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Blurb
Lea Lamb
and Austin Wolf were young when they fell in love. They never imagined the
future could hold anything other than together-forever.
When
Lea’s father dies in a tragic fishing accident, she's crushed under the weight
of her grief and catches a glimpse of another type of future, one she knows
she's not strong enough to face.
Austin is
angry. For the past fifteen years, he's believed the woman he loved with every
ounce of his soul left him without so much as a backwards glance.
When Lea
unexpectedly returns to their hometown, all the years of heartache inside
Austin bubbles to the surface and presents itself as blinding rage.
Faced
with the truth about the past, a newly discovered secret, these former lovers
will learn that if they want to have any chance at the future they’d given up
on all those years ago, they will have to rescue one another from drowning in
pain so debilitating it will leave them both fighting to breathe.
5 Star Review by Natasha Gentile
This book, this book, killed me. I was so surprised when Aurora announced that Austin was getting a book. I mean we met Austin in Until Lilly where we didn’t really want to like him, but we fell for him hook line and sinker.
From the first page of this book your heart is beating a little bit faster than normal.
Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf were young when they fell in love. They never imagined the future could hold anything other than together-forever.
The first chapter is Lea and Austin declaring their love for each other. They always knew that they would end up married. Till tragedy strikes Lea, leaving her questioning everything that she ever knew. One thing for sure was that she knew she wasn’t cut out to be Austin’s wife anymore, leaving him, breaking everybody’s heart in the process. Making it hard for everyone to go on with their lives.
Fifteen years later, she is summoned back to her home town. Bringing back all the memories she shut out of her mind. For the last fifteen years she was only existing; she wasn’t living, she didn’t know how.
Leaning over the ferry, I look down at the water then hold out my left hand. Five years ago, I got married. I thought Ken could heal me. I thought the parts of me that were left after losing my father and leaving Austin would finally be full. I knew my father would want me to be happy, and I knew form talks with my mom that Austin had moved on, so it was time for me to do the same, to stop believing he would come after me, that our love was more than just a young girl’s fantasy.
She knows going back home is going to open wounds, wounds that she tried to put bandages on to keep the blood from seeping out. Although she is back in her childhood home, she still feels like a stranger, but she’s trying. She’s trying for her mom. She can do this, all she has to do is stay clear of Austin. Easier said than done.
Even from the distance separating us, my lungs compress at the beauty that is him. The years have been good to him. His hair is still shaggy, only now a little lighter, and his ace is tan and covered in a beard that makes his crystal blue eyes stand out even more. My eyes travel from his face to his torso, which is cover in a dark green thermal that shows off the muscles of his arms, chest and tapers waist, then down to his denim –covered thighs. When my gaze sweeps back up, his eyes are on me, and I see them crinkle in confusion then realization that soon turns to anger. Austin is angry, he is so angry.
Fifteen years ago his heart walked away without a backward glance or thought of how he would go on. He loved Lea with every single fibre of his being.
For fifteen years, he has tried to go on with his life. He tried to find someone who would complete him like Lea did, but he fell short every single time. But now she is back, back on his island, and she is bringing up all the feelings he tried to erase. He is trying to feel one way while is heart is steering him in the other direction.
“I hate you, Lea,” he says, causing that small glimmer of hope I was feeling to fizzel out and turn my insides dark.
Just when Lea thinks everything will be okay the rug is pulled out from under her. She is finally accepting that this is where she was always meant to be. Where her heart always was, but how do you go on with your life when the one person you love hates you?
What happens when you find out that he has went on with his life, as you have?
Except the life that you two described, he made it a reality. He made it real. He turned all your dreams into his reality.
"Do you remember the Manderville house?” he takes a seat across from me so I turn to face him nodding my head. The Mandervill house was large log cabin that sat near the water. The entire front view of the house was all large windows with a huge wrap around porch that looked out at the ocean I loved that house and used to dream that one day it would be mine.
“I bought it three years ago and have been slowly remodeling it.”
