I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places you weren't even looking. But the original wound would never heal. I would carry it with me forever, and so would Tara. That was the trick... accepting it, going on with your life, knowing it was part of you.


Smooth Talking Stranger: Number 3 in series (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780748123377

Lisa Kleypas Quotes

I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places...

I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places...

I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places...

I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places...