Blurb
The help-wanted ad on
the bulletin board at Ashland’s college was simple enough: mother seeks live-in
maid for son. But it turns out Breaker James is a mess in more ways than one.
He’s confined to a prison of his own making, crippled by his fear of people and
any social interaction whatsoever. Every vibe he’s giving off is begging
Ashland to stay away, yet she finds herself strangely drawn to him. Can she
coax him out of his darkness and help him overcome the deep trauma of his past
to reclaim a normal life?
A contemporary
romance perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver’s Before I Fall and JoJo Moyes’ Me
Before You, AnguiSH delves deep into complex human emotions and the struggle to
move forward from devastating past events.
Excerpt
She moved over on the
bed, giving me room to get in next to her. I got in. “I’m afraid I’m… God, this
is hard to admit.”
Her hand glided down
my jaw. “Tell me.”
“I tried—I tried to
go out the other day, just for a walk or something. I couldn’t do it. I
couldn’t make it past the damned threshold of the door.”
Her face was pure
disappointment, and I knew mine mirrored it. Admitting it to her, I felt like a
shadow of a man.
“But you tried,
right? That has to count. I mean, you go out with me all the time.” Her voice
faltered at the end of the sentence.
“I did try. But I
couldn’t go through with it.”
She scooted closer to
me and put one hand on my face while she buried her own in the hollow of my
neck. “Can you just hold me and forget that there’s something we can’t do? I’d
like to hang on to the notion that you can do anything—just for the night.”
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