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Friends 2 Lovers, Volume 7

Friends 2 Lovers: A Seat at the Table Book Series

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Coming soon. Volume Seven of the Friends 2 Lovers series is on its way.

A year after the operating room, Claude and Kelly Richards are expecting their third child and learning to live with the truth about the man who raised Claude. Then an invitation arrives that Anthony cannot refuse: Father's Day dinner on Key Biscayne, at the home of the silver-haired man the family knows only as Papa, the man whose favors once brought Kelly home alive.

The table is beautiful. The booster seats are already set out. Little Lori runs straight to the old man with her arms up, and Valerie Dixon realizes her daughter has been here before. Reggie will not look at Julian, the grandson who quietly sets every chair. And in a library at the end of a long hall, Anthony is told that the debt is paid, and given advice that sounds a great deal like an order: when the grand jury asks who this man is, he is to say what he always has. He does not know.

But Anthony promised his family no more lies, and a federal subpoena is coming. With Claude standing beside him, Kelly guarding the children, and Clinton preparing for a rematch the whole city is watching, the Richards family has to decide what honesty will cost. In A Seat at the Table, how do you tell the truth about a man who has never told anyone his name?

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Quotes from A Seat at the Table

“Whatever you decide, you don't decide it alone.”

— Claude

“A table with more people at it than chairs.”

“Our family says everybody's name.”

— Daisy

“That man doesn't make threats. He makes weather.”

— Detective Arnold

“A debt, somebody can call in. A gift, nobody can.”

“I'm not giving you away. I'm walking you.”

— Claude

“The people who mattered were the ones who sat down next to you, not the ones who drove away.”

“You came late, and you came wrong, and you came on a lie a doctor sold you. But you came. And you kept coming.”

— Latoya

“Sometimes the only thing you do is stay at the table.”

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SeriesFriends 2 Lovers, Volume 7
PublishedComing soon
PublisherUpstormed
Quotes

Quotes by Jonathan Anthony Burkett

From his books, as collected by readers on Goodreads.

Quotes on Goodreads

You know my name, not my story. You've heard what I've done, but not what I've been through.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated

Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated

It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

Look for the heart in a man before you look at what he has.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

Instead of treating your child like how you were treated. Treat them with the same love and attention you wanted from your parents while growing up.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated

Faith doesn't get you around problems in life and relationships, it gets you through it.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

If two people are meant for one another, that doesn't mean that they have to rush and be together right away. Real love takes time to grow, just like how it takes time to grow from children to adults.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

Stop worrying about being that perfect person because no one is perfect. Put your focus on being that right person that will love, understand, and care for that other.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I believe I can achieve something in my life.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated

Do you consider yourself a blessing or just another person?

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated

The best foundation for relationships to grow, flourish, and succeed is a deep-rooted friendship.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: The Unthinkable

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond who you were.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Neglected But Undefeated

It's risky most of the time, but its better to listen to your heart.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett, Friends 2 Lovers: Closed Doors Open

I live to inspire, not start the fire.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Strong relationships come from well-bonded friendships.

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett