 We have all faced tough things in our lives. Each one was hard at the time but we overcame them. We found a way to survive. And just getting through it made us a survivor. Author Liz Ashlee's latest release features a strong heroine who is a survivor- one who has faced a ton of problems in her life. COUNTING BACKWARD is an emotional romance filled with gripping story and compelling characters. The heroine and hero are both flawed people, like the rest of us, who have made tough choices and come out with scars. Author Liz Ashlee weaves a story of companionship and love that defies the past and defeats those traumas. Available now in ebook and paperback, COUNTING BACKWARD is the second book in the Love in Motion series and can be read as a standalone, but you will want to read the whole series. The characters cross-over and readers will see a new depth to them in the previous and coming books. Blurb: She’s his soulmate. He’s her biggest regret. Jessa Monroe is a survivor. She’s survived heartbreak, a difficult childhood, and her mama’s maniac boyfriend. What she isn’t sure she can survive is Beau Gamble walking back into her life. Beau left Jessa because he loved her. At the time, it was the only way to keep her safe. But when they reunite, he realizes he left her unprotected during the worst moment of her life. All he can is do is try to break through Jessa’s walls so he can be with her again—back where he belongs. But Jessa can’t trust that Beau won’t walk away as he did once before. To protect her heart, she’s built tall and strong walls around it. Beau is determined to prove he’s here to stay and that he never stopped loving her. He knows that she is meant to be his first, last, and only love. Liz Ashlee’s stories are emotional reads about real world problems. Fans of The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout and All the Little Things by Rachel Leigh will love her romance about grief and finding the one who makes you want to live again. EXCERPT: “Jessa. . . I’d like. . . I’d like for us to be friends again,” he tells me in a faraway, mournful voice. I bite my lip and look everywhere but at him. “Were we ever really friends, Beau?” I feel his gaze fix on my face. The blood in my cheeks boils. “No, I don’t think we were. If I’m being honest, I loved you the first moment I laid eyes on you,” he says unevenly. “Please don’t say things like that to me,” I whisper, a lump forming in my throat. “Why?” In my peripheral vision, I see him shake his head. “It’s the truth.” Tears bombard my eyes. My hand clutches my chest, finding my heart beating rapidly beneath it. “This conversation hurts and I’m tired of hurting. I can’t keep living in pain.” He doesn’t answer me at first. When I open my eyes, I see his jaw working. If only falling out of love with Beau was as easy as falling in love with him. I wish I could see something of Kyle in Beau, but I don’t. I see a man who’s lived over half his life with his emotions bottled up, pretending they don’t exist so he could survive. I see a man with fears that no one else can begin to fathom. I see a man who’s known more hate than love. BUY LINKS: |
