SYNOPSIS:
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E.R. nurse Leila Matthews’s whole life turned upon one single sentence: “Brody, I’m pregnant.” What she thought would be the happiest day of her life became a nightmare as she was abandoned by the father of her soon-to-be-born child. If her friend Jaxon wasn’t there to pick up the pieces, she couldn’t have coped. Then what had started out as a deep and abiding friendship became a soul-searing love.
Yet, while Jaxon is the man of her dreams, Leila doesn’t want her child to grow up not knowing its father. The situation, a triangle involving tortured pasts and unstoppable passion, will test everyone involved. Both suitors will seek forgiveness for terrible mistakes, and Leila will soon be pulled between two powerful men: a handsome CEO who owns all he surveys, and an ex-soldier whose M.C. teeters on the brink of the unforgivable. Leila must choose the man who is perfect for her future…and for the future of her child.
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© A.F. Crowell 2015
~Leila~
Once we got home, I drove out to Johns
Island, praying the entire way. One minute I prayed Brody would still be in New
York. The next I prayed he would be there, waiting for me, ready to tell me
what a fucking moron he had been.
I knocked on the door and Jane answered.
I could see the pity in her eyes. She knew. I felt the tears welling up in my
eyes, but I swallowed, blinked them back and went inside with her.
“Ruger is just out back. Come on. Let’s
go to the kitchen. Are you hungry? Can I make you some lunch?”
“No thanks Jane. I’m not hungry. I don’t
really have an appetite at the moment. I just want to get Ruger and get out of
here before he gets home,” I said, looking around for my Shepherd. “You don’t
know when Brody is getting in do you? Because I don’t want him to find me here.
He was mad enough last night. I just want to grab my stuff and my dog, then I
will leave him alone, like he wants.”
“Sweetie, I understand y’all are havin’
some issues right now, but just please give him some time to come around. He
will. He just needs time.”
“Jane, I love you to death, but I don’t
have time to wait for him to pull his head out of his ass. I have a baby to
think about. I need to worry about us.” I placed my hand on my abdomen. “And
how I am going to raise him or her by myself.” And here come the tears. “I’m going to go get my things from Brody’s
bedroom. I won’t be long.”
Racing up the stairs, I grabbed
everything of mine I could see. I left the gifts, jewelry and toys. I didn’t
need any more reminders of Brody than I already had. Throwing the duffle over
my shoulder, I went back down to get Ruger.
“Jane, I think I have everything. If you
see anything else, would you please just set it to the side and call me. I
could meet you somewhere.” I hit the bottom step. “You know, so I don’t have to
come back out here.”
A look of panic flashed on her face and
I knew.
He was home.
FML. Part of me wanted to run out the
front door, but I could hear him talking to Ruger in the family room.
Fuck, fuckidy, fuck, fuck, fuck!
I knew he saw my car out front. It was
pretty hard to miss. I felt a stray tear slip past and quickly wiped it away.
Jane walked to the foot of the stairs
where I was standing and whispered, “Please Leila, just go talk to him. I
promise he is calm. You know he won’t yell in front of me. Or Ruger for that
matter,” she said with a little giggle, trying to lighten my mood.
“Jane, I don’t think it’s a good idea, I
need to just go. He made it perfectly clear last night what his decision was.
Please, don’t make this any harder on me.” I bit the inside of my cheek to
distract myself from the emptiness and ache in my chest. We were whispering
back and forth when I heard him clear his throat. I closed my eyes, looked down
and took a deep breath.
You can do this. Just walk out the front
door, whistle for Ruger and walk away. Come on, one foot in front of the other.
“I didn’t expect to see you here,” Brody
whispered.
AUTHOR BIO:
A.F. Crowell lives in Charleston, SC with her
husband and two sons. They have two dogs, Diesel, a German Shepherd rescue
and Dez, a black Labrador Retriever. She shares her love of books with her
children, who have a head start on becoming life-long readers.
Romance fiction hit her radar when her husband
forced her to watch Twilight one weekend when they were snowed in. That
was it! From there her love grew; Contemporary Romance, Paranormal, YA and
Dystopian are her preferred reads.
Social Media:
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ALPHA BOOK CLUB REVIEW
Overall Stars: 5 STARS
Love triangle
Pregnancy
In Pushed she fell in love with Brody and realized Jaxon could be more than a friend, and in
Pulled, she will learn where she belongs
E.R. nurse Leila Matthews’s whole life turned upon one single sentence: “Brody, I’m pregnant.”
What she thought would be the happiest day of her life became a nightmare as she was
abandoned by the father of her soon-to-be-born child. If her friend Jaxon wasn’t there to pick up
the pieces, she couldn’t have coped. Then what had started out as a deep and abiding
friendship became a soul-searing love.
Yet, while Jaxon is the man of her dreams, Leila doesn’t want her child to grow up not knowing
its father. The situation, a triangle involving tortured pasts and unstoppable passion, will test
everyone involved. Both suitors will seek forgiveness for terrible mistakes, and Leila will soon be
pulled between two powerful men: a handsome CEO who owns all he surveys, and an ex-
soldier whose M.C. teeters on the brink of the unforgivable. Leila must choose the man who is
perfect for her future…and for the future of her child. (Amazon Blurb)
Leila is the type of woman readers can relate to: she’s struggled through school to study hard
and graduate, and then she works hard to help others in the emergency room; that is until one
of her patients was her brother. She isn’t the perfect model you see on Victoria Secret’s
website, nor does she drive the latest car model of the year, but she could be walking beside us
and chances are, you wouldn’t think twice about her or take a second look. In Pulled, Leila must
learn what it means to make the difficult choices in life: Brody has left her once he found out she
was pregnant and in his stead, Jaxon is more than happy to welcome the baby as his own and
be a family. The Torn series is by far one of my favorite when it comes to love triangles – the
style of writing, the storyline, the romance, and the steamy ‘bedroom’ scenes, makes this novel
and the series, one that I devoured in less time than I would ever have thought. I simply couldn’t
put the novel down and kept going, wondering what would happen next – an absolute page
turner, an addiction that you’re still debating if buying paperback or electronic or both would be
reasonable, and then realize that it doesn’t matter because authors writing novels that are
capable of grabbing your attention from book 1 to the end of the series are the ones that you
want to hold on to and enjoy the ride.
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**Received a copy in exchange for an honest review. Read and reviewed by Kathleen for Alpha
Book Club**
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