Author: marleyvalentine
Tragedy brought us together, but something stronger made me want to stay.” Julian was the boy next door. My brother’s best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start. Until everything changed. Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother’s death was here to stay. I was now face … to stay. I was now face to face with Julian more than I ever wanted to be. Being around him brought up all my insecurities,…
Attending King University was at the top of my bucket list. Falling in love with my professor wasn’t.Earning a full scholarship to King University was my hard earned ticket out of hell. I’m happy to be away from the small town I grew up in and all the equally small minded people who live there.King was going to be my safe haven. A place where I could leave the old me behind and finally grow into … behind and finally grow into the young man my family had desperately tried to hide away. Diving head first into new experiences, new…
We weren’t just young, we were stupid and reckless.He was the beginning of every bad decision I made, the enemy of everyone I’d ever loved.I was a pawn in his game. A prize to be claimed, and a trophy to be flaunted.Now we’re two adults with crooked pasts, trying to straighten out our future. His heart belongs to his daughter, while mine is too tattered to give away.Neither of us believe in … away.Neither of us believe in happily ever after. Not after everything we’ve been through.So, why are we desperately trying to chase ours?more
“When I can’t hear you and see you, I can’t want you––and I can’t want you anymore.”Sasha was the girl next door, and at fifteen I was sure she was my forever. She was my constant, and never let me down.Until she did.She broke me, yet I still found myself longing for her with a debilitating desperation.Then came Taylah. A crazy and chaotic hurricane of beauty and bad decisions, she breathed … hurricane of beauty and bad decisions, she breathed life back into me.For her, my heart began to beat a new rhythm. She was whimsical, and I was level-headed.…
Jagger made a mistake that derailed his life. Now years later, he doesn’t think he deserves redemption. But sweet Emerson knows differently — and there’s no holding back when sparks fly between them! Book one in a series.
Hard. Painful. Tragic. This is what my life has become – purgatory. Floating in the middle of what could’ve been and what’s never going to happen. My past dictates my future. Every step forward, guarantees ten steps back. Regret entwined with an addiction to bad decisions, living in the moment, and neglecting the consequences has become a way of life.Ignoring all the warning signs, I didn’t see … warning signs, I didn’t see him coming. He was supposed to be a distraction, a bit of fun amidst all my chaos. But Elliot Ramzy turned out to be all that, and…
“This was a beautiful, heartbreaking yet at the same time almost cathartic read for me. It’s a book that I don’t think I will forget.” –– Melissa Leo, BookSmacked Book Blog When I lost my child I was empty.When I lost my husband I was lifeless.Then I met him.They always say to expect the unexpected. Little did I know the unexpected also meant the unthinkable. No longer a wife or a mother, what … unthinkable. No longer a wife or a mother, what was once a full and meaningful life was now obliterated; leaving me with nothing but emptiness in…