Now that they both put the past behind them, they try to be friends. How hard is it to be friends with the one you thought you would be with forever? To me it would be unimaginable. To Lea and Austin it was a start. Except that secrets from the past come to surface and shatter the foundation of what they thought they knew.
“I’m telling you this because my baby doesn’t have many people to lean on and when I’m gone she’s going to need good people around who truly care about her, as much as you man not want to admit it, you still do.”
When push comes to shove, can Lea be the woman she once was? The woman who was not afraid of loving with all her heart or being loved. The woman who knew what she wanted and who she wanted it with. Can she be that woman again, after running away for so long or will she always be fighting to breathe?
Without a shadow of a doubt, I loved every single word in this story. It was filled with heartache, family, friends, survival, healing and most importantly ever lasting love. A love that no matter how fast you try to run from it, it grabs you and holds on to you never letting you go; never giving you a change to breath without it.
Once again Aurora nailed it. She made me feel every single thing that Lea and Austin went through, and I loved every single second of it.
This book, this book, killed me. I was so surprised when Aurora announced that Austin was getting a book. I mean we met Austin in Until Lilly where we didn’t really want to like him, but we fell for him hook line and sinker.
From the first page of this book your heart is beating a little bit faster than normal.
Lea Lamb and Austin Wolf were young when they fell in love. They never imagined the future could hold anything other than together-forever.
The first chapter is Lea and Austin declaring their love for each other. They always knew that they would end up married. Till tragedy strikes Lea, leaving her questioning everything that she ever knew. One thing for sure was that she knew she wasn’t cut out to be Austin’s wife anymore, leaving him, breaking everybody’s heart in the process. Making it hard for everyone to go on with their lives.
Fifteen years later, she is summoned back to her home town. Bringing back all the memories she shut out of her mind. For the last fifteen years she was only existing; she wasn’t living, she didn’t know how.
Leaning over the ferry, I look down at the water then hold out my left hand. Five years ago, I got married. I thought Ken could heal me. I thought the parts of me that were left after losing my father and leaving Austin would finally be full. I knew my father would want me to be happy, and I knew form talks with my mom that Austin had moved on, so it was time for me to do the same, to stop believing he would come after me, that our love was more than just a young girl’s fantasy.
She knows going back home is going to open wounds, wounds that she tried to put bandages on to keep the blood from seeping out. Although she is back in her childhood home, she still feels like a stranger, but she’s trying. She’s trying for her mom. She can do this, all she has to do is stay clear of Austin. Easier said than done.
Even from the distance separating us, my lungs compress at the beauty that is him. The years have been good to him. His hair is still shaggy, only now a little lighter, and his ace is tan and covered in a beard that makes his crystal blue eyes stand out even more. My eyes travel from his face to his torso, which is cover in a dark green thermal that shows off the muscles of his arms, chest and tapers waist, then down to his denim –covered thighs. When my gaze sweeps back up, his eyes are on me, and I see them crinkle in confusion then realization that soon turns to anger. Austin is angry, he is so angry.
Fifteen years ago his heart walked away without a backward glance or thought of how he would go on. He loved Lea with every single fibre of his being.
For fifteen years, he has tried to go on with his life. He tried to find someone who would complete him like Lea did, but he fell short every single time. But now she is back, back on his island, and she is bringing up all the feelings he tried to erase. He is trying to feel one way while is heart is steering him in the other direction.
“I hate you, Lea,” he says, causing that small glimmer of hope I was feeling to fizzel out and turn my insides dark.
Just when Lea thinks everything will be okay the rug is pulled out from under her. She is finally accepting that this is where she was always meant to be. Where her heart always was, but how do you go on with your life when the one person you love hates you?
What happens when you find out that he has went on with his life, as you have?
Except the life that you two described, he made it a reality. He made it real. He turned all your dreams into his reality.
"Do you remember the Manderville house?” he takes a seat across from me so I turn to face him nodding my head. The Mandervill house was large log cabin that sat near the water. The entire front view of the house was all large windows with a huge wrap around porch that looked out at the ocean I loved that house and used to dream that one day it would be mine.
