Title: Lucky Scars
Author: Kerry Heavens
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Synopsis
Not every love story begins with a fiery explosion of lust.
Some are tiny embers of hope that smoulder slowly until the stars align…
I’d been living in a bubble.
It was meant to protect me from the things in life that hurt.
I could live, I could laugh, but at least I didn’t have to love.
Loving was dangerous and I would never do it again.
It was working just fine, until the bubble burst.
It let in danger.
It let in light.
It let in…him.
Unknowingly I’d been living in the dark, feeling my way.
He filled my world with starlight.
He showed me how to move on to the next level.
He made me feel again.
I thought the wounds from the past would never fully heal,
But perhaps they only heal when the time is right.
Sometimes you just have to thank your lucky scars.
Some are tiny embers of hope that smoulder slowly until the stars align…
I’d been living in a bubble.
It was meant to protect me from the things in life that hurt.
I could live, I could laugh, but at least I didn’t have to love.
Loving was dangerous and I would never do it again.
It was working just fine, until the bubble burst.
It let in danger.
It let in light.
It let in…him.
Unknowingly I’d been living in the dark, feeling my way.
He filled my world with starlight.
He showed me how to move on to the next level.
He made me feel again.
I thought the wounds from the past would never fully heal,
But perhaps they only heal when the time is right.
Sometimes you just have to thank your lucky scars.
Excerpt
With trembling fingers, I tapped at my phone screen, sobbing because I connected the call and then cut it off in my haste. I couldn’t handle technology; I just needed him. I was about to throw in the towel and just sit on the curb and cry when it rang. His stupid face appeared on the screen, and my heart leapt. He knew. He knew I needed him.
Choking at the urgency to
hear his voice, I tried again to get my fingers to cooperate, and,
finally, they did.
“Hello?” There was
pleading in my tone. “Ziggy?
There was a short stretch of
silence, and I thought maybe I’d fucked up the call again when
suddenly he spoke. “Bea? What’s wrong?”
“Zig—” A sob cut me
off.
“Bea, where are you?
What’s going on?”
“I need you,” I
whispered.
“Tell me where?” he said
with a steady determination that filled me with exactly the comfort I
needed right then. He was coming. It was going to be ok. I looked up
helplessly at my surroundings for a road name I could tell him.
“Um,” I faltered. “I
don’t know, I—” Fresh tears ran down my face, and I wiped at
them with the back of my hand, only then noticing the blood. “Oh
God,” I gasped.
“Bea, please. You’re
scaring me. Are you hurt?”
“No,” I assured him
quickly. “I just…” I didn’t even know where to start.
“I need to know where you
are. Calm down. I’m here. Take a deep breath and try to tell me
where I need to go to find you. I’m coming. Okay? Now just tell me
where.”
I turned in place, looking
for something I knew. I walked these streets every day, and they’d
never felt so alien to me. He was the only thing that felt safe right
then, but guilt swept over me, and I tried to pull myself together. I
must have been freaking him out, and that wasn’t fair. Nothing
around me seemed familiar, even though I knew it was; I was so
disorientated. I needed to do what he told me and take a breath.
He was coming to get me.
It was ok.
“Dean Street,” I told
him as soon as I laid eyes on the street sign, relieved to be tuning
back in but feeling so stupid that I was so close to home and
couldn’t even focus enough to realise it. “At the Shaftsbury
Avenue end, on the corner.”
“I’m coming. Please just
tell me you’re okay,” he said desperately into the phone.
*ARC received in return for an honest review
A massive 5+ emotion-filled sparkly stars!!!
Lucky Scars captured my attention from the very beginning and by the end it totally captured my heart. I have laughed, cried, shouted and sighed my way through Bea's story.
I have no words to describe just how much I have fallen in love with this book other than I EFFIN LOVED IT!!!!
I'm a huge fan of Kerry Heavens’ work so much so that I don’t read the blurb for her books. I just dive right in as I know I’m in for a hell of a read. And boy, I wasn’t disappointed.
Kerry is a talented genius. She creates flawed, but very real and believable characters, wraps them up in emotional gut-wrenching, gripping plots with a healthy dose of humour and before you know it you're hooked. Her characters take on a life of their own and end up firmly embedded in your heart.
I honestly had trouble put this book down, I was gripped in the highly, emotionally charged plot. One minute I'm yelling out loud 'No, don’t do it!' willing Bea to take a chance and make her move. The next I'm in bits over a very emotional scene that had my heart hurting so much.
I honestly had trouble put this book down, I was gripped in the highly, emotionally charged plot. One minute I'm yelling out loud 'No, don’t do it!' willing Bea to take a chance and make her move. The next I'm in bits over a very emotional scene that had my heart hurting so much.
Ziggy! *sighs* My heart both ached and melted for him. I adored the way he looked out for Bea and always seemed to know what she wanted or how she was feeling. I need a Starman in my life!!
Lucky Scars has all the feels, and some, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. 1-click this sparkly gem of a read today.
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London born indie author, iPhone addict & general ray of sunshine! Kerry writes: sometimes sweet, sometimes not, often funny, always hot, real romance, dirty romcoms and other such smut.
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