Avalynn has been
running from her past for a couple of years now....never very far…but extremely
fast.
With an alcoholic
father, a void of a mother, and a town full of gossip, she struggles to find
her place in the world.
The only thing that
saved her from her own path of self-destruction was her beautiful little sister,
her miracle, Abby.
Desperately trying
to save Abby she plots to take her away, yet the plan goes dangerously astray…leaving
Avalynn beaten and broken in what once was the hallway mirror in her childhood
home.
Abby is the only thing
she cares about...until she meets him…
The man that can
shatter her entire world with one glance.
Their relationship
is roller coaster ride from start to finish. One that Avalynn
never wants to get
off of, but she may not have a choice.
Her happily ever after
is coming to a screeching halt yet again…
Prologue
Beginning of an end
I distinctively
remember seeing my beaten, broken down reflection surrounding me. The memory of
seeing my face conveyed in a jagged portrayal, no matter which direction that I
looked. I can still feel the gripping chills that continuously racked my body
as I lay in a crimson sea of my own blood. My skin was searing from the tiny
cuts invading it. The blood, there was so much blood, running steadily down my
body. The thick, red liquid was warming my skin. I thought quietly to myself
how it was possible to feel anything warm, when my insides were so cold.
The voices were
unwelcome noise in my now ringing ears, steadily growing louder and angrier. I
could hear the crying, the screaming. I closed my eyes as they were beginning
to burn. My left eye had begun to swell shut after receiving the repeated
blows. I had no choice but to take advantage of the use of the right one,
opening it slowly, working to get a look at my surroundings. I was trying to
figure out how to make my next move. My vision was blurry. I could barely make
out the figure progressively stalking towards me. I could smell him before I
could even see his features. I was in trouble, big trouble. I hugged the floor
with all of the energy I could muster, hoping to go unnoticed. He looked like
the devil in the flesh, with eyes that glowed red; wasted, in every sense of
the word. He was no longer the handsome charmer my mother had fallen in love
with. No, that man was long gone, a pit of despair pulling him in. I cannot
completely remember the entirety of his face. My mind was constantly trying to
block memories of him out. All I can remember are shadows, sharp angles and
those blood shot eyes.
Sadly, his odor is
what I remember most, a horrid mixture of stale vodka and peppermint schnapps.
This scent had taken place in most of my childhood memories up until this point
and it was a hard one to forget, as much as I’d tried. He laughed menacingly at
my torn apart body. I flinched; I could not control any of my movements. Fear
overtook me, gripping me hard and fast. In this moment, I prayed to be
swallowed up whole by the floor.
Humiliated and
broken to the world around me. The shards of glass that had once been our
hallway mirror lay scattered around. I tried to get my left hand to follow the
directions my brain was sending it, getting a grip on one of the broken pieces.
I didn’t know what I was going to do with it, but it wasn‘t going to be pretty.
Thoughts of suicide, murder and protection all rapidly flooded my mind.
Unfortunately, I
couldn’t do a damn thing. I dropped the shard just as quickly as I had picked
it up. He still stood over me, unmoving. His cold, calculated voice repeating
it’s all too familiar mantra. I would never forget the way the words rolled so
easily off of his lips, disgust filling his face.
“Look at yourself,
Avalynn.” He sneered at me, spitting as he spoke.
He held a broken
shard of glass up to my face, as close as humanly possible. The jagged edges
cutting into his own skin, but he didn’t even realize how much of his blood was
dripping down.
“I said….get a
good look, Avalynn Wright. Get a good look at the pitiful human being that
ruined my life! You were a mistake. That’s all you will ever be. I‘m so glad
such a waste of space doesn‘t hold my last name. Won‘t continue my legacy. You
are worthless. Don‘t you ever forget that.” He slurred the words into each
other, a normal person wouldn’t have been able to understand him, but I could.
I wasn’t a normal person; I’ve never been able to be one.
He threw the
broken shard on top of my now broken body and walked out of the room, leaving
me to drown in the hurt alone. I would never ever forget his words or the truth
lying behind his sunken in eyes. His opinion had always been one that I held at
a high standard, even though it killed me in every sense of the word. I
couldn’t shake it.
As the numbness
began to overtake my body and my mother’s screams had finally died out, I
welcomed the darkness. I welcomed relief that my body and mind had felt. I was
shutting down, becoming numb, like I had been for so many years before. I
prayed for death. I could see the way out and I was going to take it.
I only came back
to this hell for her, my beautiful baby sister whom I never had a chance to
know or meet. I had only made things worse for her, like I usually did when it
came to him. I had felt a compulsion to save her; take her away from the
childhood that I was running from. She was so strikingly beautiful. The last
image that crossed my mind was those big blue eyes that matched mine perfectly.
I remember her looking up at me from her crib, reaching out her tiny hand to me
and I couldn’t get to her, I couldn’t save her. He had gotten to me
first.
Wow! I’ve always
enjoyed K. Pinson’s books, but…Oh. My. God! In Spades has it all – romance, hot
tatted man, tortured but loveable woman, hot sex – hot as hell sex, and the
most adorable little girl. This book reached out, grabbed my brain, and refused
to let go until the very end!
Avalynn was
horribly abused as a child and has sole custody of her much younger sister Abby.
A teacher by day and bartender by night, Ava has worked hard for the life she
has. The band In Spades plays at the bar where she works on weekends. She noticed
the oh so talented and sexy Daxton. Daxton is one hot lead singer, but he’s got
much more up his sleeve than just being a musician. These two heat between
these two will ignite your e-reader!
Will Ava be able
to allow Daxton into their lives? Will
Daxton be the man that puts the pieces together for Ava and Abby? Oh, did I
mention the unbelievable cliffhanger? I
will eagerly be awaiting the sequel!
Amazon US:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JHKAYFU
Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00JHKAYFU
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