“I bought it three years ago and have been slowly remodeling it.”
Now that they both put the past behind them, they try to be friends. How hard is it to be friends with the one you thought you would be with forever? To me it would be unimaginable. To Lea and Austin it was a start. Except that secrets from the past come to surface and shatter the foundation of what they thought they knew.
“I’m telling you this because my baby doesn’t have many people to lean on and when I’m gone she’s going to need good people around who truly care about her, as much as you man not want to admit it, you still do.”
When push comes to shove, can Lea be the woman she once was? The woman who was not afraid of loving with all her heart or being loved. The woman who knew what she wanted and who she wanted it with. Can she be that woman again, after running away for so long or will she always be fighting to breathe?
Without a shadow of a doubt, I loved every single word in this story. It was filled with heartache, family, friends, survival, healing and most importantly ever lasting love. A love that no matter how fast you try to run from it, it grabs you and holds on to you never letting you go; never giving you a change to breath without it.
Once again Aurora nailed it. She made me feel every single thing that Lea and Austin went through, and I loved every single second of it.
Excerpt
“CAN WE STOP by the liquor store on the way to dinner?” Mom asks from
the passenger seat of my car.
“Should you be drinking?” I frown then turn onto the main
road—well, really the only road in town.
“What’s it going to do, kill me?” she jokes, making me
inhale a sharp breath. “Honey,” she says quietly, and I look at her briefly,
wondering how the hell she can be so casual about this. “I’m dying. When it
will happen, only the good Lord knows, but it is happening, and there is
nothing you or I can do about it. I have made my peace with it, and I want you
to do the same.” She reaches over to pat my thigh.
“Make peace with it?” I repeat, shaking my head in
disbelief.
“Yes, make peace with it. If you think about it, I’m
lucky. I know I’m going to die. I know that sooner rather than later God is
going to come take me home, and when he does, I will be ready. I will have had
a chance to say goodbye to the people I care about and right any wrongs I’ve
caused. I’m lucky, honey.”
“What about me?” I wring my hands on the steering wheel,
feeling my chest get tight as I fight back tears.
“I love you, honey. I loved you before you were even a
sparkle in my eye, and I will always be with you. I know this isn’t easy for
you. I know there are going to be a lot of tears shed, but we’re lucky, honey.”
I press my lips together to keep from saying something I
might regret. I’m not lucky; in fact, I’m unlucky to the tenth power. How many
people have I lost, how many people do I have to loose before it’s enough.
“Oh look! Sheryl!” She yells, pulling me from my thoughts
as she reaches over, pressing the horn on my steering wheel while her other
hand shoots across me so she can wave out my window. Looking to where she’s
waving my heart begins to beat wildly
against my ribcage when I see not Sheryl, but Austin
walking into one of the many bars that litter Main Street, only it’s not just
Austin—it’s him and a woman with her arm wrapped around the back of his waist
as he holds the door open for her.
Even from the distance separating us, my lungs compress at
the beauty that is him. The years
have been good to him. His hair is still shaggy, only now a little lighter; his
face is tan and covered in a beard that makes his crystal blue eyes stand out
even more. My eyes travel from his face to his torso, which is covered in a
dark green thermal that shows off the muscles of his arms, chest, and tapered
waist, then down to his denim-covered thighs. When my gaze sweeps back up, his
eyes are on me, and I see them crinkle in confusion then realization that soon
turns into anger.
“You missed the liquor store,” my mom complains as I speed
up.
Aurora Rose Reynolds is a navy brat who's
husband served in the United States Navy. She has lived all over the country
but now resides in New York City with her Husband and pet fish. She's married
to an alpha male that loves her as much as the men in her books love their
women. He gives her over the top inspiration everyday. In her free time she
reads, writes and enjoys going to the movies with her husband and cookie. She
also enjoys taking mini weekend vacations to nowhere, or spends time at home
with friends and family. Last but not least she appreciates everyday and
admires it's beauty.
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