she has written has made me cry at some point.

My heart was really put through the wringer with Josh and Heather's story. After a car accident Josh loses his memory and thinks he is back in college and dating the bitch Victoria. And guess who happens to be his nurse...yep Victoria. 

" My head was spinning. Then, I remembered the beautiful blonde who was holding my hand. The moment I looked into her eyes, my stomach had dropped."

Even though his mind couldn't remember Heather, his heart sure did. But he just wanted to start over as friends to try and get his memory back. Heather decides she is willing to do whatever it takes to help with his recovery, so she agrees with Josh even though her heart is in pieces.

The excerpt posted above is probably my favorite part of the whole book! The romance competition was hilarious, and loved how the girls all knew what the men were doing. Poor Gunner taught Josh so well the girls thought he was the winner, and Gunner was not happy about that!

If you know anything at all about Kelly, you know that Gary Taylor is her muse for Gunner Mathews and she takes some of his everyday life details and puts them in the book. The above quote is something that Gary says and I couldn't help but laugh when I read that line so of course I felt it was worthy of a pic quote!

Overall I give this 5 stars and CANNOT wait for Cherished! Kelly has me hooked on her books and I don't want the cure!

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