Beautifully Broken
by
M. Merritt
Coming Soon!
Title: Beautifully Broken
Author: M. Merritt
Photographer: Michael Meadows Studios
Models: Mandi Mischief & Charles Garner
Cover Designer: Cassy Roop @Pink Ink Designs
Blurb:
Xavier Thomas is not your average 22 year old. While all his friends have been out enjoying college and partying he stayed home to help with the family business. Now the proud owner of Thomas Construction there is only one thing missing in his life. Xavier wants someone to share his life with.
Ryleigh Jordan has spent the last 19 years of her life in a living hell. After escaping she finds herself in a small town in Texas with freedom like she has only dreamed of. There is only one problem. The demons that haunt her day and night never seem to go away. The scars both inside and out make her question everything.
A chance encounter turns their worlds upside down. Xavier knows she is the one. Ryleigh only knows pain and fear but there is something about Xavier that won’t let her run away. He is fighting a never ending storm that rages inside Ryleigh that she can’t seem to get through. Ryleigh is left with only one question.
When a raging storm of sadness and despair threatens to drown you, and you don’t have the strength to keep fighting do you let the storm take you under? Or do you grab the hand that keeps appearing through the darkness?
Will Ryleigh grab the hand and let Xavier rescue her or will she let the storm take her under?
* Intended for people over 18 years of age.
Excerpt:
" With my decision made I went home to start making plans to leave him. Plans to leave the only man I have ever loved. While this is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do I know it is the best decision for him and that is all that matters. Soon everyone will be happy and get exactly what they want. I will be gone for good. No more running and no more hiding. Ryleigh will cease to exist and everyone will be able to forget about me once and for all. If I had just listened to everyone back home I could have saved Xavier all this pain. I know he loves me and I know once he hears the news he will be beyond hurt. I just have to hold on to the fact that I am doing this to save him. That this is my gift to him. I will no longer be his problem. He won’t have to worry about me anymore.
Finally I reach the park. The same park I made the decision to leave Xavier at. The exact same park where he first told me he loved me and told me we could get through anything together. I chose this place because I can feel close to him as I say goodbye for the final time. I sit down on a swing and once again watch the sun start to disappear. I reach into my pocket and pull out my trusty blade. It feels like a foreign object in my hand now because I haven’t touched one in weeks with his help. I already swallowed a hand full of sleeping pills when I left my car behind. I can already feel myself starting to slip away. I take the blade and cut across both wrists. This is it. I always knew it would end this way. A person can only take so much before they decide to end it all. It’s getting harder to keep my eyes open, but I want to watch this one final sunset. I don’t know if it’s the drugs, loss of blood, or the fact that this is our place but I can almost feel his arms around me. As the last of the light disappears so does my will to fight. The only thought left in my head I whisper aloud.
I love you Xavier. "
About the Author:
Melonie is a 29 year old single mother who has always been an avid reader. She has poetry that has been published and always dreamed of writing her own books. After a year of blogging she has finally taken the leap to publish her own book.
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