Release Blitz: Broken by Christa Cervone
Author: Christa Cervone
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Shattered.
Destroyed.
Ruined.
That's what I did.
I took everything that we had, and
crushed it all,
Destroying Garrett in the process.
I can't take it back,
Can't fix it,
Can't deny it.
But yet, I try,
I try to drown out the pain with
alcohol,
Numb the agony with mindless, loveless
sex.
Nothing works, because I may have
ruined us,
But I'm the one who's shattered.
Like a dream or quite possibly a
nightmare,
Garrett walked back into my life.
And now, I'm torn,
Torn between what I want,
The man I've always loved,
And what I think I deserve.
But am I too broken to have the future
I've always wanted?
STANDALONE. Second Chance Contemporary
Romance: Full length novel.
*Broken was originally released in
February 2013 and has been re-edited and features new content.
AMAZON US / UK / CA / AU
I
hustle across the lobby, wanting to get as far away from those two as
humanly possible. Passing by a set of double doors, I peer in as the
wait staff hurries about, placing final touches on each of the
tables. I overhear a familiar voice and then a laugh that stops me in
my tracks. My damaged heart seizes inside my chest and the breath I'd
been about to take lodges in my throat. It couldn’t be. I remain
motionless in the middle of the lobby, waiting to hear it again.
Radio silence. Don't be ridiculous, it's just your imagination.
Either I'm a dumbass or a glutton for
punishment, but curiosity gets the better of me, forcing me to inch
my way to the door. Peeking around the corner, I catch a glimpse of a
male in the reflection of the mirror and like an anchor sinking to
the bottom of the ocean floor, my heart follows suit to the pit of my
stomach.
Garrett Levine, the one who got
away—the man who’s been the root of my self-destructive behavior.
We’d once been happy—so in love, I secretly deemed us to living
the happily ever after little girls dream of.
Well, until I pushed him away.
Four and a half years ago, Garrett
vanished from my life. Poof! Gone. Without a trace. The ol’ “now
you see me, now you don’t” trick. But not before he took the last
fragment of my heart and smashed it into twenty-thousand pieces. “I
love you, Leila, but I can’t be with you.” That phrase. The
day. The time. The exact moment is branded into my broken heart.
I don't blame Garrett for his Houdini
disappearing act. Given the choice, I would’ve left me, too. In
fact, I have left me. Hurting the only man I ever loved had
never been my intention, but do people ever really set out to hurt
the ones they love? Are there people in this world who wake up one
morning, and say, “I think I’m going to go out and break
someone’s heart today”?
I hadn’t thought about the
ramifications of my decision and never stopped to think about Garrett
or his feelings. I could chalk it up to being young and dumb, though
some could argue my decision making skills have never been the best.
Prime example: my horrible lack of judgment or self-control when it
comes to drinking and spreading my legs. Those two usually come
hand-in-hand for me. Tack on barely knowing any of these men, and the
cherry on top of the slut-tastic sundae I'm serving: I can't remember
half of their freaking names—and I’m the damn poster child for
shitty decisions.
For four years, I’ve tried to forget,
to erase the memories lurking in the deep depths of my brain. While
alcohol and men managed to get the job done for a short time, today
isn't one of those days—no, today, I’ve obviously pissed off the
universe. Her sick, twisted sense of humor hasn't only thrown me into
the pits of hell with Bridezilla, she's given me Bridezilla's
younger, prettier, basket case of a sister for shits and giggles, and
the man I loved, longed for—the one who fell off the face of the
earth—has returned. Well played, Universe, well played. It
seems the purgatory of my present and the sins of my past are about
to collide.
Born
and raised in New England, Christa is a married mother of three. She
began writing her first book, Broken, in October 2012, as a love
story to her husband, Frank. During the writing process, Christa
managed to keep her book a secret from the majority of her family and
friends, including her mother. She finally revealed that she had
written a book on her personal Facebook page just two weeks before
Broken was released.
Broken was released in February 2013, and
within twenty-four hours of its release, it was on Amazon's Movers
and Shakers list as well as in the Top 20 Erotica. Christa released
her second novel, On the Ropes - Book One in the Down for the Count
series, in February 2014. On the Ropes has also climbed the charts on
Amazon, hitting the Top 10 Sports Fiction and the Top 20 Romance
Sports Fiction lists. Book Two, Going the Distance, was released July
2014 and claimed the number 3 spot in the Interracial category as
well being in the top 20 in Erotica on Amazon.
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