I’m in the backyard, playing with the new basketball Mama bought me for my eighth birthday last week. My stepdaddy is the person you tell when someone hurts you. He told me that he’d hurt her, too, if I told. are when he hurts me.īut I can’t tell my mama that he hurts me. Sundays are when Mama goes to her weekly book club meeting. Lying in wait, beneath its ordinary skin. I hope, if you do read on, that you adore River and Carrie’s story as much as I do. My whole heart and soul went into this book.

This story is one of survival, redemption, and healing, encapsulated by love. River Wild is ultimately a romance novel, but it does also cover the difficult subjects of child abuse and sexual and domestic violence. I have always been a believer of not putting warnings onto my books because I like the element of surprise when it comes to storytelling.īut I do also understand that not everyone is like me and that triggers are a very real thing, and the last thing I would ever want to do is cause anyone distress, hence the reason for this note. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Visit my website at Cover Model: Andrew BiernatĮditor and Interior Designer: Jovana Shirley, Unforeseen Editing, No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without the written permission of the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Sacking the Quarterback (BookShots Flames/James Patterson)

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