Synopsis: “I am certain, without any doubt, she was meant to be in my life. We belong to each other. I spent too much of my time consumed with what everyone else thinks of my feelings for Darcie, but the truth is, it was always supposed to be this way.” ~Reggie Evans Darcie Claiborne spent several years of her young life living with a monster, always fearing what he would do next. Clasping onto her last ounce of hope, Darcie releases a scream. It’s her final attempt to live; to survive the villain of her reality. Sweeping her up in his arms, Darcie’s knight in shining armor rescues her from the hell she’s been living; from the stepfather she’s feared for all those years. Reggie Evans has been forced to grow up before he’s ready when his mother dies of an overdose, leaving him responsible to raise his younger brothers. One fateful night, Reggie jogs by an old, run down house and discovers a young girl clinging to life as she screams for help. Three years later, Darcie is healing and always protected by the man who saved her, but now she’s fighting with something she isn’t prepared to face. The growing love for the man who saved her life three years ago, the same man who’s nine years older. All the while, Reggie fights to protect Darcie from the demons of her past and new ones of her present. **Mature Content Warning** 17+ for language and sexual content**
AUTHOR BIO: M.S. Brannon was born and raised in the Midwest. She still resides there today with her wonderful husband and son. When she is not writing or reading, M.S. Brannon spends time with her family, watching movies, and discovering new music. She writes romance because she believes love and heartache is the rawest emotion one can
experience.
EXCERPT:
Darcie
Suddenly,
I am transported back in time to three years ago. The feeling of being pinned
down by my arms and legs, the feeling of a man’s weight restraining me and the
inability to breathe flashes into my mind. I start to violently shake my head
from side to side. My breathing gets short and fast. Without even realizing it,
I start to scream; just like I did the night he planned to touch me.
Jake
freaks out and quickly releases my body from under his. “Shit, Darcie, I’m
sorry. I forgot how you get.”
I’m
still screaming, unable to move. I’m frozen to the carpet. I’m still in that house. Lying on that urine soaked bed.
Salvation
arrives.
Reggie
appears out of the nowhere. He kneels down beside me. His hands are wiping the
anger away from my face as he whispers into my ear, “Shhh, Darcie. It’s okay. I
won’t let him hurt you again, never again. As long as there’s breathe left in
my body, he will never harm you again.” His voice is all I need to hear. My
eyes begin to focus. My brain begins to register the only true protector I’ve
had in my life.
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