The Story of Us Author:Tara Sivec How much can a man take before he breaks? — 1,843 days. That's how long I survived in that hellhole. They tried to break me, but I resisted. And I owe it all to the memory of warm summer nights, the scent of peaches, and the one woman who loved me more than I ever deserved to be loved. Now, I'll do anything to get back to her. — Only... more » Shelby Eubanks isn't the girl I left behind all those years ago. She's someone else, a stranger. My Shelby -- my little green-eyed firecracker -- would never give up her dreams, would never disappear into her mother's ambitions. But I won't give up on her. On us. I may be broken, and scarred, and not the man I used to be, but I will do whatever it takes to remind her of the story of us.« less