Title: Grace
for Drowning
Release Date: June
29th
Genre Contemporary
Fighter Romance
Goodreads Link:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22306838-grace-for-drowning
Blurb
Hope is a dangerous thing. I know that more
than most. Everything good I've ever had has been stolen from me — my friends,
my fiance, my innocence, some would say even my sanity. All I have left is the
cage. Fighting is the only thing that eases the ache inside me even a little.
It’s the only thing that keeps the bottle at bay.
I was content to ride out my life alone. I
was done dreaming that things could be better. But then I met Grace, and
suddenly, all I could do was dream.
She's battling those same demons, only she's
losing. I don’t want to care, but something about her calls to me. That pain in
her eyes is so sharp, so familiar. I know it’s only a matter of time before it
pulls her below the surface.
I can help her, and maybe, just maybe, she
can help me too. For the first time in what feels like forever, I’ve got hope,
and that scares the hell out of me.
This is a full
length novel with no cliffhanger. There will be a sequel, but this book
resolves all the story elements by the end. It is written with dual
perspectives, so both Logan and Grace get their say.
Excerpt (Grace
POV):
There
were fresh tears rising behind my eyes now, and this time they weren’t for me.
I felt like the world’s biggest bitch. “I…I’m sorry, Logan. I’m sorry.”
He
nodded, seemingly not trusting himself to speak. I couldn’t blame him. That
scene was more horrific than anything I’d experienced in my life. I was struck
by an immense sense of shame. How much death had Logan seen? How many friends
had been ripped away from him before his eyes? It didn’t bear thinking about.
And here I was crying over one lost life. I probably looked so childish. If
Logan could find a way to overcome his pain, then so could I.
“How
do you stop it destroying you?” I asked.
“By
acknowledging you don’t control the world. We all makes choices. Some of them
are good, others are a fucking disaster, but very few things are the result of
a single action. What if our CO had sent us to another village that day? Or the
insurgent leader was slow with his dinner and the attack came five minutes
later? What if Ace never enlisted at all? There are a million variables to
everything. Blame isn’t black and white. I know I contributed to his death in
some small way, but I also know I’m not responsible. You need to realise that
too.” He stepped closer and reached out to brush my face where a single tear
had leaked down. “There’s a girl in here somewhere who deserves a second
chance, and you owe it to her to make that happen.”
The
tenderness in his voice filled me with warmth. I stared up at him, everything
inside me in tatters. I hurt for me and for him, for Tom and for Ace. There was
so much pain, and right then it felt like we were both ready to drown in it. I
desperately wanted something to cut through all that, if only for a moment.
There
was barely a foot between our faces now, and slowly but surely, that space was
shrinking further still. His hand lingered on my cheek, his eyes locked to
mine. I could feel the heat of him enveloping my skin like steam, his scent
swelling in my nostrils. There was something stirring in my stomach, something
hungry and desperate and lonely. I knew I needed to look away, to break the
spell of that moment, but his sheer presence held me in a trance.
He
stood poised over me for what felt like a lifetime, gaze hungry, breath
trembling, fingers dancing tiny circles across my skin, then with a low growl
he pulled back.
Author Bio
Maya
Cross is a writer who enjoys making people blush. Growing up with a mother who
worked in a book store, she read a lot from a very young age, and soon enough
picked up a pen of her own. She’s tried her hands at a whole variety of genres
including horror, science fiction, and fantasy, but funnily enough, it was the
sexy stuff that stuck. She has now started this pen name as an outlet for her
spicier thoughts (they were starting to overflow). She likes her heroes strong
but mysterious, her encounters sizzling, and her characters true to life.
She
believes in writing familiar narratives told with a twist, so most of her
stories will feel comfortable, but hopefully a little unique. Whatever genre
she's writing, finding a fascinating concept is the first, and most important
step.
The
Alpha Group is her first attempt at erotic romance.
When
she's not writing, she's playing tennis, trawling her home town of Sydney for
new inspiration, and drinking too much coffee.
Social
Media
Website:
http://www.mayacross.com
Facebook:
http://facebook.com/mayacrossbooks
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Maya_cross
Goodreads:
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6217503.Maya_Cross
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