THE
LAST HONEST
MAN
ONE PASS AWAY: A NEW SEASON
BOOK TWO
©2020 MARY J. WILLIAMS
Copyright © 2020 by Mary J. Williams.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced in any format, by any means, electronic or otherwise, without prior consent from the Copyright owner and publisher of this book.
First E-book Printing, 2020
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Writing isn’t easy. But I love every second. A blank screen isn’t the enemy. It is an opportunity to create new friends and take them on amazing adventures and life-changing journeys. I feel blessed to spend my days weaving tales that are unique—because I made them.
Billionaires. Songwriters. Artists. Actors. Directors. Stuntmen. Football players. They fill the pages and become dear friends I hope you will want to revisit again and again.
Thank you for jumping into my books and coming along for the journey.
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If I Loved You
If Tomorrow Never Comes
If You Only Knew
If I Had You (Christmas in Harper Falls)
Hollywood Legends
Dreaming with a Broken Heart
Dreaming with My Eyes Wide Open
Dreaming of Your Love
Dreaming Again
Dreaming of a White Christmas
(Caleb and Callie’s story)
One Pass Away
After the Rain
After All These Years
After the Fire
Hart of Rock and Roll
Flowers on the Wall
Flowers and Cages
Flowers are Red
Flowers for Zoe
Flowers in Winter
WITH ONE MORE LOOK AT YOU
One Strike Away
For a Little While
For Another Day
For All We Know
For the First Time
The Sisters Quartet
One Way or Another
Two of a Kind
Three Wishes
Four Simple Words
Five More Minutes (The Sisters Quartet Christmas)
Six Days (The Sisters Quartet Wedding)
Rock & Roll Forever
Almost Paradise
Almost Blue
Almost Everything
Almost Home
Almost Like Being in Love (A Rock & Roll Forever Christmas)
One Pass Away—A New Season
The Devil Wears Blue Jeans
The Back-Up Plan
The Last Honest Man
The Heartbreak Kid
AUDIOBOOKS
ONE PASS AWAY SERIES
After the Rain – click here
After All These Years – click here
After the Fire - click here
HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS SERIES
Dreaming with a Broken Heart – click here
Dreaming with My Eyes Wide Open - click here
Dreaming of Your Love - click here
Dreaming Again - click here
HARPER FALLS SERIES
If I Loved You – click here
If Tomorrow Never Comes – click here
If You Only Knew – click here
If I Had You – click here
THE SISTERS QUARTET
One Way or Another - click here
Two of a Kind - click here
Three Wishes - click here
Four Simple Words - click here
Five More Minutes - click here
Six Days - click here
THE HART OF ROCK AND ROLL
Flowers on the Wall - click here
Flowers and Cages - click here
Flowers are Red - click here
Flowers for Zoe - click here
ROCK & ROLL FOREVER
Almost Paradise - click here
Almost Blue - click here
Almost Everything - click here
Almost Home - click here
Almost Like Being in Love – click here
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
MORE BOOKS BY MARY J. WILLIAMS
AUDIOBOOKS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
EPILOGUE
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PROLOGUE
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Seattle, Washington
AN ELEGANTLY APPOINTED waiter poured a glass of vintage Bordeaux into a long-stemmed crystal glass. Hands covered with crisp white gloves, the man stepped back and waited with carefully contained anxiety as a beautiful woman took a sip of the rich, dark liquid. Flipping a column of glossy dark hair over one shoulder, she closed her eyes and let out a sigh of unabashed pleasure.
A model by profession—with a deep-seated desire to be a movie star—what Sasha Lake lacked in acting talent she made up for in a heightened sense of the dramatic.
Watching Sasha’s performance, Dylan Montgomery’s lips quirked into an amused smile. He nodded toward the waiter to leave the bottle before turning his attention back to his companion.
“Good?” he asked as she set down her glass.
“My favorite,” Sasha answered, licking a drop of wine from the corner of her crimson-colored lips. Her eyes met his, laughter sparkling from their dark depths. “You should have some.”
As Dylan’s smile widened, he shook his head. While he enjoyed the taste of alcohol, like the head cheerleader of his high school football team who he crushed on for three solid years, his feelings were not reciprocated. Some things, he learned from bitter experience, were simply not meant to be.
A lightweight where drinking was concerned, he could get a buzz simply sniffing the cork from a bottle of whiskey. One beer, while in the company of friends, was his limit. These days, he rarely consumed anything stronger than the herbal tea he had specially blended at a local store.
“How long have we known each other?” Sasha inquired as she ran one fingertip along the edge of her glass. “Almost two years?”
“Sounds right,” Dylan said with a shrug. If pushed, he might be able to pinpoint the exact date of their first meeting, though he saw no reason to bother. “Why do you ask?”
“Just curious.”
Sasha took in the elegantly appointed candlelit table. Her gaze flickered over the romantically shadowed room where they were the only occupants before settling on the bank of floor to ceiling windows. The moon glistened off the waters of nearby Puget Sound—truly a million-dollar view.
“We don’t date,” Sasha pointed out as she lifted her glass. “We’re friendly, but neither of us would call the other a friend. To say we’re lovers seems too romantic a classification for what essentially is a booty call once every few months.”
Raising an eyebrow, Dylan waited. Because their meetings were few and far between, he tended to forget Sasha’s penchant for using a dozen words when one or two would do just as well. Even the kindest of her many admirers would never call the woman’s vocabulary precise or succinct.
“I enjoy our brief but eventful encounters,” Sasha continued, causing Dylan to suppress a sigh. “You’re handsome, you have a gorgeous body. Yum, yum.”
Dylan appreciated the compliment but didn’t let Sasha’s words go to his
