Pierce
My Heart
Women of Willowbrook #1
By Kelsey Jensen
Genre: New Adult/Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Synopsis
It all began with a
choice...
Anna Pierce had, by
all accounts, a blessed life. She grew up in a home full of laughter, love, and
support. Where the biggest problem she faced (other than how to deal with her
family's crazy antics) was deciding her plans for college. Little did she know
the ugly path her choice would drag her down.
A choice that left
her free-falling...
Fast forward five
years. Her life still held that same laughter, love, and support, but it was no
longer full. A shadow hung overhead, waiting. Always threatening.
Until he caught
her...
Jake Taylor stormed
into her life and turned her world upside down. He made her feel things she'd
hidden away from; made her face life again. But, most importantly, he helped
her find the light.
And gave her
happily ever after...
*This book contains
adult content (lots of swearing, a little drinking, and some sexy times) and is
intended for readers 18 and older*
**This is book one
in a series, but each book will be a STANDALONE with a new couple. NO
cliffhanger**
Trigger Warning
(Physical abuse)
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Excerpt
(WARNING. Contains mentions of physical abuse)
I’m coming out the bathroom when I hear heated
voices coming from my right at the end of the hallway. Being the nosey girl I
am, I tiptoe in that direction to see what the heck is going on, half preparing
myself to intervene if Nate’s trying to taunt Robby into another wrestling
match.
Between fending those two off trying to put me
in a headlock and wading in when they were trying to body slam each other, I
should’ve gotten a job refereeing for the WWE.
Shaking my head, I move further along when I
notice the voices are coming from the office on the left side with the door
mostly closed. Just as I prepare to push in, I hear Robby say my name angrily.
“Seriously, J.T., what are you doing with Anna?
And, how in the fuck do you even know her?”
“I met her earlier today when Roc, Man, and I
stopped by to see Grace and help her out,” he explains and, I note, evading
Robby’s first question.
Apparently Robby did too.
“You didn’t answer my question, man. If you only
met her today, why the hell does she keep looking at you like she’s half in
love with you? Anna doesn’t get close to guys like that. Not anymore.”
What the hell?
No way.
I was not looking at him like I was half in love
with him.
Was I?
I mentally shook myself.
Of course I wasn’t, that’d be crazy.
I just met him.
“I don’t know what to tell you, but I did. Can
tell you she feels anything like I do that look is not a bad thing.”
My face scrunches.
What does that mean?
“What the fuck does that mean?” Robby snaps.
“Man, it’s none of your business. It’s between
Anna and me.”
Yikes.
That isn’t going to go over well with Robby.
He’d always been protective of Nate and me
growing up, but especially me, and it only got way more intense after the whole
Xavier thing—how that was possible I wasn’t sure, but it did.
“It sure as hell is my business. That’s my
sister. I know how you are with women, J.T., and Anna is not one of those
bitches. No fucking way. If you think for one minute I’m gonna stand by and let
you fuck her over, you must’ve been hit in the head with a two-by-four one to
many times. It ain’t gonna happen.”
Nope. Robby is not fucking around anymore.
I hear some shifting around before Jakes voice
comes again.
“You think I’d come in your home knowing who she
was to you, and I knew before I came tonight, then make a play and bail? Let me
point out, man, you knew how I was in college with women, but you do not know
how I am now. There’s rumors sure, but that’s all they fucking are. No way I’d
make a play with your sister and not follow through with that shit.”
Suffice to say I’m not so crazy about him
calling a play about me ‘shit’.
There’s a long pause.
Looking back, if I’d known what was coming next,
I could’ve braced myself, run the other way, or jumped into the room and did a
jig.
But, I didn’t.
Instead, I stand and listen while all the air
leaves my lungs.
“She’s been hurt.”
“Rob, I got that,” Jake snaps in irritation.
“No man, she’s been fucking hurt,” Robby grinds
out, the pain and anger in his voice is still as fresh as when he’d first seen
my face after it happened.
