I will always be here for you. There isn’t a world that exists where I’m not gonna be around for you.
When the Time is Right, a funny, sweet and emotional standalone from USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez and M. Mabie is available now!
Fate doesn’t always happen overnight.
Hudson Bradley is the cockiest, most stubborn, hard-headed man I’ve ever known. And for fifteen years, he’s been my brother's best friend.
But lately, what I’m feeling for him isn’t friendship at all.
Why is my heart racing every time his blue eyes lock on mine? Why does every word he rumbles in my ear make my body come alive? And worst of all, why did I bet him that I could find a woman he and his son would both love?
If I hadn’t given up on love altogether, Hudson would have been perfect for me. After all, he was there the day my world fell apart. He’s spent the last six years piecing me back together.
There are a million reasons why we could never work, but after a single kiss, I can’t remember any of them.
Now that the time is right, I have to make him mine—before I lose him forever.
Well first things first. Aly Martinez and M. Mabie have become one of my favorite duo-authors!! I am hoping and praying these two continue publishing books together.
Hudson and Alexis have been in each other’s lives longer then they haven’t. Hudson’s best friend is Alexis’s older brother Cal. The three of them and their neighbor were always together.
Hudson didn’t have a good family. Call’s family took him in and looked at him as one of their own. When Hudson and their neighbor had a baby together his son was loved and cared for as well.
Hudson owns, works and manages a construction business that he started from scratch and business is booming. He’s also very involved in his son’s life.
Alexis hasn’t had it easy the past few years. She lost somebody she loved with everything and she faked her smile for awhile. With the help of Hudson and her family she’s almost 100% back to her happily go luck self.
Lately Alexis and Hudson have been spending more time together since Cal is getting married and skipping their weekly get together. So, they’ve been on their own.
Neither one of them have either had any romantic feelings for each other before. One night they decide to make a bet. They’ll set each other up on dates until they find the one. If Alexis finds Hudson the one he’ll give her cats AKA her babies the perfect cat room and if Hudson wins she has to give him her prized possession, her grandfathers car.
Things didn’t go the way either of them expected. Instead they’d compare their dates to each other. They realized how much they care about each other and not just as “my brothers best friend” and “my best friends little sister “ type relationship.
While Hudson and Alexis really are perfect for each other, their HEA won’t come easily. They’re not sure how their family will be with them in a relationship more than friends.
Alexis still has a part of herself hidden from everybody. A part she was never ready to let anybody know about and that she wasn’t ready to giveaway.
Hudson’s such a dedicated father. He always wanted to be the father his never was. He looked at Cal and Alexis’s father as a dad and that’s what he wanted to be for his son. While Hudson loves Alexis, he’s 100% fully dedicated to his son.
They’ll have obstacles to get past in order to get their HEA. They must not give up on each order if it’ll ever work.
I finished this so quick bc I couldn’t put it down. I am so in love with Alexis and Hudson. I felt like I knew them or I could’ve been them. This story has everything you’d want in a friends-to-lovers story.
The authors had me Lmao one minute and I was crying the next. I’m stoked these two authors decided to team up bc they’re definitely perfect at it. I’m praying that they don’t stop writing. I want lots more stories from them. I also wanna find myself a Hudson of my own bc he’s legit PERFECT!!
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Excerpt
I did everything I could to not make eye contact. Actually, my MO for the past week had been no contact period, but that was a little hard to do when the guy you’re dodging knows things about you. Specifically, the lock code on your front door. “You can go home, Hudson. I’m fine.” Out of my periphery, I watched him perch his hands on his hips. “No,” he argued. “Not until we figure this out.” So he had noticed my ghosting. I hoped he wasn’t as good at calling my bluff. “There is no this.” “What about what you said at the—” “Yeah, I must have had a cold or something. Whatever it was, I’m over it.” Lies. Lies. Lies. Hopefully, I’d start believing them. “Over it?” “Yep. Hey, how was your date?” My topic-swapping skills were on point. When he stopped, only an arm's length away, I finally seized what scrap of pride I had and looked up into his blue eyes. “Are you seeing her again?” He huffed. “Well, that’s kind of up to you.” “Me?” I dropped the spoon into the sink and put the ice cream down so I could cross my arms over my chest. “What do I have to do with it?” His lids fell shut, and he tipped his head at the ceiling, stretched his neck from side to side, and then brought his gaze back to mine. “Kate seems to think that, maybe, I have a thing…for you.” My face flushed hot, and I wondered if maybe I’d fallen down trying to get out of my leather skirt earlier and I was dreaming, passed out on my bedroom floor. The issue with that theory was I could smell him, feel the warmth from his body in front of me, and see his heartbeat thumping in the vein in his neck. This was real, but I still wasn’t sure I could handle it. “Well, that’s just, uh, dumb,” I contended weakly. Shaking my head to rattle myself back to sanity, I asked, “W-why did she say that?” I tried to laugh, but it was as fake as my gusto. “Because, apparently, I talked about you the whole night.” Okay, I was wrong. I’d thought riding in a car with him and seeing him shirtless and watching him play with Jack and seeing how much he loved my family and having him touch me and avoiding him all week had been torture. This moment was a whole new level of torment. “So?” I said childishly. It didn’t matter how I felt or what I wanted. I couldn’t just leap into his arms and expect everything to turn out the way it was supposed to. That’s not how my life worked. “So I need to find out if this, whatever’s been building between us, is something.” Wouldn’t that be nice? Up until that very second, it had all been one-sided. I’d racked my brain all week to understand why I’d felt the crazy things I did about him. “How you gonna do that?” “We’re going to kiss,” he stated very matter-of-factly, and then he closed the distance between our bodies. “We are?” I whispered. My voice had all but left the building. “Unless you stop me right now.” I wanted to. I didn’t want to. I was scared. I was excited. But mostly, I wasn’t stopping him.
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About M. Mabie
M. Mabie lives in Illinois with her husband. She writes everything from steamy romantic comedies to angst-filled, pull your hair out drama. She enjoys it all. With her unconventional love stories, she tries to embody "real-life romance."
She cares about politics, but will not discuss them in public. She uses the same fork at every meal, watches Wayne's World while cleaning, and lets her dog sleep on her head. She has always been a writer. In fact, she was born with a pen in her hand, which almost never happens. Almost.
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