Cover Created by: Perfect
Pear Creative Cover
Photographer: Perrywinkle Photography
Brokenness
By
Erika Ashby
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Coming November 2014
Synopsis
**Brokenness is a companion
novel to Broken Wings**
TEN YEARS AGO, I fell in
love with a boy.
In the blink of an eye, the
boy I loved was ripped from me.
TEN YEARS LATER, I ran into
the boy I had lost.
Yet, he's no longer a boy.
He's a man.
A deeply wounded man.
Dustin
Adams was once known for his down to earth, care free spirit. He was the well
rounded kid with a promising future.
Until
the girl he loved was yanked from his life.
Now,
Dustin is known for his distance and the coldness he radiates. He is simply a
shell of the boy he once was.
Living
the Army life, the close calls he's surrounded by daily have done nothing but
further harden his heart.
Until
the girl he once loved reappears in his life.
Can
what they shared so long ago be restored? Or is Dustin fated to live a life of
brokenness?
Teaser Time!
Excerpt
Prelude
TEN
YEARS AGO I fell in love with a boy. All it took was one sideways grin with his
perfectly dimpled cheek for me to know I was a goner. My days and nights were
consumed by him—if not physically, he was there mentally—always on my mind. I
loved him with everything within me. The love we shared was the kind I thought
would stand the test of time.
Everyone
says your first true love isn't in fact true, but more of a fling. That epic
love comes from enduring every facet of life with that person. Rather it be
happiness, sadness, loss, gain—you can't truly love someone until it's been
tested.
The
one day in a blink of an eye, the boy I loved was ripped from me. My overly
religious parents didn't like their daughter falling in love so young. It was
simply unacceptable to them when I was supposed to focus on God, school, my
future and nothing else.
He
was my future and when they ripped my future away, I rebelled. I was barely
showing by time graduation rolled around. Thank God, because I would have
surely been an outcast at my new school. Not to mention what would have
happened if my parents would have found out. There was no way I was letting
them get their hands on the last thing I had of the boy I loved.
Eighteen,
pregnant and sitting at the bus station, I found a friend. One that took me
under his wing and I grew to love. It was then I realized the different types
of love. He was everything I needed when I had nothing. I love him for the life
he has brought me when every option I had was filled with uncertainty. I will
forever be in his debt.
Ten
years later, I ran into the boy I had loved, yet he's no longer a boy. He's a
man. A deeply wounded man. Even though the flesh on his outside is still fully
intact, nothing compares to the scars and pain he's carried around on the
inside for so long.
Ten
years later and I still have the same feelings for him...but they seem so much
more intense. Was my first love my one true love? Now that he’s reappeared in
my life, my thoughts are consumed by him. But, now they are paralleled with
guilt. I love two men, but I love them differently. And, as of right now, I
only know one for sure loves me back.
I’m
caught between what’s wrong and what’s right…what’s fair and what’s unjust. I
know what my heart wants, but is what it wants, what’s right? Feelings can
cloud moral judgment. I don’t want what I feel to take over what I know to be
right. But, I’m having a hard time sorting out the differences. I’m walking an
emotion packed tight rope, and I know I’m going to fall. I’m just unsure who’s
going to catch me.
Book Trailer
Meet Erika
Ashby
Being born an "Army
Brat", Erika Ashby has been residing in Oklahoma the last 10 years finally
putting an end to the nomad tendencies she had grown accustomed to. She's a
happily married woman who has 5 kids between her and her husband. She has an
insane passion for music and a sweet spot for drummers. It wasn't until the age
of 29 that she realized she also had a hidden passion for reading; before then
she claimed to have hated it. Six months after unlocking that deep desire she
never knew she held, she turned the key to another chapter of her life which
has become the desire to write. And the rest is still history in the making.
Social Media Links
Broken Wings
No comments:
Post a Comment