I feel the air ping with something intense; even
a little scary.
“Say again?”
“She’d kill me for telling you this,” he
mutters.
He’s fucking right.
No one needs to know this shit, ever. Especially
Jake. It’s over and done with. There’s no point in bringing it up when he’ll
just end up looking at me different.
“Tell me,” he demands.
Robby sighs but tells him, “A few years back I
get this frantic call from Evan, says Anna called her up crying, freaking out.
Tells me to get my ass in gear and get up there. Nate was with me and heard the
conversation, bitched at me until I gave in and we jumped in the car. When we
got there, Jesus, man…” he trails off, likely trying to control his anger at
the memory.
I, on the other hand, am using all my energy to
keep my legs under me.
“What?” Jake bites out.
“The piece of shit hit her. Backed her into a
fucking wall and punched her in the goddamn face.”
My heart is pounding so loudly in my ears I
don’t hear a response, but Jake must’ve done something, made some sort of face,
because Robby responds to it.
“Yeah, man, so you can see my dilemma when a guy
who was the epitome of a ‘get him some’ guy comes sniffing around my baby
sister after she’s already endured that shit. I’d rather some shy, balding,
dull-as-shit guy who worships the ground she walks on go after her, but that’s
a fucking dream. No way Anna would ever go after some boring, bald dude.”
I have to agree with him on that one.
A man who chooses to be bald and works it, yes.
A man who is balding, chooses to hang on to his hair, and ends up going for the
whole comb over look, not really my thing.
“Yeah, Rob, I can see your dilemma. Since you
shared all that with me, I’ll give you something in return. First, I’m not
backing off your sister. Yeah, I can see that displeases you, but I also don’t
give a shit. Second, no fucking way I’d take in everything you just said and
not go about this with the utmost care. You know she’s not just some woman and
she’s not gonna be some woman who’s just gonna warm my bed for a night. There’s
something there and it’s up to us to figure out where that’s gonna go, not for
you or anyone else to decide. For us. The last thing I’ll give you is the same
promise I gave her not two hours ago. No one is going to hurt her again, ever.
Not one person. Doesn’t matter if what’s building between us goes sour, not a
fucking person will hurt her again,” he finishes rocking my world, unaware he’s
even doing so.
I decide now is the best time to make my move, so I do just that.
I decide now is the best time to make my move, so I do just that.
Meet
the Author
Kelsey is a romance
hoarder (seriously, 2500+ and counting on her kindle. She'll have to read until
the day she dies and beyond to finish her TBR), an amateur baker, an
experimental cook, a Bob Seger groupie and a die-hard fan of all things
leather, fringe, silver, classy, and full of sparkles.
Kelsey grew up the
only girl in my family, and because of the age difference between the kids, she
turned to books and barbies for enjoyment. That is when she wasn't horsing
around the cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids.
Her love for
reading and creating stories only grew from there.
As she got older,
she got more involved with sports (mainly golf and softball), friends, boys,
(duh!) but that never stopped her from enjoying books, or from making up
background stories for her barbies and then later the sims in her game.
Summer of '15, she
found herself at a point where one character wouldn't let her keep the story
quiet.
Anna came to her
while she was mowing, of all things, and wouldn't stop until she put the story
down.
While giving Anna
and Jake their HEA, they introduced her to all the awesome people in their
lives. And because she's a huge sucker for a HEA, she'll be assisting everyone
(that wants it of course) in finding their own happily ever after.
But, when she's not
lost in the world of Willowbrook and all it's inhabitants, exploring a new
planet, or finding new places to lose herself in characters, she can be found
deep in the world of other authors, trying out her baking skills on her family
and friends, learning, then tweaking new recipes from the Food Network,
immersing herself in good music, relaxing and cackling with the people close to
her, or disappearing as she binge-watches seasons in a day on Netflix.
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