Synopsis
for Let Love Heal:
Perfection. We all strive for it, but what happens when
the desire to be perfect consumes you?
What happens when the need to bury your mistakes blinds you?
Melanie Crane has always been the
perfect daughter, friend, student – she’s been perfect at everything, in
fact. But when she lets her
insecurities, the ones that she keeps hidden from everyone, get the best of
her, she falters in her pursuit of perfection.
Melanie crumples under the pressure and buries her pain. Numbed by sadness and guilt, she is
determined never to let anyone find out how broken she really is.
Bryan Mahoney may appear to have
everything in order. He’s charming,
witty and completely swoon-worthy. In short, Bryan has life all figured out,
but appearances can be deceiving. When
the landscape of Bryan’s family changes in an instant, he’s left to pick up the
pieces.
Not all bruises leave a mark. Now, weary
and afraid, Melanie and Bryan must find a way to let love heal their broken and
jaded hearts.
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Bio:
I’ve always been an avid reader. Majoring in English Literature was a no
brainer. Becoming a teacher and
instilling my love for reading into my students was also a no brainer. I’ve spent the last ten years teaching and
I’ve loved (mostly) every minute of it.
When I was home on maternity leave for my third son, I discovered a new
genre that sparked my creativity. My
passion for writing sprang from my love of reading and once I knew I had a
story to tell, I couldn’t wait to get it out there. I only hope that my readers enjoy reading my
story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Synopsis
for Let Love In:
What would happen if you lost
everything? If the people who were
supposed to love you unconditionally were no longer there for you, how would
your world change?
That’s exactly what happened to
Madeleine Becker when her parents died when she was ten years old. Ripped from her home and everything that she
has ever loved, she is forced to start all over again. The only way for her to move on is to build
walls around her heart and keep everyone at a safe distance. Her logic: she can't
get hurt if she doesn't fall in love.
That theory is blown to pieces when she
meets Reid Connely during her freshman year at college. He is gorgeous and
darkly mysterious. He understands Maddy's pain all too well, but sharing his
pain would mean breaking down the walls he put up around his own heart.
Conflicted between loving Maddy and hiding his dark past, Reid starts to
reevaluate his world. Maddy's inner
strength, snarky personality and breath taking beauty help Reid to make peace
with his past.
Together they find out what happens when
they let love in.
Snippet
of Maddy and Reid’s first encounter from Let Love In:
There was a group playing quarters on the island and another group
lining up shots on the breakfast bar – so not my scene. I just shrugged
my shoulders, opened the door, pulled out a bottle of water and, when I turned
around to walk back outside, I face-planted into a wall of solid muscle.
“Hand me one?” His voice was smooth and... gruff at the same
time. Red-faced, I turned back around and got him his water, glad for the
cool respite that the opened refrigerator door offered.
“Here you go.” I could not peel my eyes away from his mouth as he
moved the bottle to his lips. They were perfect - beautiful and full in a
completely masculine way. I watched, completely fascinated, as his throat
moved, downing the water in three or four large gulps. He wiped his mouth with
his forearm and I couldn’t help but let my eyes travel up the rest of his arm
to his biceps and shoulders – those were the same as his lips – perfect.
Amazingly, gorgeously, utterly, divinely perfect. Muscled and tanned, his
arms were mouthwatering.
My knees wobbled. My heart thudded. Thousands of
butterflies spread their wings in my belly.
“Thanks…” he stared blankly at my face for a minute and I couldn't
help but wondering if he liked what he saw. He cleared his throat and
roused me from my little daydream where the gorgeous boy is mesmerized by the
maybe-a-little-above-average looking girl. That’s when I realized he was
asking for my name.
“Maddy. Sorry, my name’s Maddy." I nearly choked on my
tongue to get my freaking name out.
