The Memories We Made: Remembering Us Part I by Cara Dee

 This is the story of Nathan and Ash in two parts. In the first part, we go back to the beginning. Through twenty years of them building a life, the struggles of marriage and adoption, and the reality of navigating kink identities that don’t always line up when fear stands in the path of living their happily ever after.

The Memories We Made: Remembering Us Part I by Cara Dee

Genre: MM Romance/BDSM Romance
Series: The Game Series #16
Standalone: Yes
Release Day: Friday, March 6, 2026
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The Game Series, #16 | Standalone Duet | Book 1 of 2 | Hurt/Comfort | Family | Dom/Dom | Opposites Attract | Second Chances | Angst

Description

Ash and Nathan’s story begins on a blistering day in Philadelphia, with a rough-around-the-edges scaffolder yelling outside the office of a trauma specialist. Psychology major Nate decides to give this brute a piece of his mind.

The friends who told me to move on didn’t have a clue what they were talking about. Moving on wasn’t happening—and I knew that better than anyone after being trapped at the bottom of a heartbreak for an excruciating year now, where I had nothing but crippling anxiety and our memories to torture me. Everything we’d built, the family we’d created, the pictures, that damn National Parks passport, the ring on my finger, echoes of laughter and promises… I’d been there, watching you, being your test subject, as you’d become the rope rigger you were today. With amusement glinting in your eyes, you’d called me the OG bondage bunny. Me, the primal predator, who thought about chasing brats through the woods, your bondage bunny.

We’d given each other laugh lines. We’d loved so damn hard. We’d stood in front of our friends and family and vowed to fight for us forever.

Almost twenty years together. Four beautiful children.

What the hell happened, Nate?

You didn’t have to tell me. I already knew. I was a coward. I’d let my fears hold us back.

The question now was if I still stood a chance, because…frankly, living without you was impossible.

I’d do anything to get you back.

A Little Tease 

Ash could be the best father in the world, but he was also a natural Daddy Dom. I just knew he’d thrive in such a dynamic. It was simmering right under the surface. I felt it almost every time we had sex. He wanted to control, nurture, and possess.

He let that part of him seep out, possibly unconsciously, in other aspects too. Especially in the early stages of our relationship, when he’d struggled to let me do things that he might consider “his responsibility.”

He was a protector. Every now and then, he called me his boy. It was still, in his eyes, his job to drive the longest during our road trips so that I could get some rest. And before he’d started growing annoyed with my pushing him toward kink, he could jokingly say “Let Daddy fix that” if I struggled with something.

He definitely didn’t do it any longer. He knew I’d point it out and go all “shrink” on him. His words.

These seemingly insignificant aspects worked for me, because I loved having him possessive and protective of me. But if I ever allowed any Dom-isms out in his presence, he’d look at me strangely or laugh and find it funny. Luckily for him, I’d wanted to take his last name, but I could just imagine his reaction if I’d suggested we take mine.

About Cara

I’m often awkwardly silent or, if the topic interests me, a chronic rambler. In other words, I can discuss writing forever and ever. Fiction, in particular. The love story—while a huge draw and constantly present—is secondary for me, because there’s so much more to writing romance fiction than just making two (or more) people fall in love and have hot sex. 

There’s a world to build, characters to develop, interests to create, and a topic or two to research thoroughly. 

Every book is a challenge for me, an opportunity to learn something new, and a puzzle to piece together. I want my characters to come to life, and the only way I know to do that is to give them substance—passions, history, goals, quirks, and strong opinions—and to let them evolve.

I want my men and women to be relatable. That means allowing room for everyday problems and, for lack of a better word, flaws. My characters will never be perfect.

Wait…this was supposed to be about me, not my writing.

I'm a writey person who loves to write. Always wanderlusting, twitterpating, kinking, cooking, baking, and geeking. There’s time for hockey and family, too. But mostly, I just love to write. 

Find Cara on social media here:https://www.caradeewrites.com/cdwlandingpage

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