Book Trailer for Let Love
In -http://vimeo.com/68016203
Synopsis
For Let Love Stay:
If you’re lucky, you’ll fall in love –
truly, madly and deeply in love. But
what happens when that honest and pure love isn’t enough to erase your
fears? What happens when your past rears
its ugly head and threatens your future?
Maddy and Reid had that kind of love –
the all-encompassing, Earth shattering, once in a lifetime kind of love. Then life happened. Old wounds that were thought to be long
healed and scabbed over are ripped opened and they are forced to face the
possibility that, maybe, they are not strong enough to fight their demons and
embrace the light.
Together, they found out what love is,
but now they will each need to heal on their own before they can ever be
together again. They must face their
fears and beat down their pasts in order to find their way through this crazy
uphill battle called love.
They’ve let love in, but now, they need
to find out how to Let Love Stay.
Excerpt
from Let Love Stay:
I get out of the truck and walk over
towards the two of them. Maddy’s back is
to me as I approach her and her date, so she doesn’t see me right away. But once the guy sees me, she spins around to
look at what has caught his eye.
Her face is shocked and when our eyes
lock, my heart skips a beat. There’s a
pull between us. As much as I hate to
admit it, she owns me. Her eyes are
magical. They dance with light and
passion and when she looks at me, they are filled with love.
The love and passion that are sparkling
in her emerald green eyes evaporate when she realizes the scene that I’ve just
stumbled upon. I can only imagine what’s
going through her mind, but I’m sure the images of me kicking Logan’s ass are
flashing vividly through her mind.
I’m no more than a few feet from them
when the guy pushes Maddy behind him to protect her from what he perceives as a
threat. He’s not very far from the truth,
but she’s not the one who needs protecting.
Menacingly close now, he pipes up. “Who the fuck are you? What do you want?” Okay, I’ll give the prick a little bit of
credit for trying to stand up to me, but he has no clue what he’s competing
against here.
The caveman in me wants to deck this guy
and drag Maddy into a bed – any bed – and claim her, repeatedly, until she
understands that she’s mine and no one else’s.
I’m going to do that anyway, but hopefully I can refrain from knocking
this guy on his ass. I’d like to have
the use of my hands tonight.
My eyes never leave Maddy’s, but my
words are directed at him. “Me? I’m the boyfriend, asshole.” Maddy’s eyes widen slightly as I say “boyfriend.” Did she really think we ever broke up?
I avert my gaze from Maddy for a minute
to stare this douchebag down. “And who
the fuck do you think you are?” He
falters, not enough that most people would notice, but I’m in predator
mode. I see his throat work hard to
swallow past the newly formed fear. His
pupils dilate slightly and the pulse beating in his neck picks up as adrenaline
surges through him. If he thinks he’s
going to win this battle, he is wrong – so fucking wrong.
He puffs out his chest as he says, “I’m
Maddy’s date for tonight.” He snickers
lightly as he says, “You know? She never
mentioned a boyfriend when I asked her out.
Must not be much of a boyfriend if she doesn’t even mention you.” He swells with pride at his snarky little
quip. In the split second he looks away
from me to gauge Maddy’s approval, I lay him flat on the ground as I drop my
shoulder into his gut and take his legs out from underneath him with one of my
own. I freaking love my takedown skills. I didn’t even have to bust up my hands. I’m definitely going to need them in a little
bit.
I straddle over him and pull him up by
the collar. “Whether she mentioned me or
not, she’s mine, so lay the fuck off.
Got it?”
Maddy still hasn’t said a word and I
haven’t actually spoken directly to her.
I’m pretty sure she understands my actions though. Wordlessly, I reach my hand out to her. This is her chance. If she still wants me, then she’ll come with
me. This is who I am, who I’ve always
been. If she can’t understand that I
love her, that I want her more than anything, then it’s not because I haven’t
tried as hard as I possibly could to prove it to her.
Hand still outstretched, I look her
directly in the eyes, as I try to convey everything that I’m thinking, that I’m
feeling. In what feels like an act of
God, she understands me and laces her hand in mine.
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